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Catch 42nd Street, Kinky Boots and 3 Other Shows on PBS This Month

PBS’ third annual “Broadway’s Best” series starts tonight, and this year’s edition is a treat for dance lovers. The 2019 lineup features five shows: three are Broadway musicals, one’s a West End play and the fifth is a taping from The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park, with movement by a big-name choreographer. Each […]

Mark Your Calendars, Broadway Babies: The Great White Way Is Coming to Your TV

PBS has released the 2017–2018 schedule for their Great Performances series of special, one-off TV events, and we think you’ll want to sit up and take note—Hamilton and Cabaret and Holiday Inn, oh my! To make your appointment-viewing choices a little easier, we rounded up all of the danciest picks from the coming season. PBS […]

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Annie

Broadway on TV alert! Broadway on TV alert! PBS is airing a new documentary this week that gets down and dirty with the team behind the current revival of Annie. “Annie: It’s the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage” zooms in on the creation of a single number in the show (that’d be “It’s the […]

New York City Ballet Is Coming to a TV Near You

Yes, dance is all over television these days (Hi, “SYT”! Hi, “DWTS”! Hi, J. Lo’s new show! Hi, Jenna Dewan-Tatum’s new show! Hi, Tricia Miranda’s new show!). But world-class ballet? World-class ballet is decidedly not all over television these days. And fans of the U.S.’s top ballet companies have even been disappointed by the recent […]

Hamilton Fans (So, All of Us): Get Excited About Hamilton's America

There is literally no such thing as too much Hamilton. Ever. Which is why we’re suuuuper-duper pumped about the new documentary Hamilton’s America, a deep dive into the making of the smash Broadway musical. And when we say deep dive, we mean DEEP: The doc took three years—three years!—to put together. Lin-Manuel Miranda backstage at […]

Celebrate ABT's 75th Season by Watching PBS

Make a list of the best ballet companies in the world, and I’m going to take a wild guess you put American Ballet Theatre at, or close to, the top. And of course you did—for the last 75 years, the company has helped define what American ballet is, and where it’s going. Photos of its […]

Mark Morris Dance Group Is Coming to a TV Near You

Set your DVRs, dance nerds. Mark Morris Dance Group will be featured in a new PBS “Great Performances” presentation, and you know what that means: Two hours of pure dance-viewing awesomeness, all from the comfort of your own couch. Oh, and just a little someone named Mikhail Baryshnikov(!) will be hosting it all. Mark Morris […]

The School of American Ballet: Coming to a TV Near You

The School of American Ballet Spring Workshop, one of the dance world’s most famous end-of-year performances, is almost like a rite of passage. Each year, SAB’s most talented and advanced dancers are chosen to perform. Many of them go on to join major ballet companies nationwide—including New York City Ballet. Addie Tapp, now in Boston […]