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AMERICAN MASTERS Documentary on PBS to Focus on the Career, Social Vision & Impact of The Public Theater's Joe Papp
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022
A cultural change agent for more than fifty years, Papp’s stages held up a mirror to society with work that reflected the reality of people’s lives. Directed, produced and written by Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts premieres nationwide Friday, June 3...
PBS AMERICAN MASTERS to Premiere Documentary about Surfing Legend Duke Kahanamoku
by Marissa Tomeo - May 03, 2022
Five-time Olympic medalist Duke Kahanamoku shattered records as a swimmer and brought surfing to the world while overcoming rampant racism in a lifetime of personal challenges. American Masters: Waterman — Duke: Ambassador of Aloha explores his life, career and struggles with prejudice. ...
PBS AMERICAN MASTERS to Celebrate The Public Theatre's Joe Papp with Documentary
by Marissa Tomeo - May 01, 2022
Ahead of the 60th Anniversary Season of Free Shakespeare in The Park at New York City’s Delacorte Theater in Central Park, American Masters: Joe Papp in Five Acts tells the story of this indomitable, street-wise champion of the arts. ...
American Symphony Orchestra to Host Free Performances
by Marissa Tomeo - April 30, 2022
The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) continues its 60th anniversary season on Sunday, June 5 with American Masters, a free symphonic concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center featuring the world premiere of Roberto Sierra’s newly commissioned Concerto for Electric Violin performed by acclaimed el...
American Symphony Orchestra Offers Free Concerts
by Stephi Wild - April 29, 2022
The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) continues its 60th anniversary season on Sunday, June 5 with American Masters, a free symphonic concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center featuring the world premiere of Roberto Sierra’s newly commissioned Concerto for Electric Violin performed by acclaimed el...
Palisades Virtuosi to Present GLOBAL WARNING – A Concert Devoted To Climate Concerns
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 24, 2022
The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi flute, clarinet and piano trio will be in concert on Sunday, March 27 @ 3:00 PM, performing Global Warning - A Concert Devoted to Climate Concerns at Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC), 102 State St. in Hackensack, NJ....
Top-Selling Album 'The Best Of Charley Pride Volume II' Celebrates 50th Anniversary
by Michael Major - February 07, 2022
Included on the album are hits like 'Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'', 'Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone,' 'I'd Rather Love You,' 'I'm Just Me' and more fan favorites. In line with Black History Month, the celebration of this anniversary reminds us how Pride transcended racial barriers within the country m...
Rita Moreno to Receive the Stanley Kramer Award at the 2022 Producers Guild Awards
by Michael Major - January 26, 2022
Oscar, Tony, Grammy and two-time Emmy winner Rita Moreno’s career began with her Broadway debut at age 13. Most recently, Moreno co-stars and is an Executive Producer of the Steven Spielberg remake of the classic, West Side Story, which released worldwide this past December. Moreno won an Oscar fo...
Casting Announced for freeFall's I LOVE TO EAT
by Stephi Wild - January 13, 2022
I Love to Eat invites you to meet the man described as “the face and belly of American gastronomy” in this play by James Still that imagines a late night in Beard’s Greenwich Village home. ...
Symphony San Jose Presents Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, Ellington, January 22-23
by A.A. Cristi - January 04, 2022
Symphony San Jose presents American Masters, January 22 - 23, featuring works from Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and 'Duke' Ellington. ...
American Masters to Premiere Alvin Ailey Documentary
by Michael Major - December 20, 2021
American Masters: Ailey is a portrait of the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), a trailblazing pioneer who founded his influential studio Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958 at age 27. Using previously unheard audio interviews recorded in the last year of Ailey’s life, the doc...
National Symphony Orchestra to Presents BEETHOVEN & AMERICAN MASTERS Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 13, 2021
The NSO will present Beethoven & American Masters, a three-week festival featuring concerts that belatedly celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, the concerts pair symphonies by Beethoven with works by 20th-century American compos...
