'Of thee I sing:' A tribute to a 20th-century great by Newsdesk

Instagram photo by PBS NewsHour reporter and producer Joshua Barajas Sky Jabali-Rainey, a 4th-grade student from Washington, D.C., dressed as contralto Marian Anderson Wednesday for an event…

SOURCE: PBS at 6:42pm on April 9, 2014☆⚑

40 years ago, people took a chance on ABBA by Joshua Barajas

Video by YouTube user mozpiano2 Forty years ago Monday, members of the Swedish pop group ABBA stepped on stage during the Eurovision Song Contest to take a risk that eventually led to their …

SOURCE: PBS at 6:15pm on April 7, 2014☆⚑

New play depicts drama of Mideast peacemaking at 'Camp David' by Newshourvideo

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSJimmy Carter on Ukraine, Israel and addressing injustices faced by women around the world Can Israel, Palestinians find formula to make progress…

SOURCE: PBS at 6:33pm on April 3, 2014☆⚑

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy wins Peabody Award by Knightc

The Great Performances production Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy is a 2014 Peabody Award winner! [caption id="attachment_2090" align="aligncenter" width="610" caption="Zero Mostel per…

SOURCE: PBS at 2:30pm on April 2, 2014☆⚑

South African opera singers' lives documented in new film by Newshourvideo

Listen to the AudioTHESELE KEMANE: I grew up in difficulty, I grew up in poverty. There was a time when both my mom and dad didn't work. But they always tried to make sure there was somethin…

SOURCE: PBS at 2:42pm on March 30, 2014☆⚑

GP at The Met: Falstaff: Video: Love in the Kitchen in Act II by Knightc

The freshly roasted turkey is hot, and so is the passion and comedy in this lovers' kitchen scene from Act II of Falstaff. The Italian baritone Ambrogio Maestri is Sir John Falstaff and the …

SOURCE: PBS at 5:21pm on March 20, 2014☆⚑

GP at The Met: Falstaff: About the Performance by Knightc

Verdi's brilliant final masterpiece Falstaff, in its first new Metropolitan Opera production in 50 years " and conducted by Met Music Director James Levine in his first Great Performances at…

SOURCE: PBS at 5:50pm on March 19, 2014☆⚑

GP at the Met: Tosca (2014): Tosca Aria "Vissi d'arte" by Knightc

American Soprano Patricia Racette sings the aria "Vissi d'arte" from Act II of Puccini's Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Watch Excerpt of Tosca Aria "Vissi d'arte" Please view the orig…

SOURCE: PBS at 4:12pm on March 7, 2014☆⚑

GP at the Met: Tosca (2014): About the Performance by Knightc

Tosca, Puccini's enduring favorite opera, starring an exceptional trio of singing actors in the leading roles, returns to Great Performances at the Met Sunday, March 9 at 12 p.m. on PBS (che…

SOURCE: PBS at 3:23pm on March 6, 2014☆⚑

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell in Concert: "Love Has Come For You," the Grammy-Winning Best American Roots Song by Knightc

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's song "Love Has Come For You" won a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. Watch them perform the title song from…

SOURCE: PBS at 4:08pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

GP at The Met: The Nose: Excerpt of Cathedral Scene in Act I by Knightc

This excerpt from Shostakovich's "The Nose" at the Metropolitan Opera features Kovalyov (Paulo Szot) discovering his missing nose (Alexander Lewis) in the cathedral. Watch The Nose on Great …

SOURCE: PBS at 2:48pm on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Sting: The Last Ship: Watch Sting Interview on Creative Process by Knightc

Sting talks to Paula Zahn of NYC-ARTS about his creative process for The Last Ship, which took place after a near decade-long hiatus from songwriting. His Broadway-bound musical is based on …

SOURCE: PBS at 12:46pm on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Sting: The Last Ship: Sting's Live Performance: "What Have We Got?" by Knightc

Sting performs "What Have We Got?" from his album and upcoming musical, The Last Ship, live at the Public Theater in New York City. Backing him is singer and actor Jimmy Nail, who will be a …

SOURCE: PBS at 11:30am on February 19, 2014☆⚑

Sting: The Last Ship: Sting's Live Performance: "Show Some Respect" by Knightc

Sting performs "Show Some Respect" from his album and upcoming musical, The Last Ship. He is backed by a 14-piece band and actor and singer Jimmy Nail, who will appear in the upcoming stage …

SOURCE: PBS at 1:57pm on February 18, 2014☆⚑

National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage: Judi Dench Sings "Send in the Clowns" by Knightc

Judi Dench sings Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" from the musical A Little Night Music (1973). Dench starred as Desiree in the musical's 1995 revival at the National Theatre. The rol…

SOURCE: PBS at 11:39am on February 14, 2014☆⚑

Mel Brooks: American Master Mel Brooks Talks about Friend and Mentor Sid Caesar by Knightc

Comedic legend Sid Caesar passed away February 12, 2014, at the age of 91. Caesar was a friend and mentor to Mel Brooks and the two worked together through much of Brooks' early career. Se…

SOURCE: PBS at 5:31pm on February 13, 2014☆⚑

National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage: Benedict Cumberbatch in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Knightc

Watch Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch play Rosencrantz and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith play Guildenstern in a scene from Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The play was …

SOURCE: PBS at 4:00pm on February 13, 2014☆⚑

National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage: Scene from War Horse by Knightc

In this War Horse scene performed live at National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, watch Jack Holden as Albert, and Toby Oliè, Thomas Wilton and Michael Brett as the puppeteers who collectively…

SOURCE: PBS at 12:22pm on February 13, 2014☆⚑

Comedy legend Sid Caesar dies at 91 by Ellen Rolfes

Before there was Saturday Night Live, there was “Your Show of Shows,” and Sid Caesar was its featured star. With writers like Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Carl Reiner, Caesar had…

SOURCE: PBS at 6:08pm on February 12, 2014☆⚑

National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage: Penelope Wilton and Nicholas Le Prevost in Bedroom Farce by Knightc

Downton Abbey star Penelope Wilton (Isobel Crawley) and Nicholas Le Prevost (Shakespeare in Love and a regular of Masterpiece productions including Foyle's War and Inspector Morse) perform a…

SOURCE: PBS at 1:11pm on February 11, 2014☆⚑

Sci-fi opera 'Death and the Powers' is doing things differently … with robots by Anne Davenport

[Watch Video] Keith Cerny, general director and CEO of The Dallas Opera, brings together the business and artistic side of a production. He recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown to talk about…

SOURCE: PBS at 6:59pm on February 10, 2014☆⚑

Singing robots show humanity of technology in opera of the future by Newshourvideo

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: A classical art form meets cutting-edge technology, an opera that will be simulcast, where viewers around the globe can inter…

SOURCE: PBS at 6:47pm on February 10, 2014☆⚑

National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage: James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors by Knightc

James Corden performs a slapstick scene from his starring role of Francis Henshall in the comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, which opened at the National Theatre in 2011. Corden starred in the Bro…

SOURCE: PBS at 5:30pm on February 10, 2014☆⚑

National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage: Guys and Dolls: Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat by Knightc

In 1982, Richard Eyre's multi-award-winning Olivier Theatre revival of Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling's "Guys and Dolls" became the biggest hit of the National Theatre's first 20…

SOURCE: PBS at 4:58pm on February 10, 2014☆⚑

National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage: Ten Tales, Play by Play by Knightc

By DANIEL ROSENTHAL Daniel Rosenthal, author of The National Theatre Story, the definitive new history of the National Theatre of Great Britain, looks back at the original productions of te…

SOURCE: PBS at 5:35pm on February 7, 2014☆⚑