Latest Articles About American Experience on PBS
The Missoula Children's Theatre's Performing Arts Camp To Present WORKING, August 10-12
by A.A. Cristi - August 02, 2023 The Missoula Children's Theatre's Performing Arts Camp (PAC) welcomes 100 talented teenagers from 15 states and Canadian provinces for a 90-minute musical journey of Working, Thursday, August 10-Saturday, August 12th at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts....
TheatreWorks AD Makes Directorial Debut With GEM OF THE OCEAN in April
by Stephi Wild - February 04, 2022 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson's sweeping drama Gem of the Ocean. This seminal classic will be directed by Artistic Director Tim Bond, a close friend of the late playwright and a leading interpreter of his work, making his TheatreWorks dir...
Free Reading Of FROCI By Frank J. Avella to be Presented at The Tank
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 11, 2024 A semi-staged reading of Frank J. Avella's FROCI, a play about growing up queer and Italian-American in the 1980s, will be presented at The Tank. ...
VIDEO: HBO Releases Documentary A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS Trailer
by Michael Major - November 03, 2021 A Choice Of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks explores the enduring legacy of photographer, writer, composer, activist and filmmaker, Gordon Parks, and spotlights his visionary work and its impact on the next generation of artists....
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Announces 2021 Fall Concert Series
by A.A. Cristi - September 22, 2021 Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre has announced a season of performance that will engage audiences in magnetic human stories at once new & deeply familiar. ...
Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate the Release of 'Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of The Fisk Jubilee Singers'
by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2022 Nashville's earliest music ambassadors, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, celebrated the release a limited-edition commemorative book, Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, with an unveiling ceremony at Fisk University on Wednesday....
Santa Rosa Symphony to Present AMERICAN RHAPSODY
by Stephi Wild - February 09, 2022 The Green Music Center will return to live performances on February 18 with the Santa Rosa Symphony in American Rhapsody. The concert will feature Aram Demirjian, guest conductor as well as Michelle Cann, piano....
POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL Premieres On PBS In April
by Michael Major - March 13, 2024 Catch the premiere of POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL on PBS. Learn about the heartbreaking environmental disaster in an insightful documentary. In the 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgro...
Shakespeare & Company to Present BREAKING DAWN: THE AMERICAN MYTH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 04, 2021 Shakespeare & Company will present the virtual performance Breaking Dawn: The American Myth, a film and accompanying audiocasts by The NET, through Saturday, Nov. 21....
WORLD Channel Presents New Digital Series THE CONVERSATION REMIX
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 15, 2021 WORLD Channel — the diverse multicast platform helping public media audiences better understand the different cultures, lifestyles, and people in an ever-evolving global community — invites new voices to join the conversation on race with the new digital series, The Conversation Remix. ...
RESONANCE Explores the Asian American Experience At We Are Here Brooklyn
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2024 Resonance, debuting November 2nd at We Are Here Brooklyn, explores the Asian American experience through dance and interactive cultural experiences....
FEAR OF HEIGHTS Comes to Odyssey Theatre in April
by Stephi Wild - February 29, 2024 Following a critically acclaimed, crowd-pleasing run last fall, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble brings back Kevin Flynn’s heartwarming and hilarious Fear of Heights, the story of an Irish American kid's phobias, family life and the meaning of success....
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: CITIZEN HEARST to Premiere on PBS
by Michael Major - September 08, 2021 The documentary follows William Randolph Hearst, who controlled the largest media empire in the country in the 1930s: 28 newspapers, a movie studio, a syndicated wire service, radio stations, and 13 magazines. He used his communications stronghold to achieve political power unprecedented in the indu...
Zarna Garg's SARI NOT SORRY Comes To New Jersey
by A.A. Cristi - August 04, 2021 Comedian Zarna Garg today announced that her hit Broadway show SARI, NOT SORRY will play a date in New Jersey. ...
The Music Center to Host Advance Screening Of AILEY Documentary
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 21, 2021 The Music Center and Center Dance Arts will honor the performing arts center's long-standing partnership with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the revered dance company founded by Alvin Ailey, by hosting a free screening of the new AILEY film on Sunday, August 1, 2021, in advance of the film's na...
World Premiere Play GOD WILL DO THE REST to be Presented at Latino Theater Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 10, 2024 Latino Theater Company will present God Will Do the Rest. Learn more about the play and see how to purchase tickets....
BWW Exclusive: Renée Elise Goldsberry Narrates Marian Anderson Documentary VOICE OF FREEDOM
by Sarah Leiber - February 15, 2021 Produced by Rob Rapley and executive produced by Cameo George, Voice of Freedom premieres Monday, February 15, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App....
Fisk Jubilee Singers Celebrate the Release of 'Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of The Fisk Jubilee Singers'
by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2022 Nashville's earliest music ambassadors, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, celebrated the release a limited-edition commemorative book, Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, with an unveiling ceremony at Fisk University on Wednesday....
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for THE BINDING OF ISAAC WOODARD on PBS
by Sarah Leiber - February 23, 2021 ‘“The Blinding of Isaac Woodard’ illustrates how a single individual can be the spark that ignites a movement and creates a seismic shift in public opinion,” said Cameo George, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE executive producer. “Although his name is little-known today, Isaac Woodard’s story changed hearts and ...
VIDEO: PBS Shares THE AMERICAN DIPLOMAT Documentary Trailer
by Michael Major - January 13, 2022 Through rare footage, oral histories, and interviews, The American Diplomat explores the lives and legacies of three African-American ambassadors — Edward R. Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan — who pushed past historical and institutional racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the...
Zarna Garg Announces Carolines On Broadway Date and Ladies Of Laughter Award
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2021 Comedian Zarna Garg today announced her return to the nation's premier comedy club, Carolines on Broadway on June 13 for her show SARI, NOT SORRY. ...
Photos: Kevin Flynn's FEAR OF HEIGHTS Opens This Weekend At The Odyssey
by A.A. Cristi - October 11, 2023 ‘Fear of Heights’, actor-comedian Kevin Flynn’s heartwarming and often hilarious solo show about an Irish American kid's phobias, family life and the meaning of success, gets its West Coast premiere this weekend at the Odyssey Theatre....
The Classic Theatre Of San Antonio To Present August Wilson's FENCES
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2023 The Classic Theatre of San Antonio will present Fences at the Carver Community Cultural Center from February 9 - 26 during Black History Month. ...
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR: THE FIRST Airs on PBS Monday, September 13
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 11, 2021 Based on First: Sandra Day O’Connor by Evan Thomas, this biographical portrait recounts the life of a pioneering woman who both reflected and shaped an era....
CFCARts Presents RAGTIME Juneteenth Weekend
by Stephi Wild - February 25, 2022 Central Florida Community Arts announced today they will present Ragtime on Juneteenth Weekend, Saturday, June 18 - Sunday, June 19, 2022, at Dr. Phillips Center. Prior to opening night, several free educational programs sponsored by Florida Theatrical Association (FTA) will be offered to the public... |