NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on television reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. The NOVA website has been pioneering new forms of web-original content since it debuted in early 1996. NOVA
Latest Articles About NOVA on PBS
Photo Flash: First Look at the Premiere of COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE
by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2018
A new musical is being developed by a Nova Scotian writing team that will feature songs originally made famous by Anne Murray, the Grammy-award-winning singer from Springhill, Nova Scotia. The show just underwent a 2-week developmental workshop in Halifax with an 11-member cast of actors. The worksh...
Water Damage Emergency Forces Ars Nova To Adjust Performance Schedule For RAGS PARKLAND SINGS THE SONGS OF THE FUTURE
by A.A. Cristi - October 02, 2018
Due to a water damage emergency, Ars Nova has been forced to adjust the performance schedule for the world premiere of Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future, which began previews on September 25. The opening has been moved to Monday, October 15 and a new closing date has been set for November...
NOVA Senior Executive Producer Paula Apsell Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at News & Documentary Emmys
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 02, 2018
The stars shone last night on NOVA Senior Executive Producer Paula Apsell, who was presented with the News & Documentary Lifetime Achievement Award at the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards ceremony in New York City. Family and friends, along with WGBH and industry colleagues past and presen...
Ars Nova Presents World Premiere Of RAGS PARKLAND SINGS THE SONGS OF THE FUTURE
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2018
Ars Nova, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director Jason Eagan and Managing Director Renee Blinkwolt, kicks off its 2018-2019 season at its original home with the world premiere of Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future. Created by Andrew R. Butler, a former Ars Nova resident artist a...
PBS to Premiere NOVA ADDICTION
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 18, 2018
We are in the midst of the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history. In 2016, 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, driven by a dramatic rise in the abuse of opioids like OxyContin, heroin, and fentanyl. Drugs are now the leading cause of death for people under the age of 50, and a key reason th...
Theatre NOVA Calls For Submissions For Michigan Playwrights Festival 2019
by Julie Musbach - September 11, 2018
After the success of Theatre NOVA's inaugural Michigan Playwrights Festival three years ago, the theatre is continuing its semi-annual tradition and announcing a call for submissions for this season's two festivals of new plays by Michigan playwrights. The Spring festival will run March 5-10, ...
Video: Ars Nova Releases Music Video From RAGS PARKLAND SINGS THE SONGS OF THE FUTURE
by A.A. Cristi - September 10, 2018
Ars Nova, "one of the most adventurous Off-Broadway companies" (New York Times), under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director Jason Eagan and Managing Director Renee Blinkwolt, is pleased to kick off its 2018-2019 season at its original home with the world premiere of Rags Parkland Sings The S...
Theatre NOVA Presents The Michigan Premiere Of THE TOTALITARIANS
by Julie Musbach - August 13, 2018
Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, presents the Michigan premiere of "The Totalitarians" by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb....
Go on an Underwater Mission in PBS's NOVA LAST B-24
by TV News Desk - August 08, 2018
Seventy-four years ago, an American B-24 Liberator bomber known as the Tulsamerican fell from the sky while returning from a mission over Europe and disappeared beneath the waves of the Adriatic Sea. Seven crew members survived the crash and were rescued. Three men were never found?thought to be los...
Hit The Lights! Presents Two Original Works In Minnesota Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2018
Hit The Lights! Theater Co. (HTL!) is please to present two original works as part of the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. In their shadow play WHALES, inspired by punk rock, interactive game shows, documentaries, and Herman Melville's seminal masterpiece Moby-Dick, HTL! invites you to catch a glimps...
Ars Nova Presents World Premiere Of RAGS PARKLAND SINGS THE SONGS OF THE FUTURE
by Stephi Wild - August 02, 2018
Ars Nova, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director Jason Eagan and Managing Director Renee Blinkwolt, kicks off its 2018-2019 season at its original home with the world premiere of Rags Parkland Sings The Songs Of The Future. Created by Andrew R. Butler, a former Ars Nova resident artist a...
Paula S. Apsell to Receive Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award
by Macon Prickett - July 24, 2018
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer of the multiple Emmy® Award winning series, NOVA, and Director of the WGBH Science Unit, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award at the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Aw...
Juliana Areias Jazzes Up The Green Room 42 with BOSSA NOVA BABY
by BWW News Desk - June 29, 2018
Australian-based Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias wraps up her first U.S. Tour today, June 29, with a salute to 60 years of the bossa nova at The Green Room 42, an upscale cabaret club serving New York City's theater district. Drawing on traditional Brazilian bossa nova rhythms, Ms. Areias...
