Latest Articles About American Masters on PBS
American Masters CHARLEY PRIDE: I'M JUST ME Available for Free on PBS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 15, 2020 American Masters – Charley Pride: I’m Just Me is streaming free again for a limited time on pbs.org/americanmasters and on the PBS Video app which will run through December 26 before going back to members-only PBS Passport.... 
Who Was Joe Papp? Watch Career Highlights of the Theatre Legend
by Team BWW - May 25, 2022 Joe Papp, founder of The Public Theater, Free Shakespeare in the Park and producer of groundbreaking plays like Hair, A Chorus Line and for colored girls, created a 'theater of inclusion' based on the belief that great art is for everyone.... 
American Symphony Orchestra Offers Free Concerts
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2022 The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) continues its 60th anniversary season on Sunday, June 5 with American Masters, a free symphonic concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center featuring the world premiere of Roberto Sierra’s newly commissioned Concerto for Electric Violin performed by acclaimed electric vio... 
Tyne Daly to Appear at Terrence McNally Documentary Screening This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - June 09, 2024 Theatre West will screen the Emmy-nominated documentary EVERY ACT OF LIFE about Terrence McNally on June 23, 2024, followed by a discussion with director Jeff Kaufman, producer Marcia Ross, and Tyne Daly.... 
Palisades Virtuosi Presents 20th Anniversary Concert On November 29 At Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall
by A.A. Cristi - November 01, 2022 The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi flute, clarinet and piano trio will present their 20th Anniversary Concert at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, November 29 @ 7:30 PM @ Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 154 W 57th St. in Manhattan.... 
American Masters to Premiere Alvin Ailey Documentary
by Michael Major - December 20, 2021 American Masters: Ailey is a portrait of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), a trailblazing pioneer who founded his influential studio Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958 at age 27. Using previously unheard audio interviews recorded in the last year of Ailey’s life, the docum... 
Palisades Virtuosi to Present GLOBAL WARNING – A Concert Devoted To Climate Concerns
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 24, 2022 The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi flute, clarinet and piano trio will be in concert on Sunday, March 27 @ 3:00 PM, performing Global Warning - A Concert Devoted to Climate Concerns at Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC), 102 State St. in Hackensack, NJ.... 
AMERICAN MASTERS Turns Up The Volume On The Life And Legacy Of Jazz Legend Doc Severinsen
by A.A. Cristi - March 05, 2021 After more than 30 years as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen continues to defy nature well into his 90s with a grueling schedule of touring, performing and teaching. An engaging new documentary, American Masters – Never Too Late: The... 
PBS AMERICAN MASTERS to Celebrate The Public Theatre's Joe Papp with Documentary
by Marissa Tomeo - May 01, 2022 Ahead of the 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in The Park at New York City’s Delacorte Theater in Central Park, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts tells the story of this indomitable, street-wise champion of the arts. ... 
Palisades Virtuosi to Present 100! Concert Celebration Of Their 100 New Works
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 09, 2023 Join Palisades Virtuosi for a concert celebration of their 100 new works on December 3 at The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, NJ. Don't miss this critically-acclaimed flute, clarinet, and piano trio.... 
National Symphony Orchestra to Presents BEETHOVEN & AMERICAN MASTERS Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2021 The NSO will present Beethoven & American Masters, a three-week festival featuring concerts that belatedly celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, the concerts pair symphonies by Beethoven with works by 20th-century American composers... 
BWW Exclusive: Creation of the Public Theater Explored in JOE PAPP IN FIVE ACTS
by Michael Major - June 01, 2022 In an exclusive clip, watch how Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater, Free Shakespeare in the Park and producer of groundbreaking plays like Hair, A Chorus Line and for colored girls…, turned a dilapidated building into what the Public Theater is today.... 
Rita Moreno to Receive the Stanley Kramer Award at the 2022 Producers Guild Awards
by Michael Major - January 26, 2022 Oscar, Tony, Grammy and two-time Emmy winner Rita Moreno’s career began with her Broadway debut at age 13. Most recently, Moreno co-stars and is an Executive Producer of the Steven Spielberg remake of the classic, West Side Story, which released worldwide this past December. Moreno won an Oscar for ... 
