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MUSICAL THEATER

Gypsy

Gypsy

About the Musical

Jonathan Kent’s award-winning production of the classic musical Gypsy – a record-breaking sellout during its acclaimed London run – comes to THIRTEEN’s Great Performances, Friday, November 11 at 9 p.m. on PBS on the PBS Arts Fall Festival. (Check local listings.)

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Fiddler on Roof

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Fiddler’s Tradition

The surprising universality of the 1964 Jerry Boch and Sheldon Harnick musical Fiddler on the Roof.

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West Side Story cast, 2008, Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

About the Film

From Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim, and from Fanny Brice to Barbra Streisand, the film explores the phenomenon of how Jewish-American songwriters created a uniquely American art form

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Great Performances: The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

About the Program

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, a fully-staged, lavish 25th anniversary mounting of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running Broadway and West End extravaganza, comes to Great Performances in March (check local listings). Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess star in a spectacular presentation ...

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Broadcast of Memphis, the Musical

Memphis

About the Musical Theater Broadcast

Broadway's smash hit musical Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards(R) including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to Great Performances Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. (check local listings). Memphis is the first Best Musical Tony Award winner to air on ...

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thomaschefsky

The Thomashefskys

About the Program

The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, a celebration of Yiddish theater pioneers Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky by their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, airs Thursday, March 29 at 8 p.m. (check local listings), ...

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Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Performance of “Move On”

Watch broadway veterans Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin perform "Move On" from Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George with the New York Philharmonic for Sondheim's 80th birthday celebration. The two-hour concert, Sondheim! The Birthday Concert will air on PBS's Great Performances Wednesday, November ...

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