Latest Articles About American Experience on PBS
A MIND-BENDING EVENING OF BECKETT to Begin Tonight at Irish Rep
by BWW News Desk - October 16, 2013 The New York premiere of A MIND-BENDING EVENING OF BECKETT features the short plays Act Without Words, Breath and Play, at the Irish Repertory Theatre. With direction and puppet design by Bob Flanagan, A MIND-BENDING EVENING OF BECKETT will be performed tonight, October 16th- December 1st in the Iri...
Stanley Nelson's FREEDOM SUMMER Coming to PBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - June 24, 2014 The Freedom Summer story reminds us that the movement that ended segregation was far more complex than most of us know,' says American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels....
LOVE AND HIP HOP ATLANTA Stars Benzino and Althea Set for Rolling Out Magazine
by Caryn Robbins - September 15, 2014 “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” stars Althea Heart and Benzino should be used to that kind of nakedness. But today, they're trying out a different, slightly more literal, kind of nakedness: as they bare all for Rolling Out's camera, in an exclusive photo shoot....
CUNY TV's ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE to Feature KUNG FU's Cole Horibe, Begin. 3/7
by Tyler Peterson - March 04, 2014 CUNY TV's monthly ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE series - recently nominated for a New York Emmy® Award for Best Public/Current/Community Affairs Series - returns in March with an all-new interview with actor Cole Horibe, star of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu, a new play about the late Bruce Lee, now in an exten...
American Experience to Present EDISON Edison
by Anna Bencivengo - December 17, 2014 By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in history, Edison had amassed a fortune and achieved glory as the genius behind such revolutionary inventions as sound recording, motion pictures, and elec...
Celebration Arts Presents August Wilson's RADIO GOLF, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2013 Celebration Arts will present Radio Golf, a drama by August Wilson, beginning tonight, September 19, 2013. Shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through October 20, 2013....
WSU and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Team Up for FENCES Readings Today
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2014 Wayne State University's Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance will present a staged reading of August Wilson's Tony-award winning play, Fences, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The readings take place at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. tonight, January 25, 2014, and ...
Smithsonian Channel to Premiere THE LOCKERBIE BOMBING, 12/21
by Caryn Robbins - December 13, 2013 On December 21st 1988, Pan American World Airways Flight 103 exploded in the skies above Lockerbie, a small town in Scotland. All 259 people on board the Boeing 747 were killed, as were 11 people on the ground....
PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Cold War Roadshow to Premiere 11/18
by Caryn Robbins - October 07, 2014 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Presents Cold War Roadshow premieres Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS...
Smithsonian Channel Commissions New Documentary Series TERROR IN THE SKIES
by Caryn Robbins - June 05, 2013 Arrow Media, one of the UK's fastest-growing independent content creators, has been commissioned to make TERROR IN THE SKIES, a 4x60 documentary series that will premiere on Channel 4 in the UK...
Tickets Now On Sale for Peccadillo Theater Company's THE SILVER CORD
by Tyler Peterson - May 30, 2013 Tickets are now on sale for the first major NYC revival of Sidney Howard's THE SILVER CORD, directed by OBIE Award winner Dan Wackerman. Presented by The Peccadillo Theater Company, performances are set to begin June 5th, with the Opening on Tuesday, June 11th at 7pm at Theatre at St. Clement's, 423...
The Washington Ballet Presents the World Premiere of SLEEPY HOLLOW, 2/18-22
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2015 The Washington Ballet presents Sleepy Hollow, the third installation in its ongoing “The American Experience” series of developing original full-length ballets based on iconic American literary masterworks....
CUNY TV's ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE to Feature KUNG FU's Cole Horibe, Begin. 3/7
by Tyler Peterson - March 04, 2014 CUNY TV's monthly ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE series - recently nominated for a New York Emmy® Award for Best Public/Current/Community Affairs Series - returns in March with an all-new interview with actor Cole Horibe, star of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu, a new play about the late Bruce Lee, now in an exten...
