Kennedy Center Honors Possible Inductees

An Oscar winning actress, Theatre Hall of Fame recipient, and constantly seen in guest appearances on "All In the Family" and "Roseanne." Watching her onstage in "August: Osage County" was inspirational and awe-dropping. At her age, she hasn't stopped or slowed down yet.

Alan and Marilyn Bergman should both be inducted into the Kennedy Center Honors. While you may not know them by their names, you certainly know their music and songs.

One of the funniest dry humored men on television with successful longterm sitcoms like "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart" along with other performances. His memoir is one of the best books ever written.

Another brilliant actor, icon, and star of such films like "The Conversation" and "The French Connection" along with many others.

A terrific American actress who graces the small & big screens as well as the stage.

A brilliant actor with a list of films that displayed his talent and genius like Tender Mercies.

What more could he do to earn such an honor? He's done it all on stage, film and television. Who doesn't like somebody like Shatner to poke fun at himself at times?

He discovered Whitney Houston and so many others.

A consummate professional actress of stage, film and television.

She's played Lisa Miller Mitchell on "As The World Turns" for over 5 decades. She's an accomplished cabaret singer and author as well. She's one of the finest actresses to ever be on daytime television.

He has spent 50 years playing a role of "Dr. Robert Hughes" on the long running serial, "As The World Turns." He's played the role with decency, class, dignity, and grace.

An American icon!

His services to music and the arts!

He's been in the business for over 50 years. He can sing like nobody else with a sparkle in his songs to make them special.

Actor, director, producer, performer, writer. He's done a lot for the film industry and the television industry in his days of writing. Woody Allen's films are legendary for a reason. Can't imagine New York City without Woody Allen and won't bother too. His films are independent and character driven rather than story driven. He can do more without special effects but with great actors and actresses. His films don't have to be long but they are brilliant in study.

Okay, I know this will outrage some people particularly her past behavior in Vietnam but I'm thinking about her contributions to the arts and entertainment--on stage, film, and television as well. She's controversial, outspoken, and vocal about her views. Her films particularly "Coming Home" where she played a wife of a military man (played by Bruce Kern) is worth watching. She did the film after the Vietnam disaster in 1978 alongside actual Vietnam Veterans.

A British actress who has spent the last 4 decades in the United States. The last 3 decades as director, actress, producer, and leader of the Shakespeare & Company Theatre in Lenox, Massachusetts.

An American original who revolutioned television forever with CNN, TNT, TBS, and TCM among his enterprise.

One of the worlds best known dancers & choreographers!

His Godfather films are an accomplishment in themselves. Nobody has made brilliant films like that since nor will they ever in the future. The Godfather trilogy is not just about film-making but the study of an Italian American family over time with dynamic performances by up and coming stars like DeNiro, Pacino, Keaton, Duvall, and the comeback of Marlon Brando.

An American folk singer whose career has lasted decades. She's still active in singing and performs concerts regularly. Her voice is our nation's conscience during tough times.

An American original composer, musician, & singer!

The writer and creator for "Soap" and "The Golden Girls." She's the original Golden Girl.

He is a brilliant actor whose performance of Victor Newman has captivated fans and a following for the last 30 years! He is still going strong!

The King of Las Vegas Entertainment. Still performs regularly on the Strip.

You may not know him as well but you've heard his music through Pixar movies, television, and films as well over the last forty years.

A well-known soprano.

One of America's greatest living female entertainers. I would like to see her do her own show in Las Vegas where she can do 4 performances per week instead of Broadway's 8 shows a week killer. Still one of Broadway's darlings and living legends in the entertainment field. She's unforgettable as Sally Bowles in the film role, "Cabaret." To this day, I won't see anybody else in that role. That's how brilliant she is in her role. She has plenty of recordings, performed onstage, film and television. She can make any song her own.

A RADA graduate and another daytime veteran. Her role of Vikki Lord Buchanan has earned her 6 Emmys for her performance in almost 40 years on the air. She's played a multiple personality and has just about encountered every single obstacle in Vikki's life imaginable onscreen. I expect since One Life to Live will end that she will move her talents to the stage and theatre. I have watched the show on and off for almost 30 years. Slezak's Vikki is a combination of many personalities but mostly as a strong matriarch of her family.

Without him, there would be no Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street which launched the careers of many and kept New York City area actors working when they were the only game in town. His contributions to television drama is impeccable and unforgettable.

Many actresses would have ditched Erica Kane long ago in the 1970s to pursue a career but not Susan Lucci. She developed and matured Erica Kane into an iconic character to ever be on television. She can be a brilliant comedic actress and a tragic actress as well in her role as Erica Kane. Despite bad scripts, Lucci has overcome the Emmy losses like a lady. For 41 years, she has played a role with passion, loyalty, determination, and dedication to her fans, cast, and crew alike without growing old and retired. She's shown that women can get better with age and is still passionate as ever in her role. Her Erica Kane is sorely missed on television and we'll never have another like her again.

An American playwright who has written astonishing plays like "American Buffalo;" "Glengarry Glen Ross;" and many others to mention. His plays reflect upon today's society in attitudes and personality.

The musical lyricist behind "Wicked" and other Broadway musicals since the 1970s.

I love her. She was a country music singer, television star, and films as well. I remember and would like her to be honored in some way.

One of America's best known musical actresses!

Besides the Tonight Show for the last 19 years, he's done stage about 150 shows a year regularly. He keeps doing standup and practicing his art form. Too bad, he declines the Oscar hosting duties. He's one of the most charitable performers as well. As a standup comedian and talk show host, he has also helped launch careers of other standup comics. Many standup comics stop doing standup when they hit his level of success but not Leno. Unlike his predecessor, he works at his act. He's the last person to leave for the night and the first to arrive at the studio.

A comic genius in producing hits like "Big Bang Theory," and "Two and Half-Men."

A Broadway musical director of the Lion King and others as well.

Founder and Father of the Hobart Shakespeare Company which is really the 5th grade class at the Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles, California. For the last 30 years, he has helped his ten year old students to perform and take part in an unabridged Shakespeare play a year to an audience. The challenge is awe-inspiring as he changes the lives of those students. A great, incredible, miracle working teacher who loves his students and other students as well.

An openly gay playwright, actor, producer, director, etc. He has always been honest in his works especially his plays and his musical. For the last thirty years, he has done a lot in stage, film, and television.

Another Broadway director of "The Producers" and others as well.

From St. Elsewhere to the film industry, he has always been the consummate professional actor in every role.

It's hard to imagine that she's still around after all these years but she's still doing concerts and has been keeping a lower profile than in the 1980s and 1990s. Maybe she's grown up and I've grown up with her music and style as well. There might be imitators out there but they'll only be one of her.

A well-known and beloved American soprano singer, I expect that she'll get inducted in the near future.

A film and stage director mostly. He is the artistic director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City.

He's an actor, entrepreneur, writer, director, and producer. He's building an empire in Atlanta, Georgia.

An actress, producer, founder and artistic director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois for the last 30 years.

She's based in Princeton, New Jersey at the McCarter Theatre. She's a talented director and artistic director in developing projects.

Winner of 7 Joseph Jefferson Awards!

A well known Chicago actress

A Chicago theatre director and stage adaptor of works as well.

9 time Joseph Jefferson Award Winner out of 19 nominations.

Top Theatre Director and longtime associated with the Actors Theatre of Louisville.