Reba McEntire and Lin-Manuel Miranda 2018 Kennedy Center Honors Recepients

Reba McEntire, left, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, right, two of the recipients of the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors converse prior to posing for a group photo following a dinner hosted by United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan in their honor at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 1, 2018. The 2018 honorees are: singer and actress Cher; composer and pianist Philip Glass; Country music entertainer Reba McEntire; and jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter. This year, the co-creators of Hamilton,­ writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda; director Thomas Kail; choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler; and music director Alex Lacamoire will receive a unique Kennedy Center Honors as trailblazing creators of a transformative work that defies categor Photo by Ron Sachs/UPI