VIDEO: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo to Return to The Joyce
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 09, 2021
The Joyce Theater Foundation will celebrate the return of their most raucous and rambunctious holiday tradition with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. More widely known simply as The Trocks, the all-male dance company will bring their signature combination of humor and grace to The Joyce Th...
VIDEO: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Comes To The Joyce Theatre December 14th
by Alan Henry - October 18, 2021
'The amalgam of ballerina finesse and daft diva antics is brilliant, unsettling, riveting,” declares The New York Times about Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the beloved troupe of male dancers that returns to The Joyce for another uproarious holiday season. ...
Rita Moreno Talks WEST SIDE STORY Remake, Her New Documentary and More on AWARDS CHATTER Podcast
by Nicole Rosky - October 02, 2021
Living legend Rita Moreno stops by 'Awards Chatter' podcast to chat about her life in the industry. On Tuesday, October 5 (9 pm), PBS will air American Masters - Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It. ...
Palisades Virtuosi to Present A TRIBUTE TO BEETHOVEN (HAPPY BELATED 250TH!)
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 22, 2021
The critically-acclaimed Palisades Virtuosi flute, clarinet and piano trio will be in concert on Sunday, October 10 @ 3:00 PM, presenting A Tribute to Beethoven (Happy Belated 250th!) at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, NJ....
AMERICAN MASTERS Season Finale Will Explore Life of Helen Keller
by Michael Major - September 16, 2021
Emmy and Tony Award winner Cherry Jones will perform Keller’s writings in the season 35 finale. The new documentary rediscovers the complex life and legacy of Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since childhood, exploring how she used her celebrity and wit to advocate for social justice....
Rita Moreno Documentary, LA FRONTERA, & More To Premiere on PBS for Hispanic Heritage Month
by Michael Major - August 25, 2021
PBS will be offering a new lineup of premiere content to celebrate Latino Heritage Month this September and October. New performances from The Met, Rita Moreno documentary, and The 34th Hispanic Heritage Awards will highlight the schedule....
New Mel Brooks Memoir Will Hit Shelves This Fall
by Nicole Rosky - August 04, 2021
Mel Brooks has a new book coming soon! Penguin Random House's Ballantine Books will publish All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business on November 30, 2021. Click here to pre-order today!...
RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT Will Premiere Oct. 5 on PBS
by TV News Desk - August 02, 2021
Film interviewees include Gloria Estefan, Morgan Freeman, Mitzi Gaynor, Whoopi Goldberg, Eva Longoria, Justina Machado, Terrence McNally, Karen Olivo, as well as Norman Lear and Lin-Manuel Miranda....
Blue Engine Records Releases 'Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2)'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 07, 2021
The symphony's seven movements are each infused with different influences-a ragtime stomp here, a habanera rhythm there-and, collectively, they take listeners on a sonic journey through America's revolutionary era, the early beginnings of jazz in New Orleans, and even a big city soundscape that ser...
AMERICAN MASTERS Turns Up The Volume On The Life And Legacy Of Jazz Legend Doc Severinsen
by A.A. Cristi - March 05, 2021
After more than 30 years as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen continues to defy nature well into his 90s with a grueling schedule of touring, performing and teaching. An engaging new documentary, American Masters – Never Too Late...
AMERICAN MASTERS to Spotlight Tony- Winning Choreographer Twyla Tharp
by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2021
American Masters on PBS will explore the life and career of dance legend and Tony Award-winning choreographer, Twyla Tharp. ...
AMERICAN MASTERS Examines the Life and Career of Author Flannery O'Connor
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 24, 2021
Featuring new, original interviews with Mary Karr, Hilton Als, Alice Walker, Tobias Wolff, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice McDermott and others....
PBS Stations Celebrate Charley Pride For Black History Month
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 08, 2021
Throughout the month of February, while celebrating Black History Month, PBS has made it easy for Charley Pride fans and new audiences alike to learn more about his history in country music and the impact he made throughout the world....
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