Great Performances News

Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer makes his Met debut with a new production of Verdi's Rigoletto .

Marcia Franklin talks with the founder of several long-running PBS arts series - GREAT PERFORMANCES, LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER - at University of Idaho, where he was speaking.

Marcia Franklin talks with the founder of several long-running PBS arts series - GREAT PERFORMANCES, LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER - at University of Idaho, where he was speaking.

It's official, Downton Abbey fans will have to wait until winter 2014 for their next Edwardian drama fix.

PBS has unveiled its wide-ranging programming plans for fall 2013, with a number of special programs on tap to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov.

PBS announced today a fall primetime line-up featuring a strong roster of wide-ranging programs.

Way back at CES 2013, Roku announced a slate of new channels to go live in the first quarter of 2013, including a PBS app capable of streaming full episodes.

TV picks for Friday, May 3, 2013, include PBS' "Great Performances: The Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris" on KCTS, "Maron" on IFC and "Vegas" on CBS.

's Rigoletto . The new staging moves the opera's tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the " Rigoletto hits the jackpot," declared Associated Press when the production debuted in January, while Bloomberg News reported, "Mayer captures both the emotional depth and surface glitter in an audacious ... (more)