It was 1 p.m. on Sunday, and all through the National Building Museum, hundreds of creatures are stirring — just not Justin Bieber, who’s off dreaming about sugarplums.
The Biebs has blown off rehearsal to sleep in, putting some good, old-fashioned holiday panic into the usual clockwork preparations for “Christmas in Washington,” the annual pop concert taped downtown.
Along with the sleepy teen superstar, this year’s bill includes Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, increasingly ubiquitous country trio the Band Perry, Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice and Cee Lo Green of “[Forget] You” fame, and is hosted for the first time by Conan O’Brien. Among the 999 invited guests in attendance: President Obama, the first lady, the first daughters and the first grandma, Marian Robinson.
Justin Bieber Tweeted:
Great night! President Obama is one cool Prez. He told me he was "chillin."#PresidentialSWAG
Feeling good. Just had some fun at rehearsals and now we r ready. Time to sing for the President.#canadianrepresenter
Showtime is less than six hours away, and Green is just arriving. He plops down in a front-row seat labeled “POTUS,” nursing a mug of something hot. Once he’s called to the stage, he opts to save his voice, mumble-crooning “This Christmas” as if he’s just returned from the dentist. (He’s actually just returned from a last-minute tux-fitting at Rochester Big & Tall.)
Executive producer George Stevens Jr. (amber sunglasses, cable-knit sweater the color of juiced grapefruit) and producer-director Michael Stevens (casual blue jeans, serious tan blazer) look concerned. The father-son team are fresh off producing last Sunday’s Kennedy Center Honors, another TV extravaganza populated with musicians that follow the duo’s “a little something for everyone” credo.
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