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Latest Articles About Great Performances on PBS

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!...


Star Studded 'Shakespeare Live! From the Royal Shakespeare Company' Coming to PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES
by Caryn Robbins - November 17, 2016

To commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death on April 23, 2016, The Royal Shakespeare Company hosted a glittering jubilee party with an all-star cast....


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....


Alicia Keys Kicks Off Landmarks Live in Concert on GREAT PERFORMANCES This January
by Caryn Robbins - December 01, 2016

Alicia Keys Landmarks Live in Concert kicks off a new arts strand within the Great Performances series, beginning Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) This will be followed the next week by Brad Paisley Landmarks Live in Concert on Friday, January 27 at the same time. (Check ...


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' HAMILTON'S AMERICA Watched by 3.6 Million Viewers Over Premiere Weekend
by Caryn Robbins - October 26, 2016

PBS and WNET announced that the October 21 premiere of HAMILTON'S AMERICA, the kick-off program for the 2016 PBS Arts Fall Festival, was seen by more than 3.6 million television viewers between its premiere on Friday, October 21...


Alicia Keys Kicks Off Landmarks Live in Concert on GREAT PERFORMANCES This January
by Caryn Robbins - December 01, 2016

Alicia Keys Landmarks Live in Concert kicks off a new arts strand within the Great Performances series, beginning Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) This will be followed the next week by Brad Paisley Landmarks Live in Concert on Friday, January 27 at the same time. (Check ...


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....


PBS' GREAT PERFORMANCES to Present Bel Canto the Opera from Lyric Opera of Chicago, Today
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2017

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


STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - RSC's SHAKESPEARE LIVE! Will Screen on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES This Friday
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2016

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BEL CANTO To Premiere Nationally On GREAT PERFORMANCES PBS, 1/13
by Molly Tracy - December 19, 2016

Lyric's world premiere production of the opera Bel Canto - recorded in Chicago last January - will air nationally on Great Performances Friday, January 13 at 9pm CST on PBS (Check local listings). B...


Transport to Salem with Immersive Theater Show THE HUNT Starting Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2016

Join The Hunt in Brooklyn this fall and transport yourself to a reimagined Salem with a dark secret. Amidst rumors of a witch on the loose, theatergoers must navigate a cast of provocative personalities as they piece together the events leading up to the disappearance of a young girl- because her fa...


Watch New Clip from HAMILTON'S AMERICA, Coming to PBS This October
by Caryn Robbins - September 22, 2016

HAMILTON'S AMERICA, the documentary film that brings history to vivid life through the lens of Lin-Manuel Miranda's pop culture Broadway phenomenon Hamilton winner of 11 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize explodes onto THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, October 21 at 9 p.m. on PBS...


Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to Appear at NJPAC This Month
by BWW News Desk - December 05, 2016

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Thursday, December 15, 2016 8:00 PM at Prudential Hall....


Susanna Phillips and Eric Owens Star in L'AMOUR DE LOIN at Great Performances at the Met, 4/2
by Christina Mancuso - March 16, 2017

Susanna Phillips stars as Clémence, the Countess of Tripoli, opposite Eric Owens as Jaufré Rudel, a troubadour on a quest to find his perfect love, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages back and forth between them.  ...


ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS Airs Tonight on PBS
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2016

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning Broadway and television star Alan Cumming's critically-acclaimed touring show, ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS, comes to PBS tonight, November 18 at 9:00 -10:00 p.m. ET, as part of the sixth annual PBS ARTS FALL FESTIVAL....


No TV? No Problem! HAMILTON'S AMERICA Doc to Live Stream!
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2016

No TV but still want to watch tomorrow's screening of HAMILTON'S AMERICA? Don't fret! ...


VIDEO: BWW Exclusive - Sneak Peek at THE HOLLOW CROWN: THE WAR OF ROSES (Part 2)
by BWW News Desk - December 18, 2016

Below, BWW shares an exclusive clip from THE HOLLOW CROWN: The Wars of The Roses from the second part of the series, Henry VI (Part 2), airing December 18, 2016. The series stars Tom Sturridge, Hugh Bonneville, Sophie Okonedo, and Sally Hawkins....


GREAT PERFORMANCES to Air WW! Dance Film 'Young Men' on PBS, 4/7
by Caryn Robbins - March 15, 2017

The internationally acclaimed, all-male dance company BalletBoyz is featured in the compelling narrative dance film Young Men, airing on Great Performances Friday, April 7 at 9 p.m. on PBS....


Watch New Clip from HAMILTON'S AMERICA, Coming to PBS This October
by Caryn Robbins - September 22, 2016

HAMILTON'S AMERICA, the documentary film that brings history to vivid life through the lens of Lin-Manuel Miranda's pop culture Broadway phenomenon Hamilton winner of 11 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize explodes onto THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday, October 21 at 9 p.m. on PBS...


No TV? No Problem! HAMILTON'S AMERICA Doc to Live Stream!
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2016

No TV but still want to watch tomorrow's screening of HAMILTON'S AMERICA? Don't fret! ...


LATKE FESTIVAL NIGHT at the Brooklyn Museum 12/19
by Marina Kennedy - December 12, 2016

Great Performances, the highly acclaimed New York City catering company, will present the 8th Annual Latke Festival, one of the city's most deliciously fun yearly tasting events, on Monday, December 19, 2016 at a new location, the Brooklyn Museum....


STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - RSC's SHAKESPEARE LIVE! Will Screen on PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES This Friday
by BWW News Desk - December 21, 2016

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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...






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