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Wynonna Judd performs "Woman to Woman" in this celebration of country music star Tammy Wynette.
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Premieres Friday, November 13 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app Experience the Bard’s classic from the Public Theater’s new Free Shakespeare in the Park staging se…
As a pioneering voice in Chicano theater, Luis Valdez played a pivotal role in bringing Mexican American stories and experiences to American stages and screens. Born in Delano, California, h…
After the success of Luis Valdez's play "Zoot Suit" on the west coast, the play was brought to Broadway in New York. When "Zoot Suit" debuted at the Winter Garden Theater in 1979, it became …
Luis Valdez was born in a farm labor camp in Delano, California to farmworker parents, and joined his parents in the fields at just six years old.
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I’ve spent the past four years making a film about Luis Valdez, which meant living inside 60 years of his work. Most people know him as the father of Chicano theater, the man behind Zoot S…
Luis Valdez's television play, "Los Vendidos," or the sellouts, was a commentary on assimilation and cultural, racial, and political identity. Valdez's inspiration for the play came from his…
On February 28, 2017, Brooke Shields sat down with director John Scheinfeld for a conversation about her work with Bob Hope and how performing for the troops in USO tours in the early 80s ma…
Best known for the play “Zoot Suit” and the film “La Bamba,” playwright, director and filmmaker Luis Valdez was born in Delano, California to migrant farmworkers from Mexico. As a ch…
Premieres Friday, August 28 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app The beloved annual concert from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Schönbrunn Palace Park this summe…
Nicole Scherzinger performs "Don't Rain on My Parade" from "Funny Girl" at Royal Albert Hall.
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Premieres beginning Sunday, June 14 (check local listings) on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app Giordano’s tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to th…
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) was one of the most influential intellectuals in the fight for civil rights. Born just a few years after the Emancipation Proclamation and dying on the eve of th…
Premieres Wednesday, May 26 at 12/11c on pbs.org/gperf, the PBS app, the Great Performances Facebook and YouTube channel Step into the journey of Robert “Silk” Mason as they make th…
Premieres Tuesday, May 19 at 12/11c on pbs.org/gperf, the PBS app, the Great Performances Facebook and YouTube channel Follow Tony nominee Luke Evans as he returns to his theatrical root…
Learn about the real women behind the suffragist movement who helped pass the 19th amendment and inspired the musical "Suffs."
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Alice Paul (Shaina Taub) is joined by her fellow activists to encourage the next generation to keep fighting for women's rights.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Shaina Taub.
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Nicole Scherzinger performs "Maybe This Time" from "Cabaret" in this concert from Royal Albert Hall.
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Carrie Chapman Catt (Jenn Colella) meets with President Wilson (Grace McLean) to discuss the status of women's suffrage as a protest rages outside of The White House.
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On arriving in Europe, Broadway star Jerry Travers (Phillip Attmore) gets invited to a fancy event.
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Broadway star Jerry Travers (Phillip Attmore) explains to his producer that he is "fancy free" when it comes to love.
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Ida B. Wells (Nikki M. James) confronts Alice Paul (Shaina Taub) for her concessions to southern suffragists and her refusal to let Black women march along with their state delegates in thei…
Premieres Friday, May 15 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app Inspired by the iconic 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, this acclaimed Chichester F…
Premieres Friday, May 22 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app Recorded in October 2025, Nicole Scherzinger performs at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time in her …
The lineup includes Broadway's "Suffs," Nicole Scherzinger's Royal Albert Hall Concert debut, the West End's revival of Irving Berlin's "Top Hat," and documentary "Broadway Musicals: A Jewis…
