The John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Reviews

What s not to like? An icon in DC that offers wonderful shows!

Great to see a show.... sneek in your own booze..ha

There is a need for better signage for the various venues.

Every evening you can enjoy a free concert from 18:00.

We love going to the Kennedy Center for the opera, ballet, and National Symphony!

The cultural experience here is legendary. I am so glad to be so close to this wonderful and opulent venue.

Stunning venue, wonderful concert. The observation deck is one of my favorite spots in D.C.!

I go frequently I love all the arts presented. The Center is very diverse with all genres of entertainment.

Went to see the Chinese New year celebration in the newly constructed Reach portion. Very well done, very popular.

Excellent, fast moving through lines, suggest you have sweet wines available for consumption, more R&B performers like Temptations, Ojays, Frankie Beverly, and others, as well as parking could be a bit more lower in price.

It was a nice place to eat. The pasta was a bit dry though

The nutcracker was the play. Excellent place to distract yourself. I love going at least once each season to see what s new.
The terrace is beautiful.

Always a great outing! Fantastic entertainment options.

Beautiful place, very clean, friendly staff. Good performances.

Everything about the Kennedy Center conveys elegance and style. A lovely venue.

Millenium stage has a different free performance at 6 each night. Free shuttle from Foggy Bottom. I love the view from the terrace.

Shear Madness was hilarious. There was no bad seat in the house!

Easy to: park, pickup will call tickets, get to the theater and enjoy.

This place gets 5 stars for the architecture alone. I mean, come on it's the Kennedy Center...

We went to the free stage. Didn't enjoy the blues act that played, but really enjoyed the building and experience. There's a free shuttle from the metro.

This is a great venue for shows, and is also a lovely memorial to JFK. I saw the national symphony and a cirque here, and was very pleased with the venue overall.

This top notch facility is staffed by fine and a bit stuffy folks. They provide a venue for marvelous performances and meetings. There is interior paid parking.

The Kennedy Center is the leading performing arts center in town for world-class orchestra and opera with free eclectic performances every night at the Millennium Stage!

Kennedy center is perfrct for all ages. The plays musicals and dance performances make the day special. There is also a free concert on Fridays.

Always a wonderful venue to visit to take in a show, but it's worth going on a normal day so you can take a walk up to the roof.

Ain't Too Proud. Life and Times of Temptations. Fabulous new pre-broadway play with awesome talent, costumes and corregraphy. Must see.

Great place! Plenty of parking and space to move around. Loved the visit!

A must stop for sure! Wondeful views from top to bottom. Be sure to go to the top not just for the exhibit but the spectacular views especially at sunset! Oh and catch a show in one of the famous and gorgeous theatre's...that is if you have time!

I really like knowing that parking is a short elevator ride from the halls and theaters. Productions are of course, some of the best in the world.

More staff at intermission so the beverage lines move faster.

Went to see Carol Burnett. It was a great show. The Kennedy Center is a great venue to see all shows.

Saw The Red Shoes; fabulous. Beautiful place worth a visit even if not seeing a show.

Beautiful building. Good location and convenient parking. Nice for wintertime performance of Nutcracker.

Free performances are held at the Open Stage Millennium Hall every Friday at 6 o'clock. There are fun performances.

Black Violin on April 4th, 2018!!! "Them dem boys!" Big love and respect for @BlackViolin

Fabulous! NSO and the spoken word performance were also terrific.

Irrespective of the plays here, the parking's okay, but the building is fantastic.

We are National Symphony Orchestra season subscribers but we occasionally attended plays there too a couple times a year. The beauty of the Center is amazing. The halls from the front doors are unique and frequently have art and sculpture exhibits in addition to there normal exhibit of flags of all the nations who helped with the Center originally. Each theater is gorgeous and also unique in their decoration. In the Grand Hall an enormous awe inspiring bust of JFK overlooks the entire hall.

Went about 9PM good time to go. Quit at that time.

We just left From watching Sheer madness!!!! I came late but enjoyed everything about the show! They are hilarious and made me crack up! I brought my sisters and husband . My sisters loved it and my husband wants to come back and see more plays! Thank you for a great night!!!

Good view from the box seats, except the seats themselves were not that comfortable.

I visited REACH for the first time during the Korean lantern festival

My brother took me out for my birthday , I had the best time

Very amazing place. I have come here now for two different shows. I came to see Maxwell and Cats. It is always very clean and the staff is always friendly. There seating is amazing anywhere that you sit. The ushers are always nice and they concessions are well stocked with lots of options. The bathrooms are also close so when you have intermission you don't miss anything. Parking is challenging and I recommend you pre-purchasing if you can while booking your ticket otherwise it is definitely a phenomenal experience. I highly recommend

The Opera theater was gorgeous, went to see red shoes and really enjoyed it. The main gift shop was already closed when we came out but they have a small one right out of the theater open for the folks that came out just like us. There are different foyers with flags of Nations and the American states... Lots of history and great quality plays and music. Worth the visit. +++Also go upstairs to the terrace it's a nice view for a.drink or a picture

Absolutely terrible! The MLK Jr. Day free concert is always a crowded event, but at least in the past it was managed well. Not today. There was a complete lack of communication with the people standing in the long lines for hours. The ushers were no help and frequently stood around looking confused. There was no clear direction or updates on the status of tickets at all. They just let people keep lining up and waiting. When someone finally announced that there were no tickets left, most people could not hear since the person making the announcement stood there yelling to one side of the room. The people who would have been next in line for tickets should have been first to be seated in the Millennium Stage seating area, but were not. The ushers just opened the doors and there was literally a free for all race to the few seats there were. The entire queue process was disorganized and poorly managed. I have been to previous free events at the Kennedy Center and other venues in the city, but even with crowded conditions, they were managed well. This was absolutely the most disorganized and incompetent handling of an event that I have ever seen. To make matters worse, the staff and the theater manager seemed to be completely indifferent and some were even quite rude when a number of patrons who had been standing in line for hours asked questions about the availability of tickets, prior to anything being said by someone from the venue, and about reimbursement for parking. I frequently visit the Kennedy Center for free and paid ticket events. I am also a member and support financially. However, this event has left a bad taste in my mouth about the Kennedy Center. The lack of professionalism and mismanagement was appalling. I don't even want to attend anything here after this terribly handled event. This is very sad, as I've attended many events here, including previous MLK Jr. Day concerts, and even though it is always crowded, it has never been this poorly managed. This has made me not want to support anything here again.
Unfortunately, I'll think twice before coming to the Kennedy Center from now on.

Free guided tour by seniors, every day at 6pm free performance and nice offer of performances

The place had good food it had a culture museum inside and the plays are sit up on a circular stages so everyone can see well even in the back.

Amazing place. The theater, however, had very cramped seating along with extremely poor ventilation. Other than that it was in great condition.