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Thirteen's AMERICAN MASTERS to Pay Tribute to Jazz Legend Cab Calloway, 2/27
by Caryn Robbins - January 31, 2012 American Masters celebrates 'The Hi De Ho Man's' career and legacy during Black History Month with the new documentary CAB CALLOWAY: SKETCHES premiering nationally Monday, February 27 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on PBS (check local listings). In the New York metro-area the film airs Sunday, February 26 at 8 ...
Met Opera's James Levine Revealed In New PBS Documentary
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 11, 2011 To celebrate Maestro James Levine's 40 years at the Metropolitan Opera, American Masters presents James Levine: America's Maestro, premiering nationally Wednesday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ...
MEMPHIS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, et al. to be Featured on WNET's 'Great Performances'
by Nicole Rosky - November 15, 2011 As described in a brochure for WNET's 'Great Performances' series, the 2011-12 season will feature a slew of theatre productions. Included in the line-up is LET ME DOWN EASY- a one-woman show featuring Anna Deavere Smith, MEMPHIS- featuring original stars Montego Glover and Chad Kimball, and THE HAN...
WILLY WONKA Director Mel Stuart Dies at 83
by Caryn Robbins - August 10, 2012 ETonline reports that director Mel Stuart has passed away at the age of 83. Stuart is best known for helming the musical film 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.'...
'Cab Calloway: Sketches' Premieres 2/26 on THIRTEEN
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2012 'Hi de hi de hi de ho!' Charismatic music and dance pioneer Cab Calloway (12-25-1907 - 11-18-94) is an exceptional figure in the history of jazz. As a singer, dancer and bandleader, he charmed audiences around the world with his boundless energy, bravado and elegant showmanship. Calloway was also an...
Garrison Keillor to Speak at Lund Auditorium, 5/1
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2011 True to his radio form, humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and 'late-life fatherhood.' With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, he captivates audiences and delivers with class, charisma, and wisdom...
Carl Sandburg PBS Documentary Premieres 9/24 with Pete Seeger, Studs Terkel & More!
by Robert Diamond - September 12, 2012 For much of the 20th century, Carl Sandburg (1/6/1878 - 7/22/1967) was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman on behalf of "the people." One of the most successful writers in the English language, Sandburg was a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner for his poetry (Cornhuskers, 1918 and Com...
STAGE TUBE: Preview AMERICAN MASTERS MARILYN MONROE: STILL LIFE, Airing on PBS, 8/5
by Movies News Desk - August 01, 2012 PBS presents a special encore of the award-winning 2006 documentary American Masters Marilyn Monroe: Still Life this Sunday, August 5 from 8-9 p.m, nationwide on PBS and in the New York metro area on THIRTEEN to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Monroe's death (8/5/62). Get preview of the document...
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company to Presents FOUR, 9/20 -22
by Caryn Robbins - September 07, 2012 Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company presents FOUR September 20-22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West Broadway, Salt Lake City....
Met Opera's James Levine Revealed In New PBS Documentary
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 11, 2011 To celebrate Maestro James Levine's 40 years at the Metropolitan Opera, American Masters presents James Levine: America's Maestro, premiering nationally Wednesday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ...
OFF THE KING’S ROAD Staged Reading Held At Westside Theatre 2/4
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 28, 2011 OFF THE KING'S ROAD, a new full-length play by Neil Koenigsberg, will be given a staged reading at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street) on Thursday, February 4th at 2pm....
PBS to Present JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT Documentary, 5/14
by Caryn Robbins - April 25, 2012 Two-time Emmy®-winning filmmaker Peter Jones explores his life, career, complexities, and contradictions in the two-hour documentary American Masters JOHNNY CARSON: KING OF LATE NIGHT premiering nationally Monday, May 14, 2012 at 9 pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings). 2012 marks the 50th anniversa...
THIRTEEN's 'American Masters' to Produce Mel Brooks Documentary, Set for PBS Premiere, May 2013
by TV News Desk - October 15, 2012 Brooks has agreed to throw himself into a new documentary about his storied career, giving American Masters exclusive interviews and complete access to his film archives. Slated to premiere May 2013 on PBS (check local listings), American Masters Mel Brooks (w.t.) features new interviews with Brooks...
