Latest Articles About American Masters on PBS
INVENTING DAVID GEFFEN Premieres 11/20 on PBS
by Kelsey Denette - July 10, 2012 David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades....
Mandy Patinkin to Narrate PBS's AMERICAN MASTERS JOFFREY, 12/28
by Caryn Robbins - June 18, 2012 Mandy Patinkin will narrate PBS's AMERICAN MASTERS JOFFREY BALLET on Friday December 28th at 9pm. The special will cover the story of the first quintessentially American dance company founded by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, who pioneered a new dance philosophy....
Woody Allen Gets AMERICAN MASTERS Documentary
by Nicole Rosky - April 13, 2011 According to published reports, Woody Allen will get his own 'American Masters' documentary on PBS. The two-part program will air this fall. ...
Cyndi Lauper, Rainn Wilson et al to Host PBS Arts Fall Festival Series, Beg. 10/14
by BWW News Desk - October 14, 2011 PBS has announced that Cyndi Lauper, Rainn Wilson and Anna Deveare Smith will join previously announced hosts for its upcoming series PBS Arts Fall Festival. The Festival will air on Friday evenings, beginning October 14, 2011. ...
Cyndi Lauper, Rainn Wilson et al to Host PBS Arts Fall Festival Series, Beg. 10/14
by Caryn Robbins - October 06, 2011 PBS has announced that Cyndi Lauper, Rainn Wilson and Anna Deveare Smith will join previously announced hosts for its upcoming series PBS Arts Fall Festival. The Festival will air on Friday evenings, beginning October 14, 2011. ...
STAGE TUBE: Preview AMERICAN MASTERS MARILYN MONROE: STILL LIFE, Airing on PBS, 8/5
by Movies News Desk - August 01, 2012 PBS presents a special encore of the award-winning 2006 documentary American Masters Marilyn Monroe: Still Life this Sunday, August 5 from 8-9 p.m, nationwide on PBS and in the New York metro area on THIRTEEN to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Monroe's death (8/5/62). Get preview of the document...
Gabriel Byrne to Present IAW&A O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award, 10/17
by Caryn Robbins - October 06, 2011 Gabriel Byrne will present the IAW&A annual Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award to Irish Rep founders Charlotte Moore and Ciarán O'Reilly, in an evening of 'literary libation,' Monday. Oct. 17, 2011 at the Manhattan Club, upstairs at Rosie O'Grady's (800 7th Avenue and 52nd St., NYC), starting...
Canyon Moon Theatre Presents IN SEARCH OF THE SACRED Benefit, 3/29
by Harmony Wheeler - March 21, 2012 Poetry is the language in which humanity explores its own amazement. Such explorations will unfold at 7 PM on Thursday, March 29th at the Canyon Moon Theatre in the Village of Oak Creek in the Outlet Mall on SR179. After weeks of planning by Mary Guaraldi, the Director-Producer will be opening the t...
Garrison Keillor Comes To The Van Wezel 1/17
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2011 Minnesota-born and raised, GARRISON KEILLOR will speak at the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL on Monday, January 17 at 8 p.m. ...
Joel Grey to Narrate PBS's BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY, 1/1
by Caryn Robbins - November 27, 2012 As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, 'In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose…you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews.' Eric Idle's cheeky lyric, which unfailingly generated knowing guffaws from Broadway audiences, proves to be more than a...
PBS Features Hugh Laurie, San Francisco Ballet, et al. in Fall 2011 Schedule
by Nicole Rosky - July 13, 2011 PBS raises the curtain on a new fall season celebrating the arts, exploring America's 'Great Experiment' with PROHIBITION, and traveling to the edges of the universe with NOVA's 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.' Also on tap this season, PBS will premiere new shows from MASTERPIECE featuring award-winning ...
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes of Irish Rep's NEW GIRL IN TOWN
by Stage Tube - July 23, 2012 Performances of NEW GIRL IN TOWN are running now through September 9, 2012 at The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues). Click below to watch behind-the-scenes footage from the production and interviews with the cast and creative team!...