Kevin Spacey Narrates THE DAY THAT KENNEDY DIED on Smithsonian Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 17, 2013 November 22, 2013 marks 50 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Smithsonian Channel pays tribute to that milestone with an immersive new two-hour documentary, THE DAY KENNEDY DIED, premiering tonight, November 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT....
Irish Rep Continues Reading Series with Ray Sipherd's MATHEW BRADY PRESENTS, 10/25
by Tyler Peterson - October 22, 2013 The Irish Repertory Theatre continues the eighth season of its Reading Series with Ray Sipherd's play Mathew Brady Presents on Friday, October 25 at 3 p.m. at the Irish Repertory Theatre's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre (132 W. 22nd Street). Mathew Brady Presents will be directed by Kevin McGuire....
Smithsonian Channel Premieres 9/11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 08, 2013 From the Peabody Award-winning production team led by Tom Jennings of 1895 Films, comes 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES, a one-hour special premiering tonight, September 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel....
PBS to Encore AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's 'Mount Rushmore', 7/2
by Caryn Robbins - June 17, 2013 First broadcast in 2002, Mount Rushmore will have an encore play on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 9 p.m., as part of PBS's Fourth of July programming (check local listings)....
Smithsonian Channel to Premiere 9/11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES, 9/8
by Caryn Robbins - July 24, 2013 From the Peabody Award-winning production team led by Tom Jennings of 1895 Films, comes 9-11: THE HEARTLAND TAPES, a one-hour special premiering Sunday, September 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel....
TRUE BLOOD Star Rutina Wesley Appears on Cover of Rolling Out Magazine
by Robert Diamond - June 21, 2013 'True Blood' is one of television's most talked-about shows. With its combination of fantasy, horror, camp and sex, it's not hard to see why the vampire-driven melodrama set in rural Louisiana has inspired a devoted fan following in its six seasons on HBO....
Irish Rep's Reading Series Continues with THE FLOOD Tomorrow
by Tyler Peterson - March 27, 2014 The Irish Repertory Theatre continues the eighth season of its Reading Series with Daniel McCabe's play THE FLOOD, which will take place on Friday, March 28 at 3pm on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage of the Irish Repertory Theatre (132 W. 22nd Street). The reading is free and open to the public....
Stanley Nelson's FREEDOM SUMMER Coming to PBS, 6/24
by Caryn Robbins - April 24, 2014 The Freedom Summer story reminds us that the movement that ended segregation was far more complex than most of us know,' says American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels....
Nimbus Dance Works Coming to Barrow Mansion, 11/8
by Tyler Peterson - October 17, 2014 Jersey City resident Samuel Pott's Nimbus Dance Works will celebrate its Tenth Anniversary Season on November 8 at 7PM with a benefit performance at the Barrow Mansion, located at 83 Wayne Street in Historic Downtown Jersey City. This performance will include some of its most beloved repertory work...
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - PLAYWRIGHT: FROM PAGE TO STAGE on PBS
by Caryn Robbins - November 12, 2013 A rare and intimate glimpse into the dynamic process of creating and launching new plays, Playwright: From Page to Stage follows two outstanding young playwrights through the writing, development, staging, rehearsal, and public performance of their plays....
PBS Presents WAR OF THE WORLDS 75th Anniversary Broadcast
by Matt Tamanini - September 13, 2013 On October 30, 1938, just after 8:00 p.m. on the east coast, the millions of Americans tuned to CBS Radio were treated to an unusual dramatization of H.G. Wells's classic The War of the Worlds, performed by 23-year-old wunderkind Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater on the Air....
Irish Rep Presents Conor McPherson's THE WEIR, 5/23-7/07
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2013 Irish Repertory Theatre continues its 25th Anniversary Season with The Weir by Conor McPherson, author of SHINING CITY and THE SEAFARER - with previews set to begin May 15, prior to an official Off-Broadway opening May 23 on the Irish Repertory's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage (132 West 22nd Stree... |
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