Photos: Music Center’s 50th Anniversary

A violinist plays while suspended above the stage during the intro for the Music Center’s 50th anniversary show.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Jenna Elfman poses on the red carpet.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Actress and singer Debra Monk performs at the anniversary show.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A large photo of Dorothy Chandler is projected on stage.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Erin Barbara of Manhattan Beach waits as people head to their seats.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Adam Kurtzman of Los Angeles snaps a photo of the glam and glitter at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Arts patrons sip Champagne as they gather for anniversary show.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Arts patrons gather on the red carpet.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Tommy Lee, right, tries to move patrons along as they gather on the red carpet.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Garcelle Beauvais, right, poses on the red carpe.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

More than 200 performers are on stage for the finale of the Music Center’s 50th Anniversary Spectacular.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Anthony Federov, left, and Jennifer Paz, right, reprise a scene from “Miss Saigon.”  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Pianist Phoebe Pan, 17, performs at the show.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A duet from Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake is performed by dancers Chris Trenfield, left, and Chris Marney, right, to musical accompaniment by LA Opera.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham performs during the Music Center’s 50th Anniversary.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Edward James Olmos recites the opening dialogue from “Zoot Suit” for the anniversary event at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A dance is performed by the LA Dance Project to music presented in a simulcast performance projected on screen by the LA Phil conducted by Gustavo Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall for the Music Center’s 50th Anniversary Spectacular.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles Master Chorale performs.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A clip of Sally Field is projected on screen of her acceptance speech for her second Oscar for the 1984 drama “Places in the Heart” at the Music Center’s anniversary celebration at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Dec. 6.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)