Ann Hampton Callaway Performs A Valentines Day Concert 2/13

The Kennedy Center invites you to enjoy a sexy, suave, and swinging time by celebrating Valentine's Day a day early with vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway and her Trio, as they take a cosmopolitan romp through the Cole Porter songbook. The New York Times raves "for sheer vocal beauty, no contemporary singer matches Ms. Callaway!"

This concert will take place in the Terrace theatre on February 13, 2009 at 9:30 pm. Its run time is 75 minutes. This is a sold out performance.

Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the finest singer/songwriters of our time. The statuesque performer dazzles music lovers as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, and educator. Her talents have made her equally at home in jazz and pop as well as on stage, in the recording studio, on TV and in film. She is best known for starring in the hit Broadway musical "Swing!" and for writing and singing the theme to the internationally successful TV series, "The Nanny". Ann is a devoTed Keeper-of-the-flame of the great American songbook. She brings fresh and original interpretations to these timeless classics and works to uphold the canon by writing songs with Cole Porter, Carole King, Barbara Carroll and others. Her spontaneity, intelligence, and soulful charisma have won her a diverse fan-base including notables as Barbra Streisand, Clive Davis, Carly Simon and Wynton Marsalis.

Ann Hampton Callaway's honors include receiving a Tony Award nomination for "Best Featured Actress in a Musical" for her work in "Swing!", and winning the Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". She has garnered an unsurpassed fourteen awards from The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, two Backstage Bistro Awards, The 2005 Nightlife Award, The Johnny Mercer Songwriter Award and The Norman Vincent Peale Award For Positive Thinking.

The Kennedy Center, located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America's living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation’s cultural center, presenting more than 2,000 performances each year. Touring Kennedy Center productions and its television, radio, and Internet broadcasts reach millions around the world. As part of the Kennedy Center's Performing Arts for Everyone outreach program, a free performance is offered 365 days a year including Thanksgiving and Christmas, on the Millennium Stage, at 6 p.m. featuring international, national and local artists; and a full day of free performances during the annual Open House Arts Festival. Since 1999, the Millennium Stage performances have been broadcast live over the Internet and digitally archived on the Kennedy Center’s website.