If you’re a regular reader of DCist, you know that we’re big Kojo Nnamdi fans. So you can imagine our excitement when we saw that Kojo would be making a special guest appearance during tonight’s Washington Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker:

When Kojo heard of the director’s plans to have him enter “stage left,” and to have the evening’s other guest-star, Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins enter “stage right,” he had this to say:

“While I might be entering from stage left in tonight’s Washington Ballet production of “The Nutcracker,” I intend to head directly for center stage, the right place for WAMU 88.5 and NPR.”

Oh, Kojo, you diplomat, you.

Kojo and Jenkins are the first in a series of guests scheduled to appear in the production’s run. Will Kojo outdraw the Nationals’ racing presidents? One can only hope. You can buy tickets for tonight’s performance here.