Judy Kuhn to Perform at World Financial Center Today
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2012 Broadway star and Tribeca resident Judy Kuhn will perform songs from iconic 19th-century soprano Jenny Lind's fabled U.S. debut in a free concert celebrating two Lower Manhattan landmarks at the World Financial Center Winter Garden next month....
PBS Features Hugh Laurie, San Francisco Ballet, et al. in Fall 2011 Schedule
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2011 PBS raises the curtain on a new fall season celebrating the arts, exploring America's 'Great Experiment' with PROHIBITION, and traveling to the edges of the universe with NOVA's 'The Fabric of the Cosmos.' Also on tap this season, PBS will premiere new shows from MASTERPIECE featuring award-winning ...
Joel Grey to Narrate PBS's BROADWAY MUSICALS: A JEWISH LEGACY, 1/1
by Caryn Robbins - November 27, 2012 As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, 'In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose…you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews.' Eric Idle's cheeky lyric, which unfailingly generated knowing guffaws from Broadway audiences, proves to be more than a...
THIRTEEN Celebrates 50 Years in September
by Kelsey Denette - June 28, 2012 New York's THIRTEEN, the flagship station of PBS, celebrates 50 years....
THIRTEEN’s American Masters to Air First Film Bio of Media Mogul David Geffen, 11/20
by Tyler Peterson - November 14, 2012 David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades. Notoriously press and camera-shy, Geffen reveals himself for the first time in the new two-hou...
Judy Kuhn to Perform at World Financial Center, 1/14
by Nicole Rosky - January 04, 2012 Broadway star and Tribeca resident Judy Kuhn will perform songs from iconic 19th-century soprano Jenny Lind's fabled U.S. debut in a free concert celebrating two Lower Manhattan landmarks at the World Financial Center Winter Garden next month....
PBS' AMERICAN MASTERS: GORE VIDAL Now Available for Streaming
by Kelsey Denette - August 03, 2012 Beginning today, PBS and American Masters are making the 2003 documentary American Masters The Education of Gore Vidal available for streaming on the American Masters website (http://pbs.org/americanmasters) and PBS Video (http://pbs.org/video) to commemorate the life of the eclectic intellectual wh...
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - American Master's WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY to Air on PBS 11/20
by Caryn Robbins - November 18, 2011 Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian, and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy®-winning, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide followed the notoriously private film legend over a year and ...
Pearl Jam Twenty Launches 9/1 With 20 Days of Pearl Jam Countdown
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 01, 2011 Starting September 1, Columbia Records and Pearl Jam will launch a 20 Days of Pearl Jam Countdown to the theatrical release of the Pearl Jam Twenty film and soundtrack on September 20. ...
Met Opera's James Levine Revealed In New PBS Documentary
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 11, 2011 To celebrate Maestro James Levine's 40 years at the Metropolitan Opera, American Masters presents James Levine: America's Maestro, premiering nationally Wednesday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ...
STAGE TUBE: Preview AMERICAN MASTERS MARILYN MONROE: STILL LIFE, Airing on PBS Tonight, 8/5
by Movies News Desk - August 05, 2012 PBS presents a special encore of the award-winning 2006 documentary American Masters Marilyn Monroe: Still Life tonight, August 5 from 8-9 p.m, nationwide on PBS and in the New York metro area on THIRTEEN to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Monroe's death (8/5/62). Get preview of the documentary,...
PBS to Present AMERICAN MASTERS: INVENTING DAVID GEFFEN, 11/20
by Caryn Robbins - October 16, 2012 THIRTEEN's American Masters presents the first film biography of media mogul David Geffen. The Emmy-winning filmmaker Susan Lacy's new documentary features candid interviews with Geffen, Cher, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Elton John, Don Henley, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Nora Ephron, Mike Nichols,...
'Cab Calloway: Sketches' Premieres 2/26 on THIRTEEN
by Kelsey Denette - February 23, 2012 'Hi de hi de hi de ho!' Charismatic music and dance pioneer Cab Calloway (12-25-1907 - 11-18-94) is an exceptional figure in the history of jazz. As a singer, dancer and bandleader, he charmed audiences around the world with his boundless energy, bravado and elegant showmanship. Calloway was also an... |
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