Hit The Lights! Presents Two Original Works In Minnesota Fringe Festival
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2018
Hit The Lights! Theater Co. (HTL!) is please to present two original works as part of the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. In their shadow play WHALES, inspired by punk rock, interactive game shows, documentaries, and Herman Melville's seminal masterpiece Moby-Dick, HTL! invites you to catch a glimps...
Juliana Areias Jazzes Up The Green Room 42 with BOSSA NOVA BABY
by Julie Musbach - June 27, 2018
Australian-based Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias wraps up her first U.S. Tour on Friday, June 29, with a salute to 60 years of the bossa nova at The Green Room 42, an upscale cabaret club serving New York City's theater district. Drawing on traditional Brazilian bossa nova rhythms, Ms. Ar...
Juliana Areias Takes the Stage at The Bickford Theatre
by Julie Musbach - May 23, 2018
Australian-based Brazilian singer-songwriter Juliana Areias will salute 60 years of Bossa Nova at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum on Friday, June 15, at 8:00 PM. Drawing on traditional Brazilian bossa nova rhythms, Ms. Areias has created her own style of Latin Jazz which has made her a hit...
Ars Nova Announces 2018-2019 Season Including Opening of Ars Nova at Greenwich House
by Julie Musbach - May 22, 2018
Ars Nova, 'one of the most adventurous Off-Broadway companies' (New York Times), under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director Jason Eagan and Managing Director Renee Blinkwolt, is pleased to announce programming for its 2018-2019 season, which marks a rich expansion of the non-profit's unique ...
PBS' NOVA: DECODING THE WEATHER MACHINE Tackles Impacts of Changing Climate & Weather in Time for Earth Day
by Macon Prickett - April 13, 2018
Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Pervasive heat. Extreme rainfall. Something is up with the weather, and scientists agree the trend is not just a coincidence. It's the result of the weather machine itself?our climate?which is changing, becoming hotter and more erratic. But s...
Back To Where It All Started, Carnival Kid Team Returns To Northern Virginia Film Festival
by A.A. Cristi - April 05, 2018
Nearly two years after director Michael Perry first met writer Joey Fama at the Northern Virginia Film Festival (NOVA), the Carnival Kid team will have its Virginia premier at NOVA. Carnival Kid comes highly touted, including four nominations from the festival: Best Musical, Best Cinematography-Shor...
Pop Barbarella Nova Miller's TURN UP THE FIRE Video Hits One Million Views
by Tori Hartshorn - March 13, 2018
Pop barbarella NOVA MILLER's (21:12 Entertainment / BMG Records) gorgeous video for her new single “Turn Up The Fire” hit ONE MILLION views - watch HERE; The cinematic video for the new single was filmed on location in Iceland in 3 degree fahrenheit and directed by Nikeisha Andersson....
Nova Flares Debuts With Dreamy Surf Gaze Single GUT SPLINTER
by Tori Hartshorn - March 08, 2018
Alternative rock shoegaze artist Nova Flares presents his debut single 'Gut Splinter'. This is the first offering from his forthcoming debut album, expected by mid-2018. ...
NOVA FLARES Announces Intense Yet Dreamy Debut Single GUT SPLINTER
by Macon Prickett - February 16, 2018
Alternative rock shoegaze artist Nova Flares has announced his debut single 'Gut Splinter', which is set to release on March 9. This is the first offering from his forthcoming debut album, expected by mid-2018. ...
NOVA: FIRST FACE OF AMERICA Premieres on PBS Today
by TV News Desk - February 07, 2018
In FIRST FACE OF AMERICA, NOVA, a production of WGBH Boston, makes an incredible journey?from stunning Mexican caves to the Alaskan wilderness, to leading genomics and forensics labs?to pursue groundbreaking new finds that are rewriting the story of the forgotten First Americans who ventured into ou...
Nova Flares Release GUT SPLINTER 3/9
by Tori Hartshorn - February 01, 2018
Nova Flares Release GUT SPLINTER 3/9...
NOVA: FIRST FACE OF AMERICA Premieres 2/7 on PBS
by Tori Hartshorn - January 24, 2018
NOVA: FIRST FACE OF AMERICA Premieres 2/7 on PBS...
Videos