Great Performances » Interviews http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf The best in the performing arts from across America. Thu, 24 May 2012 15:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Harry Connick Jr., In Concert on Broadway: Interview with Harry Connick, Jr. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harry-connick-jr-in-concert-on-broadway/interview-with-harry-connick-jr/1073/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harry-connick-jr-in-concert-on-broadway/interview-with-harry-connick-jr/1073/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:44:59 +0000 colin fitzpatrick http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=1073 Twenty years after dazzling audiences in his first Broadway solo concert, the three-time Grammy winner returns to the Main Stage with a roster of fan favorites. Great Performances – Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway premieres Wednesday, March 2, 9:30PM (check local listings).

(View full post to see video) ]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/harry-connick-jr-in-concert-on-broadway/interview-with-harry-connick-jr/1073/feed/ 5 Hamlet: The Making of Hamlet http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/the-making-of-hamlet/983/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/the-making-of-hamlet/983/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 21:48:57 +0000 colin fitzpatrick http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=983 Join GREAT PERFORMANCES to go behind the scenes of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s exciting new production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. David Tennant, Patrick Stewart and director Gregory Doran discuss the creative process of transferring the production from the original RSC stage production to the on-location television film adaptation.

(View full post to see video) ]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/the-making-of-hamlet/983/feed/ 4 Hamlet: Interview with Sir Patrick Stewart http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/interview-with-sir-patrick-stewart/976/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/interview-with-sir-patrick-stewart/976/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:31:19 +0000 colin fitzpatrick http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=976 Great Performances interviewed the recently-knighted Sir Patrick Stewart about playing the roles of Claudius and the Ghost in the upcoming GP special Hamlet to air on PBS stations nationwide on April 28th at 8 p.m. (check local listings). While in California in January promoting the broadcast, Stewart talked about the process of creating a modern adaptation the play, how the cast created their characters, and what he hopes viewers will take from watching David Tennant and Gregory Doran’s Hamlet. THIRTEEN’s Jitin Hingorani narrates to give a sneak peak at the film.

(View full post to see video) ]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/interview-with-sir-patrick-stewart/976/feed/ 21 Chess in Concert: Interview with Josh Groban http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chess-in-concert/interview-with-josh-groban/785/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/chess-in-concert/interview-with-josh-groban/785/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:34:30 +0000 colin fitzpatrick http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/?p=785 Josh Groban, star of the Tim Rice musical “Chess in Concert,” speaks candidly to WNET/THIRTEEN about this passion project, his co-stars Idina Menzel (Wicked) and Adam Pascal (Rent), and the chart-topping music, created by ABBA composers Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Premiering in HD on THIRTEEN on June 17th at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings), Great Performances is proud to present “Chess in Concert,” taped at the Royal Albert Hall in London in May 2008. Click below to watch a preview of the show, as narrated by the “King of Chess” himself, Josh Groban.

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