Latest Articles About Masterpiece on PBS
BrightSide Theatre Opens GOD OF CARNAGE Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2013 BrightSide Theatre continues its Second Season with the entertaining Modern Masterpiece and Tony Award winning comedy 'God of Carnage' by Yasmina Reza, and translated by Christopher Hampton....
Sundays on PBS Remain TV's Top Destination for Drama
by Caryn Robbins - March 26, 2014 PBS and WGBH announced today the final national ratings for hit dramas “Downton Abbey, Season 4” and “Sherlock, Season 3” on MASTERPIECE....
UCSB Theater/Dance to Present EQUIVOCATION, 5/23-31
by Tyler Peterson - May 13, 2014 Prepare to be enchanted in this spectacle of a show, Bill Cain's, 2009 drama, Equivocation. Cain writes this daring masterpiece of a complex period involving the famed William Shakespeare. An erudite scholar and playwright of the time period, Cain delves into a clever yet intelligent fictional story...
VIDEO: First Look - New TV Spot for THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
by Caryn Robbins - October 11, 2013 Warner Bros Pictures has released an all-new TV spot for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Get a first look below!...
New Book, THE ART OF RETIREMENT, Explains How to Create a Better, More Rewarding Life
by BWW News Desk - November 13, 2013 The definition of retirement means different things to different people...and so can retirement planning. It can focus on finances or lifestyle and can include many variables such as location, activities, and health care. Retirement planning is much different-and more difficult-than planning for oth...
DOWNTON ABBEY Hits New Series High with Season 4 Premiere
by Tyler Peterson - January 06, 2014 PBS and WGBH announced today that the premiere of 'Downton Abbey, Season 4' on MASTERPIECE enchanted viewers nationwide as the Crawley family faced changes in the wake of last season's shocking finale. An average audience of 10.2 million viewers tuned in for Sunday's premiere. (Nielsen Fast National...
Lawrenceville & Aurora Theatre Host MARY POPPINS Chalk Walk Today
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2014 The City of Lawrenceville's Downtown Development Authority (LDDA) and Aurora Theatre invites the community to celebrate the Arts today, July 19 with a 'Chalk Walk'! Inspired by the Aurora Theatre's season opener for the 2014-15 season, Disney's Mary Poppins, Lawrenceville's Chalk Walk will provide r...
Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents AN ILIAD, Now thru 4/6
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2014 The winner of 2012 Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards, An Iliad runs tonight, March 6 - April 6, 2014 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District. For tickets call 412.316.1600 or visit ppt.org....
DOWNTON ABBEY Season 3 Becomes Highest Rated Drama in PBS History
by Caryn Robbins - March 19, 2013 In total, 24 million viewers tuned into "Downton Abbey, Season 3" over its seven-week run - a 7 million-viewer increase from Season 2 - making it the highest-rated PBS drama of all time....
PBS Unveils Diverse Summer Line-Up of Programming
by Caryn Robbins - May 02, 2013 PBS today unveiled a summer line-up that features a diverse array of new programming. A summer of intrigue presents new episodes of MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! productions....
The Dallas Opera Announces Return of Heggie and Scheer's MOBY-DICK, 11/04/2016
by Courtnie Mele - April 05, 2014 The Dallas Opera tonight capped a phenomenally successful season with the announcement that the original Leonard Foglia production of composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer's powerful twenty-first century masterpiece, MOBY-DICK, will be returning to the site of its triumphant 2010 world pre...
BWW Reviews: JOSEPH, You're Doing Fine
by Elee Schrock - March 23, 2014 BroadwayWorld.com reviews the Chicago stop on the National Tour of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.'...
NYC Rezoning Projects Featured on Next METROFOCUS
by Caryn Robbins - November 19, 2013 A new edition of the award-winning MetroFocus premieres in the New York metro area Wednesday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. on WLIW21 and Thursday, November 21 at 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and at 10:30 p.m. on NJTV....
THE SEAGULL Extends Through 2/19 at Segal Centre
by Tyler Peterson - February 10, 2014 The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is proud to announce that three performances have been added to its new production of The Seagull, adapted and directed by Peter Hinton....
Segal Centre to Present World Premiere of Peter Hinton's Adaptation of THE SEAGULL, 2/2-16
by Tyler Peterson - January 07, 2014 The Segal Centre for Performing Arts will present the world premiere of Peter Hinton's adaptation of The Seagull, starring Lucy Peacock and Diane D'Aquila. This comic and bittersweet re-imagining of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece plays in the Segal Theatre for a limited engagement from February 2nd to ...
PBS Announces Premiere Date for DOWNTON ABBEY - Season 4!
by Caryn Robbins - May 14, 2013 One of the most talked about shows on television has an official premiere date: DOWNTON ABBEY Season 4 will begin on MASTERPIECE on PBS on Sunday, January 5, 2014....
VIDEO: Diddy 'Cast' as First Black Member of DOWNTON ABBEY
by Caryn Robbins - May 16, 2013 Sean 'P.uff Di/addy' Combs took to his Twitter account yesterday to announce that he had been cast as the first black cast member of the popular Masterpiece Classic series DOWNTON ABBEY. Watch the Funny or Die spoof below!...
Bluetech Announces Tour and 2014 EP
by Caryn Robbins - January 03, 2014 Bluetech will hit the road armed with an arsenal of new tracks from his forthcoming EP Spacehop Chronicles Vol 1*....
Indie Rockers Thriftstore Masterpiece Release TROUBLE IS A LONESOME TOWN Today
by BWW News Desk - July 09, 2013 SideOneDummy Records is excited to introduce THRIFTSTORE MASTERPIECE, an all-star music collective devoted to paying homage to the underdog records of years past. The star-studded group will release its first album, a revival of Lee Hazlewood's 1963 debut Trouble Is A Lonesome Town, today, July 9, 2...
BWW Reviews: LES MISERABLES From Stage to Screen
by Victoria Noe - March 04, 2013 What looks deceptively like just a pretty book is love letter to the talented artists who brought Victor Hugo's tale to life. Nightingale and Palmer have created a fitting homage to one of the most important musicals in theatre history and its ground-breaking film version....
PBS Announces Premiere Dates for DOWNTON ABBEY, SHERLOCK & More
by Caryn Robbins - October 23, 2013 PBS announced today its slate of Winter/Spring 2014 programs, including the long-awaited return of MASTERPIECE 'Sherlock, Season 3'...
IGGY AND THE STOOGES to Perform on Tonight's COLBERT REPORT
by Caryn Robbins - April 29, 2013 Having just slayed a live and online audience with a Sunday matinee NPR First Listen Live from New York City (http://n.pr/17dKrYc), Iggy and the Stooges will make their debut appearance on The Colbert Report tonight, April 29....
Bianca Bryan, Joseph Carlson & More Star in Firehouse Theatre Project's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2014 Firehouse Theatre Project has announced the cast and creative team behind the final installment of its 20th Season Anniversary, A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Directed by VCU Theatre professor and founder of The Conciliation Project Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, this iconic masterpiece wi...
Smash's Jack Davenport to Star in New Medical Drama BREATHLESS
by Caryn Robbins - June 20, 2013 ITV Studios and MASTERPIECE on PBS/WGBH have announced a co-production agreement for Breathless, a stylish and compelling new medical drama set in London in 1961, starring Jack Davenport as a brilliant surgeon who believes he can make a difference in womens' lives....
Independent Theatre Stages THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, Now thru 11/16
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2013 As its final production for 2013, Independent Theatre is staging that most famous of all Irish comedies - John Millington Synge's 1907 masterpiece, The Playboy of the Western World.... |