Gil Gutiérrez Trio to Perform at Birdland in May
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 04, 2024 See the gifted Gil Gutiérrez Trio at Birdland NYC on Friday, May 17, Saturday May 18 and Sunday, May 19. Learn how to purchase tickets.m... 
American Masters CHARLEY PRIDE: I'M JUST ME Set To Air November 5
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 05, 2020 American Masters – Charley Pride: I’m Just Me will air on NPT-HD Thursday, November 5 at 8:00 pm CT and 11:00 pm CT, Monday, November 9 at 8:00 am, Tuesday, November 10 at 1:00 pm, December 5th at 12 am and 4 am CT. ... 
PBS to Premiere Dr. Anthony Fauci Documentary
by Michael Major - July 27, 2022 Now, the new documentary American Masters: Tony – A Year in the Life of Dr. Anthony Fauci captures the most prominent physician in America at work over a period of 14 months, beginning with Inauguration Day 2021, as he strives to improve national public health.... 
PBS to Premiere AMERICAN MASTERS: GROUCHO & CAVETT
by Michael Major - October 05, 2022 American Masters: Groucho & Cavett explores the enduring friendship between Emmy Award-winning television personality Dick Cavett and iconic comedian Groucho Marx. Cavett, a writer for Jack Parr on The Tonight Show, met Marx at the funeral of playwright George S. Kaufman in 1961.... 
LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY to Air on PBS
by Josh Sharpe - February 11, 2025 Discover the life of Broadway legend Liza Minnelli in 'Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,' premiering on PBS April 1 at 9 PM ET as part of the American Masters series. The documentary explores Minnelli's 1970s career and personal life with insights from friends and mentors....
LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY to Air on PBS
by Josh Sharpe - February 11, 2025 Discover the life of Broadway legend Liza Minnelli in 'Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,' premiering on PBS April 1 at 9 PM ET as part of the American Masters series. The documentary explores Minnelli's 1970s career and personal life with insights from friends and mentors....
American Masters CHARLEY PRIDE: I'M JUST ME Available for Free on PBS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 15, 2020 American Masters – Charley Pride: I’m Just Me is streaming free again for a limited time on pbs.org/americanmasters and on the PBS Video app which will run through December 26 before going back to members-only PBS Passport.... 
Celebrate Women's History Month With BELLA! Washington DC Premiere
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 01, 2024 'BELLA!' Washington DC Premiere celebrates Women's History Month with a theatrical screening of the film directed by Jeff L. Lieberman at Edlavitch DCJCC Theater. ... 
AMERICAN MASTERS Season Finale Will Explore Life of Helen Keller
by Michael Major - September 16, 2021 Emmy and Tony Award winner Cherry Jones will perform Keller’s writings in the season 35 finale. The new documentary rediscovers the complex life and legacy of Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since childhood, exploring how she used her celebrity and wit to advocate for social justice.... 
Top-Selling Album 'The Best Of Charley Pride Volume II' Celebrates 50th Anniversary
by Michael Major - February 07, 2022 Included on the album are hits like 'Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'', 'Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone,' 'I'd Rather Love You,' 'I'm Just Me' and more fan favorites. In line with Black History Month, the celebration of this anniversary reminds us how Pride transcended racial barriers within the country m... 
THE 12TH VICTIM to Premiere on Showtime in February
by Michael Major - January 24, 2023 Told through a stylistic blend of archival and recreated footage and countless film and television series inspired by the killings, THE 12TH VICTIM reexamines Fugate’s guilty verdict, who was 14 years old at the time of the killings, through a modern lens, questioning the media and judicial system’s... 
AMERICAN MASTERS to Spotlight Tony- Winning Choreographer Twyla Tharp
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2021 American Masters on PBS will explore the life and career of dance legend and Tony Award-winning choreographer, Twyla Tharp. ... |
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