Sara Bareilles in ‘WAITRESS’ at Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York, NY on Jan. 7, 2019. Jason Smith/Everett Collection
Sara Bareilles, Vanessa Williams and also Ledisi are amongst the musicians that will certainly be included on Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best, which premieres Friday, May 12, at 9 p.m. ET on PBS and also the PBS application.
The program, which notes Great Performances’ gold wedding anniversary, is a performance of turning point Broadway reveals from 1973 to 2023. The unique will certainly include a mix of initial celebrities and also promising ability. Hosted by two-time Tony victor Sutton Foster, the program was taped on March 23 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York.
Bareilles sings “She Used to Be Mine” from Waitress (for which she got a 2016 Tony election for initial songs rating). Williams, that made a 2002 Tony nod her efficiency in Into the Woods, does a tune from Kiss of the Spider Woman, which brought Broadway tale Chita Rivera her 2nd Tony.
Other highlights of the unique consist of Rivera executing her trademark track “All That Jazz” from Chicago; André De Shields carrying out “So You Wanted to See the Wizard” from The Wiz; a homage to A Chorus Line including Tony-winning initial actors participant Donna McKechnie signed up with by Robyn Hurder; and also a faucet number from Jelly’s Last Jam executed by Corbin Bleu.
Other entertainers on the program consist of Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Raúl Esparza, Shoshana Bean, Norm Lewis, Rob McClure, Patina Miller, Mamie Parris, Solea Pfeiffer, Britton Smith and also Jessica Vosk.
The reveal functions tunes by such authors as Stephen Schwartz, John Kander & Fred Ebb, Fats Waller, Stephen Sondheim, Duke Ellington and also Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best is guided and also choreographed by Tony victor Warren Carlyle with Patrick Vaccariallo as songs supervisor. The program was guided for tv by David Horn, generated by Mitch Owgang and also co-produced and also created by Dave Boone.
One week later on, on Friday, May 19, at 9 p.m. ET, Great Performances will certainly broadcast the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park manufacturing of Richard III starring Danai Gurira (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Walking Dead) with Tony victor Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!) as Lady Anne. Tony candidate Robert O’Hara (Broadway’s Slave Play) routes this Shakespearean catastrophe.
One week afterwards, on Friday, May 26, at 9 p.m. ET, there will certainly be a repetition discussion of Cole Porter’s traditional 1934 music Anything Goes, starring Foster (that won her 2nd Tony for the 2011 Broadway manufacturing) in addition to Tony victor Robert Lindsay. The program, restaged in London’s West End, was guided and also choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. Featuring such traditional tunes as “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top” and also the title track, the program initial broadcast on PBS in 2014.
This is the period for Broadway programs. The 76th yearly Tony Awards, organized by Ariana DeBose, are established for Sunday, June 11. The reveal will certainly be held at the United Palace in New York’s Washington Heights area.
Throughout its 50-year background on PBS, Great Performances has actually generated 67 Emmy Awards and also 6 Peabody Awards. The collection is generated by The WNET Group. For Great Performances, Bill O’Donnell is collection manufacturer and also David Horn is executive manufacturer.