STAGE TUBE: Steve Brodner Sketches Cab Calloway
by James T Harding - February 24, 2012 In these two videos Steve Brodner sketches Cab Calloway for use in the CAB CALLOWAY: SKETCHES movie, which is released on 2/27. The documentary is about charismatic music and dance pioneer Cab Calloway, who is an exceptional figure in the history of jazz. Calloway lead one of the most popular Africa...
Woody Allen Gets AMERICAN MASTERS Documentary
by Nicole Rosky - April 13, 2011 According to published reports, Woody Allen will get his own 'American Masters' documentary on PBS. The two-part program will air this fall. ...
PEARL JAM TWENTY Arrives on DVD 10/24
by Kelsey Denette - October 18, 2011 What did it take for Pearl Jam to survive, persevere and grow into the most iconic rock acts of all time over the past two decades? Find out when PEARL JAM TWENTY is released on DVD on October 24 from Columbia Records/SONY Music Entertainment. ...
VIDEO: SECRETS OF THE DEAD: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD, airing 10/29
by Claire Hannum - October 12, 2012 PBS's SECRETS OF THE DEAD: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD (Tue 10.23 at 9 pm on PBS - check local listings) tells the little-known story of Soviet naval officer Vasili Arkhipov, the Brigade Chief of Staff on submarine B-59, who refused to fire a nuclear missile and saved the world from World War III an...
PBS's OH NOAH!, CYBERCHASE to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
by Caryn Robbins - September 12, 2012 To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, OH NOAH!, the fun and funny web series introducing kids to Spanish, will make its broadcast debut in interstitials in episodes of the popular PBS KIDS math series CYBERCHASE. ...
LET ME DOWN EASY Airs On PBS' 'Great Performances' Tonight
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2012 PBS's 'Great Performances' series has just announced the schedule for their previously announced 2012 line-up, which is set to feature a slew of theatre productions. Included in the season is LET ME DOWN EASY- a one-woman show featuring Anna Deavere Smith airing January 13; MEMPHIS- featuring origi...
Gabriel Byrne to Present IAW&A O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award, 10/17
by BWW News Desk - October 17, 2011 Gabriel Byrne will present the IAW&A annual Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award to Irish Rep founders Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly, in an evening of 'literary libation,' Monday. Oct. 17, 2011 at the Manhattan Club, upstairs at Rosie O'Grady's (800 7th Avenue and 52nd St., NYC), starting...
Garrison Keillor to Speak at Lund Auditorium, 5/1
by Caryn Robbins - April 26, 2011 True to his radio form, humorist celebrity speaker Garrison Keillor shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon, and 'late-life fatherhood.' With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, he captivates audiences and delivers with class, charisma, and wisdom...
Cyndi Lauper, Rainn Wilson et al to Host PBS Arts Fall Festival Series, Beg. 10/14
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2011 PBS has announced that Cyndi Lauper, Rainn Wilson and Anna Deveare Smith will join previously announced hosts for its upcoming series PBS Arts Fall Festival. The Festival will air on Friday evenings, beginning October 14, 2011. ...
Mandy Patinkin to Narrate PBS's MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE, 12/28
by Caryn Robbins - November 12, 2012 Narrated by Mandy Patinkin (Homeland), the film features interviews with former and current Joffrey dancers, the breakthroughs of choreograpers Twyla Tharp, Laura Dean and Margo Sappington, and rare archival performance footage, including excerpts from signature works Astarte, Trinity, and Billboard...
PBS to Air THE WAR WE ARE LIVING, PART 4, 11/1
by Caryn Robbins - October 26, 2011 On Tuesday night, November 1, PBS television stations across the country will broadcast an under-reported story from the frontlines of Colombia's resurging war, entitled, The War We are Living. This is the fourth part of a five-part series, Women War & Peace, a comprehensive television initiative ex...
Paltrow, GLEE, Connick Jr., Sondheim!, Tony Awards Win Creative Arts Emmys - Full List
by Lauren Wolman - September 10, 2011 The Creative Arts portion of the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were distributed in a ceremony held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 10. An edited version of the show will air on ReelzChannel on Sept. 17, the night before the Primetime Emmys air on FOX.... |
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