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Tickets Now Available for PEPPA PIG'S BIG SPLASH at NJPAC
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2017

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Peppa Pig's Big Splash. Your favorite characters in an all-singing, all-dancing adventure! Peppa Pig Live is an action-packed live show featuring your favorite characters as life-size puppets and costume characters!...


Tickets Now On Sale for DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE! at NJPAC
by A.A. Cristi - April 17, 2017

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Daniel Tiger. The legacy of the beloved "Mister Rogers" lives on with the hit television series, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, from The Fred Rogers Company and airing daily on PBS Kids. Now, Daniel and all of his friends are hopping a...


VIDEO: Harry Styles Performs 'Sign of the Times' & More on SNL
by Caryn Robbins - April 17, 2017

On this weekend's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, musical guest Harry Styles performed 'Sign of the Times' and  'Ever Since New York,' off his self-titled debut album out May 12....


Verdi's 'La Traviata' Comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET on PBS, 8/25 Photo Verdi's 'La Traviata' Comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET on PBS, 8/25
by Caryn Robbins - July 26, 2017

La Traviata premiered at Venice's Teatro la Fenice in 1853, and survived a notoriously unsuccessful opening night to become one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire....


PBS Announces Airdates for Broadway's FALSETTOS, INDECENT, HOLIDAY INN & More! Photo PBS Announces Airdates for Broadway's FALSETTOS, INDECENT, HOLIDAY INN & More!
by Caryn Robbins - September 14, 2017

This fall, PBS brings viewers broadcast premieres of Broadway's best every Friday night, beginning October 20 with a GREAT PERFORMANCES special, SHE LOVES ME, starring Laura Benanti, Zachery Levi, Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel. On October 27, LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER's FALSETTOS, set amidst the eme...


STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Simon Keenlyside and More in DON GIOVANNI on Great Performances at the Met
by Christina Mancuso - February 16, 2017

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PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES to Present Bel Canto the Opera from Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1/13
by Caryn Robbins - January 04, 2017

The world premiere production of Bel Canto the Opera - recorded in Chicago last January - airs on Great Performances Friday, January 13 at 9 p.m. on PBS....


Verdi's 'La Traviata' Comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET on PBS, 8/25 Photo Verdi's 'La Traviata' Comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET on PBS, 8/25
by Caryn Robbins - July 26, 2017

La Traviata premiered at Venice's Teatro la Fenice in 1853, and survived a notoriously unsuccessful opening night to become one of the best-loved operas in the repertoire....


Broadway's INDECENT to Arrive on PBS This Fall; PRINCE OF BROADWAY Pushed to 2018 Photo Broadway's INDECENT to Arrive on PBS This Fall; PRINCE OF BROADWAY Pushed to 2018
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2017

The Tony Award-winning play Indecent comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, November 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) as part of the fall Broadway's best lineup....


Met's New Production of 'Rusalka' Coming to PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES, 6/18
by Caryn Robbins - May 17, 2017

Kristine Opolais stars in her first Met performances of her breakthrough role, the title character in Antonin Dvoák's Rusalka, in a critically acclaimed new staging, directed by Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Mark Elder, on GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET Sunday, June 18 at 12 p.m. on PBS...


PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES Presents Grammy Salute To Music Legends 2017, 10/13 Photo PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES Presents Grammy Salute To Music Legends 2017, 10/13
by Caryn Robbins - September 29, 2017

In collaboration with the Recording Academy, GREAT PERFORMANCES presents GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends 2017, the second annual all-star concert offering a primetime spotlight for the Academy's 2017 Special Merit Awards recipients....


PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES Presents 'Havana Time Machine,' 10/6 Photo PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES Presents 'Havana Time Machine,' 10/6
by Caryn Robbins - September 20, 2017

The versatile roots-rock music singer embarks on a musical and historical odyssey through the present-day Cuban capital in Havana Time Machine, a US/Cuba collaborative musical showcase premiering as a special co-presentation of Great Performances and Latino Public Broadcasting's VOCES, Friday, Octob...


