Wednesday, April 2, 2025
As a powerhouse performer skilled in acting, singing and dancing, Liza Minnelli embodies versatility at its finest. Throughout her legendary career, she has captivated audiences and influenc…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:08PM[SHARE]Monday, March 31, 2025
Liza Minnelli grew up immersed in Hollywood and the world of filmmaking. The MGM backlot was her playground. There, her mother, Judy Garland, lit up the screen in musicals like "The Pirate" …
SOURCE: PBS at 04:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 2, 2025
Throughout her extraordinary career, Brenda Lee has transcended genre boundaries and solidified her place as one of the most versatile female artists of the 20th century. Singer-songwriter J…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 14, 2024
It costs a lot of money to open a big musical on Broadway"anywhere from $18 million to $32 million just to get in the door. So, if you wanna be a producer and you have a golden ticket at you…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Julia Sachi Mates shares how David Geffen's vision as a music producer changed her appreciation for the talent of nurturing talent. Written as part of the American Masters Digital Archive pr…
SOURCE: PBS at 02:45PM[SHARE]Friday, September 30, 2022
Eve Passman looks at how Mel Brooks uses humor to counteract the "encroaching darkness of life's banality." Written as part of the American Masters Digital Archive project, this essay draws …
SOURCE: PBS at 12:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Beyond classic musicals like "The Sound of Music" and "South Pacific," writer Laurence Maslon breaks down the unparalleled career and influence of composer Richard Rodgers. Among some notes …
SOURCE: PBS at 06:22PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Playwright, librettist and screenwriter David Henry Hwang shares his experience working with theater producer Joe Papp, who produced his first play, "FOB." "FOB," which premiered in 1980, ex…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:56PM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2022
Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty recalls his time as an intern at The Public Theater under the indomitable Joe Papp, reflecting on the 1989-1990 season amidst the AIDS crisis…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:42PM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2022
Theater critic David Cote explores the legacy of Joe Papp, the man who brought free Shakespeare to Central Park and nurtured new talent in the American theater. The visionary and benevol…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:31PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 30, 2022
As a successful actor, athlete, singer and activist, Paul Robeson's impact on American culture is profound. At the height of his popularity, he was a cultural leader in the war against fasci…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 22, 2022
For playwright Tennessee Williams, masterpieces like "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Glass Menagerie" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" came from a deep understanding of emotion and an intense pa…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 24, 2022
Writer, singer and educator Aiden K. Feltkamp reflects on their journey as a trans nonbinary opera singer. Feltkamp recognizes the impact representation can have to inspire change, connectin…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:39PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 10, 2022
Writer Laurence Maslon highlights how Arthur Miller's body of work scrutinized the "moral compass of American society." "Why do you not direct some of the magnificent ability you have to fig…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:06AM[SHARE]Monday, February 7, 2022
The legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey's dances center on the Black American experience with grace, strength and beauty. Here are 10 iconic dances he choreographed, running the emotional ga…
SOURCE: PBS at 04:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Journalist and former professional dancer Juan Michael Porter II shares an intimate perspective on Alvin Ailey's transformative career, finding inspiration in Ailey's hidden battle with AIDS…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Khalia Campbell shares her day-to-day life as a dancer in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. 1. In broad strokes, what does a typical workweek look like for you from Monday to Friday? D…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:45PM[SHARE]Friday, January 7, 2022
Journalist Kayla Stewart reflects on Alvin Ailey's lasting impression on American culture. On the stage of the New York City Center, there's a slight rumbling that emerges from the stage, al…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Acclaimed hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris honors the legacy of Alvin Ailey with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's first two-act ballet, "Lazarus" " a trilogy including Harris' pas…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Exploring the Black American experience through choreography, Alvin Ailey searched for "truth in movement." In his legacy, artists continue to be inspired by the profound impact of his work …
SOURCE: PBS at 05:41PM[SHARE]Monday, December 13, 2021
One of the most beloved sitcoms of all time, "I Love Lucy" changed the history of television forever. The life of a scatterbrained housewife with the ability to turn simple chores into u…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 9, 2021
"Esa es Rita Moreno. La nuestra," said my maternal grandmother Ada Loubriel into the cassette recorder. It was 1976, and I, a precocious 10-year-old documentarian, was recording my family wa…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:12PM[SHARE]Friday, October 29, 2021
Even in the 21st Century, if you went to Rebecca Nurse's house, in what used to be Salem Village, and knock on the door, someone fascinating would open it. I discovered this when I visited S…
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