Recipients of the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, from left, singer Barbara Cook, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond, actress Meryl Streep, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, applaud with first lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama from the upper balcony during the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

First published in the December 06, 2011, 9:36 p.m. edition

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