Great Performances mourns the passing of Emmy Award-winning pioneer producer and director of Dance in America Merrill Brockway in Santa Fe at the age of 90. An Indiana native, he started his career as a piano teacher and accompanist for noted singers and instrumentalists. At ...
Folk legend Richie Havens passed away yesterday from a heart attack at the age of 72. Havens inadvertently played himself into history when he opened the music festival at Woodstock in 1969 when the bands scheduled to open were late to the venue. It was ...
Great Performances mourns the passing of Maria Tallchief, a Native American who grew up on an Indian reservation and later became a world famous prima ballerina. She died in Chicago at the age of 88. She had studied with Ernest Belcher (father of dancer Marge ...
Jonathan Winters, one of the great comedians of our time, has passed away at the age of 87. Known for his comic irreverence and multitude of characters, Winters appeared in films including "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "The Loved One" as well ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES is proud to announce that we received five Primetime Emmy award nominations. Congratulations to all our nominees for this well-deserved recognition! Outstanding Variety Special Tony Bennett: Duets II (Great Performances) • PBS • A Production of RPM TV Productions, Inc. ...
GREAT PEROFRMANCES mourns the passing of Celeste Holm who died last Sunday at the age of 95. In 1995, Ms. Holm co-starred in the GP production of “Talking With,” along with Kathy Bates (who also directed), Beverly D’Angelo, Marcia Gay Harden, Frances McDormand, and Mary ...
Twelve-year-old classical crossover prodigy Jackie Evancho will record a new Great Performances special in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theater on June 13.
We mourn the passing of the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau who passed away Friday, May 18th at the age of 86. GREAT PERFORMANCES was honored to showcase Fischer-Dieskau in two productions as he memorably played Count Almaviva in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s film version of The ...
PBS announced today that the Tanglewood 75th anniversary gala concert, featuring many of the iconic artists identified with the fete, has been added to the line-up of the PBS Arts Summer Festival and will air nationally on Friday, August 10 at 9 p.m. ET as ...
The original “Queen of Disco,” Donna Summer -- winner of five Grammy Awards -- died yesterday at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. Summer appeared on stage in a European production of Hair when she was only 18. Later, she would put ...
