PBS To Celebrate 'Broadway's Best' Every Friday This November!

Great Performances on PBS will present more of the Great White Way's brightest stars with a new "Broadway's Best" lineup premiering Fridays, November 2-23 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).

Returning for a second year, this fall's lineup includes the beloved musicals "An American in Paris The Musical" and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music," as well as documentaries about the making of John Leguizamo's Tony-nominated play "Latin History for Morons" and 21-time Tony-winning director and producer Harold Prince.

All programs will be available to stream the following day via pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps.

See the full lineup here!

Great Performances: An American in Paris The Musical

Premieres Friday, November 2 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)

Streams Saturday, November 3 at pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps

Described as an extended symphonic tone poem, George Gershwin's 1928 composition "An American in Paris" was commissioned by conductor Walter Damrosch and rapidly became one of his most famous compositions. The 1951 MGM film starring Gene Kelly was inspired by Gershwin's score and became one of the studio's most acclaimed and famous movie musicals, winning six Academy Awards. In 2015, Paris finally came "home" to Broadway in a thrilling new stage adaptation of the film, directed and choreographed by dance wunderkind Christopher Wheeldon, which earned four Tony Awards. Happily for Broadway, dance and Gershwin fans, the Broadway production makes its television debut on Great Performances with its original stars, Tony nominees Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope.

Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music

Premieres Friday, November 9 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)

Streams Saturday, November 10 on PBS Passport via pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps

Beloved by generations of audiences worldwide, "The Sound of Music" tells the inspiring true story of the von Trapp Family Singers and their escape from Austria during the RISE of Nazism. Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1959 hit stage musical garnered five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the blockbuster 1965 movie adaptation won five Oscars, including Best Picture. Great Performances presents the 2015 live U.K. broadcast version starring Kara Tointon as Maria, Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp, Katherine Kelley as Baroness Schraeder, Alexander Armstrong as Max, and Maria Friedman as the Mother Abbess. Cinematically photographed on adjoining sound stages, the production offers a more naturalistic interpretation of this great classic of the American musical theater. Among the many classic songs featured in the score are "The Sound of Music," "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Mi," "Climb Every Mountain," "Edelweiss" and more.

Great Performances: John Leguizamo's Road to Broadway

Premieres Friday, November 16 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)

Streams Saturday, November 17 at pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps

Beginning his career as a stand-up comic in the early 1980s, John Leguizamo garnered early-career acclaim in 1993 with his memorable role in "Carlito's Way," which led to an extensive film and television career including roles in "To Wong Foo...," "Romeo + Juliet," "Moulin Rouge" and many more. But it has been in the theater that Leguizamo has been able to fully display his quicksilver comic brilliance and insightful social consciousness in a series of one-man shows: "Mambo Mouth," "Spic-O-Rama," "Freak," "Sexaholix...A Love Story" and "Ghetto Klown." In partnership with Latino Public Broadcasting's arts and culture series VOCES, Great Performances presents this behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling Leguizamo's latest theatrical showcase, "Latin History for Morons." This comic yet pointed look at the repression of Latino culture in America follows Leguizamo's journey through his own family history to his first-ever COMEDY CLUB tour and to Off-Broadway workshops of the new show. Along the way, Leguizamo navigates the challenges of writing (and re-writing) history lessons intended to enlighten and entertain.

Great Performances - Harold Prince: The Director's Life

Premieres Friday, November 23 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)

Streams Saturday, November 24 at pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps

This Great Performances retrospective celebrates the extraordinary career of producer and director Harold Prince, whose seven decades in the theater spans from Broadway's "Golden Age" to the contemporary blockbusters of today. Winner of 21 TONY AWARDS (the most of any individual), Prince's peerless résumé includes such legendary shows as "West Side Story," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Cabaret," "Company," "Follies," "Sweeney Todd," "Evita," "The Phantom of the Opera" and many more. In addition to archival clips, this fascinating performance-documentary includes interviews with many of Prince's renowned collaborators, including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mandy Patinkin, John Kander, Susan Stroman, Angela Lansbury and others, all sharing their firsthand insights into his pioneering achievements in the theater.