last honors

The 39th annual celebration of lifetime achievement in the performing arts also honored actor Al Pacino and pianist Martha Argerich in a three-hour party that offered a wistful goodbye to Barack and Michelle Obama, who were hosting their last Honors tribute.

He advised us that he felt that the Honors was in need of a fresh concept, and it was time to look for new producers — and we respect that — and that this would be our last Honors.”

“If you don’t mind — since this is my last Honors — I’d like to say something,” George Stevens Jr. told Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein.

“We accept that this will be our last Honors,” Stevens said, as his son stood next to him.

“We accept that this will be our last Honors, and it is,” Stevens said after thanking his son Michael, who has been his co-producer for 10 years.