Latest Articles About American Experience on PBS
Walt Disney Tribute Among PBS' 2015 Fall Primetime Schedule
by Caryn Robbins - June 04, 2015 PBS' Fall 2015 primetime schedule offers delights in all genres - from drama to the performing arts to sumptuous nature and science programs...
STARS 'N STRIPES Returns to New Jersey's Open Air Theatre for July 4th Weekend
by Courtnie Mele - June 29, 2014 A Fourth of July tradition returns to the Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre stage with Stars 'n Stripes, a Salute to America's Greatest Composers. Set for three performances, Stars 'n Stripes will be performed on Friday, July 4, Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6, 2014 at 7:30 pm...
Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Presents JITNEY, Now thru 3/22
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2015 Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents August Wilson's Jitney for a three week run tonight, March 5 through Sunday, March 22....
Atlantic Arts Foundation and Harlem Opera Theater to Present Britten's THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE, 5/12
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2014 On May 12, 2014, The Atlantic Arts Foundation, with the artistic collaboration of Harlem Opera Theater, presents Benjamin Britten's The Burning Fiery Furnace, with the generous support of MasterCard and Citi. One of Britten's famed "Parables for Church Performance," this one-hour opera in English wi...
STAGE TUBE: Behind-the-Scenes of Michael Milligan's MERCY KILLERS, Premiering at the Stella Adler Studio Tonight
by Stage Tube - January 07, 2014 Working Theater, in its 29th season off?Broadway, will in a co?production with the Harold Clurman Lab Theater, offer a piercing perspective on healthcare reform in the United States, with MERCY KILLERS, written and performed by Michael Milligan. The play, directed by Tom Oppenheim will make its off?...
TV Exclusive: Watch Kate Baldwin, Marc Kudisch & More in Michael John LaChiusa's AMERICAN SONGBOOK Concert
by Nicole Rosky - February 03, 2014 Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook continues to expand its scope celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting. Featured over the weekend was revered composer, lyricist, and librettist Michael John LaChiusa- returning to American Songbook after his...
TheatreLAB to Present BLACKLIST
by Tyler Peterson - September 04, 2015 TheatreLAB is proud to introduce their newest program, BlackList. Conceived by TheatreLAB CompanyArtist, Mary Shaw, and co-created by local theatre favorite, Carolyn Meade, BlackList celebrates the African American voice. By spotlighting the individual works of an influential artist, BlackList will ...
The National to Revive MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM This Winter
by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2015 According to the Daily Mail, August Wilson's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM is headed to the National Theatre in January, directed by Dominic Cooke....
Rory Kennedy's LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM Hosts Two Public Screenings in Detroit
by TV News Desk - March 31, 2015 There have been many movies and documentaries produced about the war in Vietnam, but none as inspiring and heart-wrenching as Rory Kennedy's Oscar-nominated film, Last Days in Vietnam, airing on Detroit Public Television/Ch. 56 on April 28 at 9 p.m. Presented by American Experience, the film tells t...
BWW Previews: August Wilson Documentary on PBS, 2/20
by Charles Shubow - February 19, 2015 The famed series 'American Masters' premieres 'August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand'...
Jazz Violin & More Set for Morris Museum This Month
by Tyler Peterson - July 02, 2015 The Morris Museum kicks off the summer with a series of entertaining and educational public programs for adults. Highlights include a performance by jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein; a lecture exploring the complexity of the Indian American experience with professor Diditi Mitra; a tour of 'Musically,...
BWW Previews: August Wilson Documentary on PBS, 2/20
by Charles Shubow - February 19, 2015 The famed series 'American Masters' premieres 'August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand'...
Ken Burns's THE ROOSEVELTS Among PBS's New Programming Line-Up
by Caryn Robbins - July 22, 2014 Today at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, PBS announced updates to its fall schedule and new programs for 2015. A brief synopsis of each program is listed below....
CUNY TV's ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE Features KUNG FU's Cole Horibe, Beg. Today
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 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's BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID to Premiere 2/11 on PBS
by Tyler Peterson - January 15, 2014 Long before they were immortalized on screen by Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid captivated Americans from coast to coast. In the 1890s, their thrilling exploits — robbing western banks and trains and then seemingly vanishing into thin air — became front-page news a...
South Bend Civic Theatre Welcomes Michael J. Miles This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - May 29, 2015 South Bend Civic Theatre welcomes master banjo player Michael J. Miles for one weekend only May 29-30, as he performs an evening of music and memories of the American experience....
VIDEO: First Look - PBS's 1964: The Year That Transformed America, Airing Tonight
by TV News Desk - January 14, 2014 '1964 was when, for better or worse, the outlines of the America we live in began to be visible,' says writer/director Stephen Ives. 1964 premieres on American Experience tonight, January 14, 2014, 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings)....
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: WALT DISNEY Coming to DVD 9/15; Watch Preview Now
by Caryn Robbins - August 10, 2015 AMERICAN EXPERIENCE offers an unprecedented look at the life and legacy of one of America's most enduring and influential storytellers....
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....
Cast Announced for Jessica Dickey's THE GUARD at Ford's Theatre This Fall
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2015 Ford's Theatre Society today announced that Tim Getman (Round House's Rapture, Blister, Burn; Fool for Love), Mitchell Hebert (Ford's The Laramie Project), Josh Sticklin (Keegan Theatre's Midsummer Night's Riot), Kathryn Tkel (Kennedy Center's Mockingbird) and Craig Wallace (Ford's The Laramie Proje...
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...
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...
ASASSINS to Open Warner Stage Company's 2015-16 Next Month
by Tyler Peterson - August 04, 2015 Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical 'revusical' that explores the dark side of the American experience....
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 ... |
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