PBS Announces Air Dates for SHE LOVES ME, PRESENT LAUGHTER, HOLIDAY INN & More!
by Caryn Robbins - July 12, 2017

PBS today announced its fall 2017 lineup, as well as the January 2018 broadcast of TONY BENNETT: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE, a PBS music special taping this fall to honor the singer, this year's recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Also announced is a wee...


Placido Domingo Stars in Verdi's 'Nabucco' on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
by Caryn Robbins - April 11, 2017

The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met as the title king in Nabucco, under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine on GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET Sunday, May 7 at 12 p.m.on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera at 12:30...


Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017 to be Released by Sony Classical Photo Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017 to be Released by Sony Classical
by A.A. Cristi - July 26, 2017

In May 2017, the Vienna Philharmonic's annual Summer Night Concert was held for the first time directly in front of Vienna's Imperial Schonbrunn Palace. This 14th annual concert-conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and featuring soprano Renee Fleming-will be released on CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital pl...


BWW Review: BONNIE AND CLYDE at Harlequin Theatre
by Monica Moore - June 28, 2017

The singing in Harlequin Theatre's production of Bonnie and Clyde is simply stunning....


Diana Damrau & Vittorio Grigolo 'Sizzle' in 'Romeo et Juliette' on GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 4/14
by Caryn Robbins - March 20, 2017

Hailed by The New York Times for singing 'with white-hot sensuality and impassioned lyricism,' Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo star as the tragic lovers in Shakespeare's classic story. Gounod's Romo et Juliette airs on Great Performances at the Met Friday, April 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local l...


Julie Andrews Returns as Host of From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2017 on THIRTEEN
by Caryn Robbins - December 27, 2016

Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the eighth time to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel, from Vienna's Musikverein....


ROTH BAR Debuts at Hauser & Wirth Art Gallery in Chelsea
by Marina Kennedy - April 17, 2017

Located at the temporary downtown New York City home of international gallery Hauser & Wirth, the Roth Bar is a specially-crafted liquor and coffee bar made from locally sourced salvaged materials, designed by Bjorn Roth, Oddur Roth and Einar Roth....


PBS to Feature Lyric Opera's ORPHEE ET EURYDICE on GREAT PERFORMANCES Photo PBS to Feature Lyric Opera's ORPHEE ET EURYDICE on GREAT PERFORMANCES
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2017

Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced that Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET New York has selected the world-renowned opera company's premiere production of the 1774 Paris version of Gluck's Orph e et Eurydice, created by the legendary choreographer John Neumeier and featuring The Joffrey Ballet, to ...


Renée Fleming Performs on Season Finale of GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 9/3 Photo Renée Fleming Performs on Season Finale of GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 9/3
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2017

The Met's first new production since 1969 of Strauss's rich, romantic masterpiece stars Renée Fleming in one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, opposite El?na Garan?a as Octavian, the impulsive young title character, on Great Performances...


VIDEO: Harry Styles Performs 'Sign of the Times' & More on SNL
by Caryn Robbins - April 17, 2017

On this weekend's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, musical guest Harry Styles performed 'Sign of the Times' and  'Ever Since New York,' off his self-titled debut album out May 12....


Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin' Comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET on PBS Photo Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin' Comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET on PBS
by Caryn Robbins - July 18, 2017

Anna Netrebko reprises one of her most acclaimed roles as Tatiana, the naive heroine of Tchaikovsky's opera, adapted from Pushkin's classic verse novel....


Mozart's Early Masterpiece 'Idomeneo' Conducted by James Levine Comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES
by A.A. Cristi - June 26, 2017

Tenor Matthew Polenzani sings the title role of the King of Crete, with mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in the trouser role of his noble son Idamante, soprano Elza van den Heever as Elettra, and soprano Nadine Sierra as Ilia.             ...


Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN Comes to Great Performances at the Met Photo Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN Comes to Great Performances at the Met
by A.A. Cristi - July 20, 2017

Anna Netrebko reprises one of her most acclaimed roles as Tatiana, the naive heroine of Tchaikovsky's opera, adapted from Pushkin's classic verse novel. Peter Mattei stars as the title character, who rejects Tatiana's love until it's too late. Eugene Onegin airs on Great Performances at the Met Sund...






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