Latest Articles About American Masters on PBS
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. ...
Sahl And Gregory To Appear At Rrazz Room 7/21 Through 7/26
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2009 Political satirist Mort Sahl and activist/comedian Dick Gregory will appear at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF July 21-26. Shows are at 8 PM with the Sunday show at 5 PM. Tickets are $45- $50 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 339...
DVR Alert: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About Airs Feb. 18
by Greg Rice - February 17, 2009 On February 18, 2009 at 8:30pm, Rocky Mountain PBS (Channel 6) will air Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About....
New Garrison Keillor Documentary Free Screening Held At Lime Kiln 5/29
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 22, 2009 WMRA and Theater at Lime Kiln today announced a free screening of the new documentary: Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes, May 29, 8:30 pm, Theater at Lime Kiln Lime Kiln gates open at 7:00 for concessions and picnicking....
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. ...
DVR Alert: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About Airs Feb. 18
by Greg Rice - January 28, 2009 On February 18, 2009 at 8:30pm, Rocky Mountain PBS (Channel 6) will air Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About....
Irish Rep to Present BRIGADOON Concert as Part of Benfit Gala, 6/14
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2010 The Irish Repertory Theatre Annual Benefit Gala will feature a concert performance of Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe's BRIGADOON at Broadway's Shubert Theatre on Monday, June 14 at 7 PM. ...
Cyndi Lauper, Rainn Wilson et al to Host PBS Arts Fall Festival Series, Beg. 10/14
by Caryn Robbins - October 06, 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. ...
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. ...
Gabriel Byrne to Present IAW&A O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award, 10/17
by Caryn Robbins - October 06, 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 Comes To The Van Wezel 1/17
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2011 Minnesota-born and raised, GARRISON KEILLOR will speak at the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL on Monday, January 17 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...
Sofa Snark: Dalton Trumbo, American Master
by James Sims - September 02, 2009 Dalton Trumbo survived the blacklist, as did many other marked writers, mostly by writing screenplays under pseudonyms. Names like Ian Hunter (Roman Holiday), Millard Kaufman (Gun Crazy) and Robert Rich (The Brave One) allowed Trumbo to make a living......
Sahl And Gregory To Appear At Rrazz Room 7/21 Through 7/26
by Ali Leskowitz - June 22, 2009 Political satirist Mort Sahl and activist/comedian Dick Gregory will appear at The Rrazz Room, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF July 21-26. Shows are at 8 PM with the Sunday show at 5 PM. Tickets are $45- $50 and can be purchased at www.therrazzroom.com or directly through www.ticketweb.com or 866 468 339...
Cyndi Lauper & Eve Ensler Honored by CUNY Feminist Press
by BWW News Desk - October 26, 2007 Recording legend Cyndi Lauper and famed playwright Eve Ensler will be honored at the 37th Anniversary Gala of The Feminist Press at the City University of New York on Monday, November 5 at 6PM at Tavern On The Green...
Williams to Compose New Theme Music for THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by Eddie Varley - March 16, 2009 WNET.ORG, New York's public media provider, teams up with leading American composer John Williams to score new theme music for THIRTEEN's award-winning performing arts series Great Performances....
PBS Features Hugh Laurie, San Francisco Ballet, et al. in Fall 2011 Schedule
by Nicole Rosky - July 13, 2011 PBS raises the curtain on a new fall season celebrating the arts, exploring America's 'Great Experiment' with PROHIBITION, and traveling to the edges of the universe with NOVA's 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.' Also on tap this season, PBS will premiere new shows from MASTERPIECE featuring award-winning ...
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...
DVR Alert: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About Airs Feb. 18
by Greg Rice - January 28, 2009 On February 18, 2009 at 8:30pm, Rocky Mountain PBS (Channel 6) will air Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About....
New Airdate for 'AMERICAN MASTERS' Jerome Robbins Film 2/18
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 14, 2008 There is a new airdate for the 'AMERICAN MASTERS' Jerome Robbins film on PBS, Wednesday, February 18th 2009 at 9pm. PBS' AMERICAN MASTERS presents the highly anticipated profile on the complex king of ballet and Broadway, Jerome Robbins. It will be the first-ever and only documentary on the preemin...
'IT'S THE ECONOMY' Series Features Broadway on First Episode 1/8
by Eddie Varley - January 07, 2009 Andrew Schmertz reports on how Broadway is impacted by the bleak economic times on the premiere episode of It's the Economy, NY: What's Happening and What it Means to You, a new seven-part series from WNET.ORG hosted by New York Times business columnist and editor Andrew Ross Sorkin. The series prem...
Ebersole, Stephenson & Sheehan Round Out BRIGADOON Concert Cast, 6/14
by Mary Hanrahan - May 24, 2010 Tony-winner Christine Ebersole, Don Stephenson and Ciaran Sheehan are set to join Len Cariou, Melissa Errico and Jason Danieley in the Irish Repertory Theatre Annual Benefit Gala's concert performance of Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe's Brigadoon at Broadway's Shubert Theatre on Monday, June 14 ...
PBS AMERICAN MASTERS Airs 'Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About' 2/4
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2009 PBS' AMERICAN MASTERS presents the highly anticipated profile on the complex king of ballet and Broadway, Jerome Robbins. It will be the first-ever and only documentary on the preeminent choreographer. 'Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About' is by Judy Kinberg and written by best-selling Robbins ...
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. ...
PBS Features Hugh Laurie, San Francisco Ballet, et al. in Fall 2011 Schedule
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2011 PBS raises the curtain on a new fall season celebrating the arts, exploring America's 'Great Experiment' with PROHIBITION, and traveling to the edges of the universe with NOVA's 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.' Also on tap this season, PBS will premiere new shows from MASTERPIECE featuring award-winning ... |