Broadway's MEMPHIS to be Featured on GREAT PERFORMANCES February 24
by Nicole Rosky - January 31, 2012 Broadway's Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Featuring the original Broadway cast, including Tony nominees Chad Kimball and Mo...
Candice Bergen To Narrate New Documentary On PBS
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 07, 2011 In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Allies declared the Nazi party a criminal organization and pledged to prosecute and punish all those who took part in genocide and crimes against humanity....
Broadway's MEMPHIS to be Featured on GREAT PERFORMANCES February 24
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2012 Broadway's Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Featuring the original Broadway cast, including Tony nominees Chad Kimball and Mo...
PEDRO RUIZ: COMING HOME Airs On Thirteen 9/29
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 06, 2011 Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home, an hour-long documentary and performance film, telling the story of Pedro's return to Cuba and featuring innovative, breathtaking modern dance sequences, airs Thursday, September 29 at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN....
Netrebko Plays Donizetti's Anna Bolena on THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 22, 2011 The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated first North American performances of the tour-de-force title role, will be the 2012 season opener of THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (c...
Candice Bergen To Narrate New Documentary On PBS
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2011 In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Allies declared the Nazi party a criminal organization and pledged to prosecute and punish all those who took part in genocide and crimes against humanity....
PEDRO RUIZ: COMING HOME Airs On Thirteen Tonight
by TV News Desk - September 29, 2011 Pedro Ruiz: Coming Home, an hour-long documentary and performance film, telling the story of Pedro's return to Cuba and featuring innovative, breathtaking modern dance sequences, airs Thursday, September 29 at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN....
Netrebko Plays Donizetti's Anna Bolena on THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2012 The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated first North American performances of the tour-de-force title role, will be the 2012 season opener of THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (c...
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel, LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin Airs on PBS
by BWW News Desk - January 06, 2012 On January 6, 2012, PBS's Great Performances airs Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin, a live recording of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Opening Night Gala and Concert with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock....
Julie Andrews Bows Out of PBS New Year's Special; Paula Zahn Steps In
by Jessica Lewis - December 02, 2010 News veteran Paula Zahn will cover for stage and screen legend Julie Andrews as host of the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst from Vienna's Musikverein....
Netrebko Plays Donizetti's Anna Bolena on THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by BWW News Desk - January 20, 2012 The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated first North American performances of the tour-de-force title role, will be the 2012 season opener of THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (c...
Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau Lead Met's Le Comte Ory On Thirteen 7/24
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2011 A trio of bel canto stars--Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, and Joyce DiDonato--headline the Met's first-ever production of Le Comte Ory, Rossini's final comic masterpiece. ...
Bill Murray Hosts Star-Studded Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2011 In June 2010, Eric Clapton gathered a veritable Who's Who of the world's most talented guitar players at the third Crossroads Guitar Festival, an 11-hour celebration of the six-string that attracted a sold-out crowd of more than 27,000 music fans to Chicago's Toyota Park. ...
Carnegie Hall's 120th Anniversary Concert Featured on PBS, 5/31
by Nicole Rosky - April 08, 2011 On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall will commemorate its 120th anniversary with an all-star gala concert featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Gil Shaham, and the four-time Tony Award-winning singer and actress Aud...
Thirteen Announces Upcoming Classic Film Line-Up
by Caryn Robbins - June 27, 2012 From adultery on a dart team to Chicago White Sox players on trial for throwing the World Series, the July offerings on 'Reel 13' - including 'Heartlands,' 'The Hustler,' 'Eight Men Out' and 'Rocky II' -- show that, whatever the game, good sportsmanship doesn't always prevail....
Bill Murray Hosts Star-Studded Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 19, 2011 In June 2010, Eric Clapton gathered a veritable Who's Who of the world's most talented guitar players at the third Crossroads Guitar Festival, an 11-hour celebration of the six-string that attracted a sold-out crowd of more than 27,000 music fans to Chicago's Toyota Park. ...
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel, LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin Airs on PBS
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 06, 2011 On January 6, 2012, PBS's Great Performances airs Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin, a live recording of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Opening Night Gala and Concert with Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock....
Colbie Caillat Among Artists to Be Featured in FRONT ROW CENTER Concert Series
by Caryn Robbins - March 08, 2012 FRONT ROW CENTER, a new music television series that brings the live concert experience home, is scheduled to debut its inaugural season on public television stations across the country beginning April, 2012 (check local listings)....
Bill Murray Hosts Star-Studded Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 19, 2011 In June 2010, Eric Clapton gathered a veritable Who's Who of the world's most talented guitar players at the third Crossroads Guitar Festival, an 11-hour celebration of the six-string that attracted a sold-out crowd of more than 27,000 music fans to Chicago's Toyota Park. ...
THIRTEEN Premieres Paris The Luminous Years On PBS 12/15
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 07, 2010 Paris The Luminous Years - Toward the Making of the Modern, premiering Wednesday, December 15 from 9 - 11 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings), explores a unique moment in Paris from 1905 to 1930, decisive years for our contemporary culture: an international group including Pablo Picasso, Henri M...
Stanley Tucci Set for VINE TALK Series, 4/11
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2011 Stanley Tucci brings his love of food, wine, and culture to public television in VINE TALK this April (check local listings). In New York, the half-hour episodic series premieres Thursday, April 7 at 10:30 p.m. (ET) on THIRTEEN and Monday, April 11 at 8:30 p.m. (ET) on WLIW21. Tucci will lead an eve...
Julie Andrews to Host FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION, 1/1
by Nicole Rosky - December 01, 2011 Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the third time to host the merry annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Mariss Jansons from Vienna's Musikverein. This is Jansons' second time at the podium of this much cherished event. The famed Vienna Bo...
Carnegie Hall's 120th Anniversary Concert Featured on PBS, 5/31
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2011 On May 5, 2011, Carnegie Hall will commemorate its 120th anniversary with an all-star gala concert featuring conductor Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic and special guests pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Gil Shaham, and the four-time Tony Award-winning singer and actress Aud...
PBS to Air NATURE'S RIVER OF NO RETURN, 4/18
by BWW News Desk - April 18, 2012 NATURE'S RIVER OF NO RETURN, premieres Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). After broadcast, the series will stream online at pbs.org/nature....
Netrebko Plays Donizetti's Anna Bolena on THIRTEEN's Great Performances
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 22, 2011 The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in her highly anticipated first North American performances of the tour-de-force title role, will be the 2012 season opener of THIRTEEN's Great Performances at the Met Friday, January 20 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (c... |