Nathan Gunn, Garry Hynes, Donna Murphy, Adam Pascal Set for Kennedy Center 2012 Season

The Kennedy Center has announced its 2012-2013 season.

Highlights of the season will include a new production of Fernec Molnár’s The Guardsman, adapted by Richard Nelson and directed by Gregory Mosher; Tony Award winner Garry Hynes’ production of DruidMurphy, featuring the works of Irish dramatist Tom Murphy; and Francesca Zambello’s production of Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein’s Show Boat, currently playing in Chicago.

From February 19-March 18, the Center will present Nordic Cool 2013, which celebrates the arts of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Among the performers are Norway’s National Theater, Tamperere Workers Theatre, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Teatre Gruppet 38, ice percussionist Terje Isungset, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the Danish Dance Theater, and the jazz pianist Víkingur Olafsson.

The Center will also present the national touring companies of The Book of Mormon, War Horse, Anything Goes, Jekyll & Hyde, Million Dollar Quartet, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

Cabaret performers in the Barbara Cook Spotlight Series will include Tony Award winner Donna Murphy, Adam Pascal, Judy Kuhn, Terri White, and Maureen McGovern.

The National Symphony Orchestra will feature such guest artists as Lang Lang, Emanuel Ax, Anne Soffie von Otter, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Anne Sophie-Mutter, while the NSO Pops, led by conductor Steven Reineke, will feature Robert Flack, Chris Botti, Seth McFarlane, Julia Murney, and Jennifer Laura Thompson.

In addition to Show Boat, the Washington National Opera will present Anna Bolena, Norma, Manon Lescaut, Don Giovanni, and Hansel and Gretel, along with two large-scale concert performances by Nathan Gunn and Diana Damrau.

Dance performances include presentations by the National Ballet of Canada, Mariinsky Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet West, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Monica Bill Barnes & Company, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Shen Wei Dance Theatre, among other companies.

Jazz performers will include Tony Award nominee David Alan Grier with Jason Moran, along with The Heath Brothers, Kurt Elling, Kenny Barron and Dave Holland, Charles Lloyd, Jack DeJohnette, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

For more information, visit www.Kennedy-center.org.