Lin-Manuel Miranda describes discovering Rita Moreno and seeing "West Side Story" for the first time, and realizing it was about Puerto Rican New Yorkers. "It was a gamechanger." The post Li…
Movie adaptations of Broadway musicals veer wildly in their fidelity to the original source; some are extremely faithful (South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof), others take a more liberal stan…
Go behind the scenes of Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It to learn how Rita Moreno is a quintessential American success story. The post Behind the Scenes | Rita Moreno appear…
When award-winning actress Rita Moreno first saw herself on screen, she was disappointed. "It's just that I had these funny notions of how you're supposed to look when you're in the movies,"…
"I really was very often treated like a sex object." Rita Moreno recalls the sexism and power abuse she suffered at the hands of big Hollywood moguls. The post Rita Moreno on facing sexism i…
Rita Moreno's first foray into social justice was sitting in on the March on Washington with Martin Luther King, Jr. "I was there when he uttered the 'I Have a Dream' speech," she said. She …
Rita Moreno based her portrayal of Lydia on "One Day at a Time" off of her own mother. "She is my mom, that is my mom's accent." The post Rita Moreno's mother inspired her "One Day at a Time…
Listen to director Matthew Bourne as he explains how incorporated dance into this stage adaptation of "The Red Shoes." Based on the iconic film by the same name, Bourne chose to fully immers…
Broadway stars such as Carol Burnett, Robert Morse, Robert Redford and Elaine Stritch reminisce about what it was like to arrive to the theatre before their audiences in Rick McKay's "Broadw…
As a student, Carol Burnett predicted she would move to New York City and work with George Abbott. Watch as she remembers how losing out on one role led to her being cast in "Once Upon A Mat…
The Vienna Philharmonic Performs Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" from "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story." This second dance within the series imagines a happier, fantasy world in which …
In 1974, the gay liberation movement was in full swing in New York City. Four years had passed since the first gay pride parade marched 15 blocks from Greenwich Village to Central Park. The …
Watch Andrea Bocelli perform the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the classic musical, "Carousel." The post Andrea Bocelli Performs "You'll Never Walk Alone"…
Learn how Michigan Opera Theatre put on a socially distanced opera and Philadelphia's Ballet X created an innovative performance featuring animation. The post Michigan Opera Theatre & Ba…
Watch Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams Perform "What the World Needs Now Is Love" at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington D.C. The post Renée Fleming & Vanessa Williams Perfo…
Dancers from "The Trocks," an all-male comic ballet company describe how performing in drag is empowering, even extending in to wearing pointe shoes, which are normally reserved for women. W…
A dancer from "The Trocks" describes what goes through his mind while dancing the part of Odette in Swan Lake. Is he trying to portray a man playing a ballerina? Or just a ballerina? At the …
Learn how the National Theatre and director Simon Godwin transformed "Romeo & Juliet" from a play to a film due to COVID-19 restrictions. The post The Making of "Romeo & Juliet" appe…
Dr. Astrov (Richard Armitage) and Yelena (Rosalind Eleazar) say their emotional and lovesick goodbyes. The post Richard Armitage and Rosalind Eleazar in "Uncle Vanya" appeared first on Great…
Vanya (Toby Jones) and the rest of the family discuss the fate of their estate as everyone is about to set out on their own paths. The post Vanya's Tirade appeared first on Great Performance…
Great Performances: The Arts Interrupted Premieres Friday, May 14 at 9 p.m. on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS Video app How have the arts been managing during the COVID-19 pandemic? Arts org…
I topple sideways out of a turn and slink back to where I began. "Ugh, I'm just so tense," I whine. "My neck." "Well," comes Twyla's dry virtual reply, "relax." And she waits in impatient si…
Discover Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male company that for 45 years has offered audiences their passion for ballet classics mixed with exuberant comedy. With e…
Great Performances: Uncle Vanya is a Sonia Friedman Productions and Angelica Films co-production in association with BBC Arts. Producers are Sonia Friedman and Sally Angel; Executive Produce…
Romeo (Josh O'Connor) and Juliet (Jessie Buckley) share an intimate moment at the masquerade ball, which ends in heartache when it is revealed they are not of the same house. The post Romeo …