Bravo! Broadway

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KET Address: 600 Cooper Drive, Lexington, KY 40502

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

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No Place Like Home

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Pickup/Shipping Instructions:

Physical items may be picked up at the KET office.

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KET Address: 600 Cooper Drive, Lexington, KY 40502

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm

All sales are final. No exchanges or refunds.

Your support makes the mission of KET possible. Thank you!

Honorees

KET is excited to honor Dr. Everett and Alicia McCorvey of the University of Kentucky as our honorary chairs!

Dr. Everett McCorvey, director of the UK Opera Theatre, and Alicia, a professional singer, both say public television was formative to their childhoods. Growing up in an opera and theater-loving family in Brooklyn, Alicia watched musical performances on the local public television channel, which she says validated her desire to pursue a career in the arts. For Everett, who grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, during the height of the Civil Rights movement, public television likewise offered validation of a different sort. He recalled one summer when local officials, on order to desegregate public facilities, opted to pave over and close his neighborhood’s pool rather than open it to Black families. At that time on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, however, he watched as Fred Rogers shared his plastic wading pool with Officer Clemmons, a Black character, together cooling their bare feet in the water.

“It was two people sharing a kiddie pool, and it wasn’t a big deal,” Everett said. “It was a different narrative than the one I was seeing in Montgomery, one that was welcoming and open. It was powerful, and it’s something I’ll never forget.”

The McCorveys, who met in New York on the cast of the musical Porgy and Bess, moved to Lexington in 1991. As their family grew to include three children, they said they were happy to have KET to share with their kids, who adored watching Sesame Street, Arthur and Barney & Friends. “KET has been in our home ever since we arrived here,” Alicia said. “We feel our children learned a lot from watching its programs, which offer a kindness and an educational experience that you don’t find in the same way on commercial television.”

Honoree

KET is excited to honor Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton as our honorary chair!

Sponsors

Producers

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Central Bank & Trust - Entertainment

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Lexington Opera House Broadway Live - Hospitality

UK College of Fine Arts - Marquee/Theme

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