Latest Articles About Great Performances on PBS
DON PASQUALE Opens Season For Great Performances at the Met On PBS 1/5/2011
by BWW News Desk - January 05, 2011 Donizetti's Charming Comic Opera "Don Pasquale," Starring Anna Netrebko, begins New Season of THIRTEEN's 'Great Performances at the Met' Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS...
Goold's MACBETH, Feat. Stewart & Fleetwood, to Air on PBS, 10/6
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2010 Following a London West End run in December 2007, a sold-out limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2008, and a subsequent eight-week run on Broadway, director Rupert Goold's gripping stage production of Macbeth was filmed for television at the end of 2009....
Great Performances IN THE HEIGHTS Doc Holds World Premiere at Paley Center 5/4
by BWW News Desk - May 04, 2009 Great Performances: In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of In the Heights in the months leading up to opening night. The program's broadcast premiere is Wednesday, May 27 at 8 p.m. (ET) on THIRTEEN's Great Perfo...
MET Opera's HAMLET Airs on PBS, 7/15 & 7/18
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2010 Baritone Simon Keenlyside, whose performance as Hamlet received rave reviews when this production by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser was introduced at the Metropolitan Opera, commands the stage in the opera's premiere on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met, in primetime on Thursday, July 15 at...
Behind-the-scenes Documentary 'The Audition' Premieres on Thirteen's Great Performances at the Met on PBS
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2010 Award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke looks at the intense pressures young opera singers face as they struggle to succeed in one of the difficult professions in the performing arts in The Audition. ...
Let Me Down Easy Taped at Arena Stage by THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2011 Anna Deavere Smith's latest one-woman production, Let Me Down Easy, will be videotaped at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater by Great Performances in February for airing on PBS during the series' 2011-2012 season. ...
Goold's MACBETH, Feat. Stewart & Fleetwood, to Air on PBS, 10/6
by BWW News Desk - October 06, 2010 Following a London West End run in December 2007, a sold-out limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2008, and a subsequent eight-week run on Broadway, director Rupert Goold's gripping stage production of Macbeth was filmed for television at the end of 2009....
SONDHEIM! THE B-DAY CELEBRATION Airs On Great Performances 11/24
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 15, 2010 In a year chock full of star-studded 80th birthday tributes to legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the March 15-16 gala evenings with the New York Philharmonic at New York's Lincoln Center stood tall....
Julie Andrews to Hosts FROM VIENNA on PBS, 1/1
by Nicole Rosky - November 17, 2010 Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the third year to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Franz Welser-M st from Vienna's Musikverein....
Goold's MACBETH, Feat. Stewart & Fleetwood, to Air on PBS, 10/6
by Jessica Lewis - September 08, 2010 Following a London West End run in December 2007, a sold-out limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2008, and a subsequent eight-week run on Broadway, director Rupert Goold's gripping stage production of Macbeth was filmed for television at the end of 2009....
Let Me Down Easy Taped at Arena Stage by THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 28, 2011 Anna Deavere Smith's latest one-woman production, Let Me Down Easy, will be videotaped at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater by Great Performances in February for airing on PBS during the series' 2011-2012 season. ...
PBS Great Performances to Air 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert' this Fall
by Lauren Wolman - February 25, 2010 According to published reports, NY Philharmonic's 'Sondheim: The Birthday Concert,' will be recorded for PBS' 'Great Performances' series. The concert will take place March 15-16 at Avery Fisher Hall....
RSC's HAMLET With Tennant & Stewart Airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances 4/28
by Gabrielle Sierra - March 30, 2010 Shakespeare's immortal 'To be, or not to be' takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) 2008 s...
Godunov Set for THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES, 2/13
by Nicole Rosky - January 26, 2011 The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov starring René Pape as Boris and conducted by Valery Gergiev, will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Sunday, February 13 at 12 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the program Thursday, February...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek of Harry Connick Jr. in Concert on PBS
by Nicole Rosky - February 09, 2011 'Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway,' the Grammy Award-Winner's Return to Broadway Last Summer, to Air on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances Wednesday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. ET on PBS. Check out a preview of his performnce below!...
Bellini's La Sonnambula Airs On Great Performances At The Met On PBS July 11
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 16, 2009 'Something that has not been said about the moon?' replied Spanish writer Ramon Gomez de la Serna. 'That it gives manicures to women sleepwalkers.'...
Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium AIRS ON PBS In March
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 25, 2011 Shortly before the demolition of New York City's Shea Stadium in July 2008, superstar Billy Joel electrified audiences with two memorable concerts at the historic arena....
RSC's HAMLET With Tennant & Stewart Airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances 4/28
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2010 Shakespeare's immortal 'To be, or not to be' takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) 2008 s...
Broadway Blog - Broadway Bootlegs
by - November 10, 2009 Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, November 10, 2009. ...
TV: 'In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams' Trailer
by Eddie Varley - May 04, 2009 In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams, a documentary film telling Behind-The-Scenes Story of the 2008 Tony Award-Winning Musical, premieres on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, May 27 on PBS....
Julie Andrews Bows Out of PBS New Year's Special; Paula Zahn Steps In
by Jessica Lewis - December 02, 2010 News veteran Paula Zahn will cover for stage and screen legend Julie Andrews as host of the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst from Vienna's Musikverein....
SONDHEIM! THE B-DAY CELEBRATION Airs On Great Performances 11/24
by BWW News Desk - November 24, 2010 In a year chock full of star-studded 80th birthday tributes to legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, the March 15-16 gala evenings with the New York Philharmonic at New York's Lincoln Center stood tall....
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN Premieres on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2010 The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, conducted by Met Music Director James Levine and directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, premieres on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met series....
HAMLET Returns To The MET Opera After 113 Years Since Its Last Staging
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 12, 2010 Baritone Simon Keenlyside, whose performance as Hamlet received rave reviews when this production by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser was introduced at the Metropolitan Opera, commands the stage in the opera's premiere on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met, in primetime on Thursday, July 15 at...
ARMIDA Concludes 2009-2010 Season Of Thirteen's Great Performances At The MET
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 20, 2010 Soprano Renée Fleming triumphs as the vengeful sorceress in the title role of Gioachino Rossini's Armida, premiering in primetime on THIRTEEN on Thursday, August 19 at 8 pm.... |
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