Great Performances interviewed the recently-knighted "Sir" Patrick Stewart on his role in the upcoming GP special Hamlet to air on PBS stations nationwide on April 28th at 8 p.m. Stewart talked about the process of creating a modern adaptation of the Scottish play, how the ...
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In this interview, the film's creators Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi explain their film adaptation of Jerome Robbins famous, but seldom performed, 1958 ballet about being young in New York City. The interview was conducted for the NY Export: Opus Jazz premiere at SXSW 2010 ...
Grammy-winning singing sensation Michael Bublé comes to Great Performances this week (Thursday, 10pm) for an unforgettable Madison Square Garden concert. Bublé sat down with WNET.ORG's SundayArts host Christina Ha to discuss his music and the importance of Public Television. In the first clip, Bublé talks ...
Spike Lee interviews Stew and Heidi Rodewald, the collaborating creators of Passing Strange, offering a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the innovative musical that rocked Broadway. The two discuss the show's magical closing night on Broadway, the earlier incarnation of the production at ...
Great Performances had a chance to sit-down with opera diva Anna Netrebko, star of Robert Dornhelm's film-for-television adaption of Puccini's La Boheme, premiering on PBS on December 23rd at 9pm (check local listings). Senior Publicist Jitin Hingorani chatted with Netrebko about her experience shooting the ...
Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Reached in Paris, the day after performing in Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" at l'Opéra national de Paris, celebrated Siberian-born baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky talked about one of his signature roles -- the title character in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" -- and the Metropolitan Opera production ...
Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" has inspired an Oscar®-winning short film of extraordinary imagination written and directed by British animator Suzie Templeton. In a masterful use of stop-frame technique and lifelike models, the film offers a fresh take on the classic tale, set to ...
Mary Rodgers, the daughter of Richard Rodgers, is an author and a composer in her own right; her Broadway credits include the 1959 musical "Once Upon a Mattress," which launched the career of Carol Burnett. She spoke with GREAT PERFORMANCES Online about her father and ...
We want to thank everyone who submitted questions to Josh. He could only respond to a limited number of your submissions, and we are not accepting additional inquiries. Question 1: Is everybody in your family as musically inclined as you? Answer: My family is pretty ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES: How did this TV special, JOSH GROBAN IN CONCERT, come about for PBS? Josh Groban: Well, even back when we were first starting to make the CD, really as far back as when I was in high school, I always dreamed of one ...
