Stay Tuned! PBS-KQED Broadcasts: November

San Francisco's PBS affiliate, KQED TV9 and DT9, has several great up-coming Broadway and theatre related broadcasts planned for the month of November!  As announced from San Francisco KQED releases:

KEEPING SCORE: COPLAND AND THE AMERICAN SOUND
November 16, 10:00PM and November 19, 12:00PM
In the early 20th century, the sounds of America burst upon the world with jazz, blues, spirituals, folk, Latin and the sounds of Tin Pan Alley - each of them defining a different musical experience of being American. Aaron Copland listened and absorbed everything around him. Filmed in New York, Brooklyn and Prague, this episode visits the places and explores the ideas that shaped Aaron Copland's life and music.

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
November 18, 8:00PM
The plot revolves around a Hollywood studio's clunky transition from making silent films to producing talkies - with a singing star whose voice could call dogs. But the best reason to watch this movie is Gene Kelly's stellar performance of the title song, which we often forget is about a man who realizes he has fallen in love and reacts with boundless unfettered glee. Also stars Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse and Rita Moreno. Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly.

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT (1974)
November 18, 9:45PM
MGM stars from yesterday including Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, Clark Gable, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor, present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history. Written and directed by Jack Haley, Jr.

GREAT PERFORMANCES: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S OKLAHOMA!
November 23, 12:00PM
Breaking Broadway box office records when it opened in 1943, Oklahoma! was the first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, the renowned team who went on to create Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. Directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman, the Royal National Theatre's extraordinary new production of the timeless masterpiece stars Hugh Jackman as Curly. Joining Jackman is the rest of the production's original London cast, including Josefina Gabrielle as Laurey and Shuler Hensley as the grizzled outsider Jud Fry. Hensley won the 2002 Tony Award for best supporting actor in a musical for his portrayal of the hired man in competition for Laurey's affections. Set in the American West at the turn of the century, Oklahoma! changed the face of musical theater by telling a simple story made powerfully evocative through an innovative use of music and dance. Among the work's famous songs are "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top," "People Will Say We're in Love," "Out of My Dreams," "I Cain't Say No," "Oklahoma," and "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," perhaps Rodgers & Hammerstein's most beloved creation. Although probably best known as Wolverine in the smash hit films X-Men and X-Men 2, Jackman totally relates to the part of the free-spirited, instinct-driven cowboy in the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the last century. "He's a natural poet," the actor says. "Everything about him is very grounded and in tune with what is going on. He has a real understanding of horses, yet is still coming to terms with women," he adds with a laugh.

GREAT PERFORMANCES: Beverly Sills - MADE IN AMERICA
November 23, 9:00PM
When 10-year-old Belle "Bubbles" Silverman told her Papa she wanted to be an "opera star," the reaction was more of dismay than of thrill. It was only after nearly three decades of concert halls, conductors and applause that Bubbles -- better known as Beverly Sills -- rose to international fame and critical acclaim. Before retiring from professional singing in 1980, Sills had circled the globe, triumphing in a host of leading roles from some of the world's most cherished operas. With interviews and performances from her friends, including Manon, Julius Caesar and Roberto Devereux, the program profiles one of opera's homegrown stars.

BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE
November 24, 9:00PM and November 29, 7:30PM
An important, ambitious and comprehensive film about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words - and not a moment too soon - this program tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre.

Judy Garland: BY MYSELF
November 30, 7:30PM
For the first time on film, Judy Garland tells her own story, in her own words. Using recordings Garland made in preparation for writing her autobiography - a book that was never published - "Judy" reveals Garland as she saw herself. In an exclusive - and unprecedented -arrangement, Turner Entertainment granted American Masters unlimited access to the MGM archives. This special arrangement means that "Judy" includes extensive material from A Star Is Born, as well as never- before-seen rehearsal footage, rare outtakes and alternate takes of Garland's numerous performances.

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