Great Performances News

Male genitalia plays a role in fall TV programming, according to varied sessions at the TV critics summer press tour.

PBS president Paula Kerger chooses not to comment or commit in the matter of Ian McKellen's private parts being displayed on television.

Chess in Concert , the two-night, star-studded event that was presented at London's Royal Albert Hall May 12-13, will be aired on PBS stations across the country in 2009.

MAESTRO: PORTRAIT OF VALERY GERGIEV premieres Wednesday, May 28 at 9 p.m. on PBS .

'So You Think You Can Dance,' 7 p.m., Fox. The best of the TV dance shows settles into its slot.

“Levi lived an amazingly full life”

PRIMO premieres Thursday, April 24 at 10 p.m. on PBS . When the heirs of Italian chemist, author and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi gave final approval for Antony Sher's stage adaptation of Levi's concentration ... via WMFE

“Grandeur may seem a strange word to describe the modesty, selflessness and accumulation of small, exact gestures that are the keynotes of Sir Antony's interpretation. But from the beginning to end of Primo, grandeur is what fills the stage.”

Season 33, Episode 10 of 5 : Primo This one-man play recounts the Holocaust experiences of Primo Levi, the Italian chemist who found his young life shattered and utterly transformed by his internment at the ... via KUAT-TV Tucson

At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars , followed by new episodes of Samantha Who? and The Bachelor . via TV Squad

Season 33, Episode 9 of 5 : Face of America, an initiative of the non-profit Wolf Trap Foundation, celebrates the diversity of America's cultural and natural landscapes by commissioning new works by the ... via KUAT-TV Tucson

“I feel very much akin to that way of thinking about invention: the belief in the impossible, or the un-done thing.”

After watching ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars' tonight, you can try dancing with cliffs, caves and ghosts.

Steel yourself, though: The PBS broadcast of "Dance in America: Wolf Trap's Face of America," airing at 10 p.m. on Channel 26, has zero glitz factor -- unless you count the sparkling tropical beaches or soaring rock faces featured in its dance tribute to various national parks.

Yes, this is dancing on sand, on peaks and in caverns, in a 90-minute compendium of highlights from Wolf Trap's 'Face of America' commissioning project, which began in 2000. That multimedia effort included high-definition films of site-specific dance performances at Yosemite, Mammoth Cave and Hawaii Volcanoes national parks, among other locations, which were screened alongside live performances on the Filene Center stage. Read more

“While the habits of freedom still made me look for the time on my wristwatch, my new name appeared instead: one hundred and seventy-four thousand, five hundred and seventeen.”

Fatigue for the recent proliferation of one-person shows would be understandable, but exception should be made for Great Performances ' broadcast of Sir Anthony Sher's Primo , debuting tonight on New York's ... via J.B. Spins

“Grandeur may seem a strange word to describe the modesty, selflessness and accumulation of small, exact gestures that are the keynotes of Sir Antony's interpretation. But from the beginning to end of 'Primo,' grandeur is what fills the stage.”

PBS: Great Performances: Primo: The Holocaust Experiences of Primo Levi Site found in: Thirteen/WNET New York Thirteen's Highlights eNewsletter THURSDAY, APRIL 17 AT 8PM "PRIMO" "Primo" is a one-man play ... via Phyllis' Favorites

“Alvin Ailey"'s Judith Jamison, segments on exhibits at the Brooklyn Museum and the Asia Society and a feature entitled "Great Performances at the Met: Magic Flute .”

The April 13 broadcast of "SundayArts" - the new PBS show that explores New York's cultural offerings - will spotlight the Broadway revival of South Pacific and the new musical In the Heights . via Playbill

Great Performances at the Met - Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna, above, in Charles Gounod's opera based on 'Romeo and Juliet' My Name Is Earl - Real events, places and people, including Paris ... via Newsday.com

“Boxes", was recorded for US TV and aired on PBS's "Great Performances”

Handsome, muscular Australian dancer turned actor, with thick, dark hair and a playfully boyish and naughty manner. via Hollywood.com

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: "Hansel and Gretel" Broadcast in HD starting March 26, 2008 on PBS. via WMFE

Most fairy tales -- while charming on the outside -- resonate long past bedtime with darker underpinnings. via WETA-TV Arlington

Posted Mar 26th 2008 4:02PM by Bob Sassone Filed under: Programming , Upfronts At 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap . via TV Squad

By ROBERT PHILPOT American Idol will get the big ratings tonight, but people who prefer on-key singing might want to spend their evening with a couple of PBS specials on KERA instead. via Star-telegram.com

'Great Performances,' with 'Peter and the Wolf' at 8 p.m. and 'Hansel and Gretel' at 9; PBS. via The Honolulu Advertiser