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Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend
by - September 08, 2013

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, September 8, 2013 - Sunday, September 8, 2013. ...


STAGE TUBE: Stephen Sondheim Talks SWEENEY, Songwriting & More on PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND
by Tyler Peterson - September 08, 2013

Master composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim appeared on this evening's new edition of PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND. Sondheim's interview with PBS' chief correspondent for arts, culture, and society Jeffrey Brown, featured his thoughts on SWEENEY TODD, songwriting, and a BroadwayWorld mention! Check out hi...


THIRTEEN's American Masters Launches 28th Season with SALINGER
by TV News Desk - January 21, 2014

THIRTEEN's American Masters launches its 28th season with the series' 200th episode: the exclusive director's cut of Shane Salerno's documentary, Salinger, premiering nationally tonight, January 21, 9-11:30 p.m. on PBS...


'Rejoice With Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot' Airs Tonight on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES
by TV News Desk - August 28, 2014

Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and renowned cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, airing tonight, August 28 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Ch...


STAGE TUBE: Nancy Buirski Presents AMERICAN MASTERS - TANAQUIL LE CLERCQ: AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
by Stage Tube - May 22, 2014

Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929-2000), known as 'Tanny,' was surely among the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike as principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, and became a muse to both her husband George B...


Matthew Bourne's SLEEPING BEAUTY to Air on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES, 4/25
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2014

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty sees the popular choreographer return to the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer's ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with Nutcracker! and, most famously, in 1995, with the international hit Swan Lake. The ballet, on THIRTEEN's...


THIRTEEN's American Masters Series to Premiere Dance Documentary Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun, 6/20
by Caryn Robbins - May 13, 2014

American Masters Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun, premieres nationally Friday, June 20, 10-11:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings, New York metro area at 9 p.m. on THIRTEEN)....


Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! Set for THIRTEEN's Great Performances, 10/24
by Caryn Robbins - August 14, 2014

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE! featuring an evening of classic jazz standards in both vocal duets and soloperformances will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, October 24 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS....


Matthew Bourne's SLEEPING BEAUTY Airs on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty sees the popular choreographer return to the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer's ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with Nutcracker! and, most famously, in 1995, with the international hit Swan Lake. The ballet, on THIRTEEN's...


Dave Clark Five and Beyond - Glad All Over to Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by Caryn Robbins - March 05, 2014

Great Performances presents a look at the British invasion 50 years after both the Dave Clark Five and the Beatles hit our shores....


THIRTEEN's American Masters to Air 15 Additional Minutes of SALINGER Documentary Not Seen in Theaters, 1/21
by Caryn Robbins - January 06, 2014

THIRTEEN's American Masters launches its 28th season with the series' 200th episode: the exclusive director's cut of Shane Salerno's documentary, Salinger with 15 minutes of new material not seen in theaters....


THIRTEEN's American Masters to Air Biography of Composer Marvin Hamlisch, 12/27
by Caryn Robbins - October 30, 2013

Composer, conductor, genius, mensch: Marvin Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 Aug. 6, 2012) earned four Grammys, four Emmys, three Oscars, three Golden Globes, a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize before his untimely death, making him one of only two PEGOT winners ever....


MARVIN HAMLISCH: WHAT HE DID FOR LOVE to Premiere 12/27 on PBS
by Christina Raquel - December 04, 2013

With exclusive access to Hamlisch's personal archival treasure trove and complete cooperation from his family, Dramatic Forces and THIRTEEN's American Masters explore his prolific life and career in the series' Season 27 finale, Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love, premiering nationally Friday, De...


First Episode of Gerard Schwarz's ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA Wins Two Emmy Awards
by TV News Desk - March 31, 2014

All-Star Orchestra took home two Emmy Awards yesterday at the 57th Annual New York Emmy Awards, which took place at the Marriott Marquis' Broadway Ballroom in New York City....


THIRTEEN's American Masters to Air 15 Additional Minutes of SALINGER Documentary Not Seen in Theaters, 1/21
by Caryn Robbins - January 06, 2014

THIRTEEN's American Masters launches its 28th season with the series' 200th episode: the exclusive director's cut of Shane Salerno's documentary, Salinger with 15 minutes of new material not seen in theaters....


THIRTEEN's American Masters Series to Premiere Dance Documentary Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun, 6/20
by Caryn Robbins - May 13, 2014

American Masters Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun, premieres nationally Friday, June 20, 10-11:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings, New York metro area at 9 p.m. on THIRTEEN)....


Matthew Bourne's SLEEPING BEAUTY Airs on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2014

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty sees the popular choreographer return to the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer's ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with Nutcracker! and, most famously, in 1995, with the international hit Swan Lake. The ballet, on THIRTEEN's...


Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014 Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Tonight
by BWW News Desk - August 22, 2014

Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for their 11th open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schnbrunn Palace...


PBS' National Broadcast Premiere of Disabled Dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq on AMERICAN MASTERS, 6/20
by Courtnie Mele - June 18, 2014

This Friday, June 20, 10-11:30 p.m. on PBS (check local listings**, New York metro area at 9 p.m. on THIRTEEN) is the national broadcast premiere of dance-disability documentary American Masters -- Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun, which reveals the story of influential New York City Ballet p...


John Lithgow to Host STAR-SPANGLED SPECTACULAR Live on PBS's 'Great Performances' Next Weekend; Kristin Chenoweth to Perform
by TV News Desk - September 05, 2014

Acclaimed actor, musician and author John Lithgow will host Star-Spangled Spectacular: Bicentennial of our National Anthem live from Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on THIRTEEN'S GREAT PERFORMANCES at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 13, on PBS. (Check local listings.)...


First Episode of Gerard Schwarz's ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA Wins Two Emmy Awards
by TV News Desk - March 31, 2014

All-Star Orchestra took home two Emmy Awards yesterday at the 57th Annual New York Emmy Awards, which took place at the Marriott Marquis' Broadway Ballroom in New York City....


Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2014 Airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, 8/22
by Caryn Robbins - July 17, 2014

Led for the first time by a guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic returns for their 11th open-air concert in the magnificent gardens of Austria's Imperial Schnbrunn Palace...


THIRTEEN's American Masters Series to Premiere PLIMPTON!, 5/16
by Caryn Robbins - April 15, 2014

Famed participatory journalist George Plimpton (19272003) was a writer, editor, amateur sportsman, actor, and friend to many....


PAVAROTTI: A VOICE FOR THE AGES to Air 11/30 on PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES
by TV News Desk - October 23, 2013

Like Enrico Caruso before him, Luciano Pavarotti extended his presence far beyond the limits of Italian opera. Quickly establishing his trademark rich sound as the great male operatic voice of the 20th century, he expanded his reach to stadium concerts and pop collaborations which brought him fame b...


Christopher Lloyd Lends Voice to Emmy-Winning CYBERCHASE on Thirteen
by Caryn Robbins - November 01, 2013

Adventure, mystery, environmental science and math join forces this Monday, November 4, when all-new episodes of Cyberchase, the Emmy Award winning series produced by THIRTEEN, begin airing on PBS stations across the country....






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