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Great Performances - Let Me Down Easy

Let Me Down Easy Let Me Down Easy
Conceived, written, and performed by Smith in her signature one person performance style, the play examines the miracle of human resilience through the lens of our current national debate on health care. To create Let Me Down Easy Smith interviewed an eclectic group of people (300 on three...
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2186573615/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Conceived, written, and performed by Smith in her signature one person performance style, the play examines the miracle of human resilience through the lens of our current national debate on health care. To create Let Me Down Easy Smith interviewed an eclectic group of people (300 on three... /episodes/get/1396 /episode/1396 Great Performances: Let Me Down Easy /episode-player/1396
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Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris
Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris
At an age when most artists? best work is behind them, modern dance pioneer Paul Taylor continues to win acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his recent dances, as well as his classics.
Air date: 05/04/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2364999327/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false At an age when most artists? best work is behind them, modern dance pioneer Paul Taylor continues to win acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his recent dances, as well as his classics. /episodes/get/8696 /episode/8696 Great Performances: Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris /episode-player/8696
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim... Why has the Broadway musical proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds? The documentary combines interviews with performance footage, including many of the rousing...
Air date: 01/02/2013 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2317965318/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim... Why has the Broadway musical proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds? The documentary combines interviews with performance footage, including many of the rousing... /episodes/get/6495 /episode/6495 Great Performances: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy /episode-player/6495
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Now with the film fully restored to the highest technical standard with a remixed soundtrack, it?s time to tell the extraordinary story of Magical Mystery Tour: why it was made, how it was made and the circumstances in which it was made. Magical Mystery Tour Revisited is the story behind the...
Air date: 12/15/2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2309390406/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Now with the film fully restored to the highest technical standard with a remixed soundtrack, it?s time to tell the extraordinary story of Magical Mystery Tour: why it was made, how it was made and the circumstances in which it was made. Magical Mystery Tour Revisited is the story behind the... /episodes/get/6359 /episode/6359 Great Performances: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited /episode-player/6359
Dance In America: Wolf Trap's Face of America
Dance In America: Wolf Trap's Face of America
The 90-minute program showcases aerial dancers off the cliffs of Yosemite National Park, synchronized swimmers underwater at Coral Reef National Monument, and follows some of the country's most exciting young dancers to Mammoth Cave, Wright Brothers National Memorial, the remains of a sugar cane...
Air date: 04/21/2009 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/1099370504/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false The 90-minute program showcases aerial dancers off the cliffs of Yosemite National Park, synchronized swimmers underwater at Coral Reef National Monument, and follows some of the country's most exciting young dancers to Mammoth Cave, Wright Brothers National Memorial, the remains of a sugar cane... /episodes/get/1387 /episode/1387 Great Performances: Dance In America: Wolf Trap's Face of America /episode-player/1387
The Thomashefskys
The Thomashefskys
Watch Broadway's Judy Blazer as Bessie Thomashefsky and Shuler Hensley as Boris Thomashefsky re-create early Yiddish Theater. Recorded in April 2011 at the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center, The Thomashefskys is written and hosted by Michael Tilson Thomas and stars Blazer and Hensley with Ronit...
Air date: 03/29/2012 Watch
http://video.pbs.org/widget/partnerplayer/2216468713/?player=WGBY-PBS&w=512&h=288&chapterbar=true&autoplay=false Watch Broadway's Judy Blazer as Bessie Thomashefsky and Shuler Hensley as Boris Thomashefsky re-create early Yiddish Theater. Recorded in April 2011 at the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center, The Thomashefskys is written and hosted by Michael Tilson Thomas and stars Blazer and Hensley with Ronit... /episodes/get/1406 /episode/1406 Great Performances: The Thomashefskys /episode-player/1406