'Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing' to Air on THIRTEEN on April Fool's Day; Featuring Lily Tomlin, Kathy Griffin and More!
by BWW News Desk - April 01, 2016 Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing, the first documentary about legendary comedian Joan Rivers since her passing, will air on THIRTEEN onToday, April 1 at 10 p.m. Featuring Sarah Silverman, Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Dick Cavett, Don Rickles, Lily Tomlin, Marlo Thomas and many more, the film was produ...
STAGE TUBE: Watch NOW! CHITA RIVERA: A LOT OF LIVIN' TO DO Available to Stream in its Entirety
by Sally Henry Fuller - November 07, 2015 Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do, a retrospective of her extraordinary life and career -featuring interviews, archival performance footage, and newly filmed numbers from Rivera's concert including such numbers as 'A Boy Like That,' 'America,' 'A Lot of Livin' to Do,' 'All That Jazz,' and 'Nowaday...
THIRTEEN's 'American Masters to Present New Documentary CAROLE KING: NATURAL WOMAN, 2/19
by Caryn Robbins - January 07, 2016 Four-time Grammy Award-winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, recent Kennedy Center Honoree and the first woman to be awarded The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Carole King's (b. February 9, 1942) career as a singer-songwriter is unparalleled....
Off-Broadway's THE WOODSMAN to Continue 'Theater Close-Up' on THIRTEEN
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016 Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway theaters -- will present The Woodsman, captured live on-stage in partnership with streaming service BroadwayHD, in THIRTEEN's trademark 'up-close' style....
Eyre's Puccini's Manon Lescaut Coming to PBS's GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET
by Caryn Robbins - July 18, 2016 Puccini's lush classic Manon Lescaut airs on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Saturday, August 13 at 11 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). (In New York, THIRTEEN will air the opera on Friday, August 26 at 9 p.m.)...
THIRTEEN's 'The Secrets of Saint John Paul' to Premire on PBS Today
by BWW News Desk - April 05, 2016 Pope John Paul II, born Karol Jzef Wojtyla, was ordained in 1946, and in 1978 became the first Polish Pope and first non-Italian Pope in more than 400 years. He served as Pope until his passing in 2005....
Opera News: Deborah Voigt to Join San Francisco Conservatory of Music, This Fall
by Christina Mancuso - May 06, 2016 Internationally revered operatic soprano Deborah Voigthas been appointed to the full-time voice faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM). Beginning in the fall of 2016, Voigt, known the world over for her "majestic voice" (WSJ), will bring to SFCM the benefit of singing experience t...
THIRTEEN to Toast the End of an Era with DOWNTON ABBEY FAREWELL
by Caryn Robbins - March 03, 2016 DOWNTON ABBEY, the top-rated PBS drama of all time, will conclude its sixth and final season on Sunday, March 6 at 9 p.m....
Off-Broadway's THE WOODSMAN Continues 'Theater Close-Up' on THIRTEEN Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2016 Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway theaters -- will present The Woodsman, captured live on-stage in partnership with streaming service BroadwayHD, in THIRTEEN's trademark 'up-close' style....
Off-Broadway's THE WOODSMAN to Continue 'Theater Close-Up' on THIRTEEN
by BWW News Desk - August 23, 2016 Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway theaters -- will present The Woodsman, captured live on-stage in partnership with streaming service BroadwayHD, in THIRTEEN's trademark 'up-close' style....
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts ELEKTRA Starring Nina Stemme on GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET, 9/18
by Caryn Robbins - August 15, 2016 Elektra, Richard Strauss's blazing tragedy about an ancient Greek princess hell-bent on revenge, comes to THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met....
Morgan Freeman to Narrate THIRTEEN's American Masters B.B. King Documentary, Today
by BWW News Desk - February 12, 2016 King's story of struggle and triumph is chronicled in American Masters: B.B. King: The Life of Riley, premiering nationwide during Black History Month today, February 12 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS...
Brown Paper Press to Launch Two Nonfiction Books
by Christina Mancuso - February 23, 2016 LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ An independent press quietly launched a year ago in Long Beach has emerged as a new player in Southern California publishing, with a pair of nonfiction books set to debut on Tuesday, Feb. 23....
Oscar Winning Film WEST SIDE STORY to Air on THIRTEEN This Weekend
by Caryn Robbins - November 06, 2015 After Friday evening's presentation of Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do on PBS, Reel 13's November schedule kicks off the following night with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' Academy Award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story....
THIRTEEN to Present DREAM ON, an Epic Road Trip in Search of the American Dream, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2016 Almost 200 years later, political comedian John Fugelsang hits the road in a cobalt blue Ford to retrace the Frenchman's journey in Dream On, airing Today, October 7 at 10 p.m. ET on PBS...
DVR Alert - Oscar Winning Film WEST SIDE STORY Airs on THIRTEEN Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 07, 2015 After Friday evening's presentation of Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do on PBS, Reel 13's November schedule kicks off the following night with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' Academy Award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story....
Great Performances at the Met Features Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna in MADAMA BUTTERFLY, 8/9
by Christina Mancuso - July 22, 2016 The late Anthony Minghella's critically acclaimed production of Puccini's classic Madama Butterfly comes to THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at the Met Friday, August 19 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)....
Oscar Winning Film WEST SIDE STORY to Air on THIRTEEN This Weekend
by Caryn Robbins - November 06, 2015 After Friday evening's presentation of Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do on PBS, Reel 13's November schedule kicks off the following night with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' Academy Award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story....
Bartlett Sher Directs New Staging of Verdi's OTELLO on PBS's 'Great Performances,' 2/21
by Caryn Robbins - January 19, 2016 Verdi's late masterpiece based on Shakespeare's tragic drama of jealousy and deceit, Otello, airs on THIRTEEN'SGreat Performances at the Met Sunday, February 21 at 12 p.m. on PBS....
Election Coverage, New & Returning Drama Series & Olympic-Themed Specials Set for PBS Summer Programming
by Caryn Robbins - April 28, 2016 The PBS summer schedule offers comprehensive election coverage, as well as specially themed programs around the 31st Olympiad in August 2016....
DVR Alert - Oscar Winning Film WEST SIDE STORY Airs on THIRTEEN Tonight
by TV News Desk - November 07, 2015 After Friday evening's presentation of Great Performances: Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do on PBS, Reel 13's November schedule kicks off the following night with Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' Academy Award-winning film adaptation of West Side Story....
THIRTEEN's 'Secrets of the Dead Teotihuac'n's Lost Kings' Airs on PBS, Today
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2016 Two thousand years ago, Teotihuacn was one of the largest cities in the world, a thriving metropolis not far from what is today Mexico City....
VIDEO: ECLIPSED Playwright Danai Gurira On Writing Stories For Women And Girls of African Descent
by Michael Dale - February 23, 2016 ECLIPSED is a Broadway rarity; a story about African women written by an African woman....
THIRTEEN's 'The Secrets of Saint John Paul' to Premire on PBS 4/5
by Caryn Robbins - March 16, 2016 Pope John Paul II, born Karol Jzef Wojtyla, was ordained in 1946, and in 1978 became the first Polish Pope and first non-Italian Pope in more than 400 years. He served as Pope until his passing in 2005....
Off-Broadway's THE WOODSMAN Continues 'Theater Close-Up' on THIRTEEN Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2016 Theater Close-Up -- the unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area Off-Broadway theaters -- will present The Woodsman, captured live on-stage in partnership with streaming service BroadwayHD, in THIRTEEN's trademark 'up-close' style.... |