The Boston Pops performs Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert, prepared by the original creators Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty especially for the Pops. Based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime weaves together the stories of three intersecting groups in the U.S. in the early 20th century: Eastern European immigrants, the African American community in Harlem, and an upper-class white family. Together, they confront history's timeless tensions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair.
Go behind the scenes of Broadway as shows reunite, rehearse and re-stage for their long-awaited reopening nights while the theater industry learns how to turn the lights back on after its longest hiatus in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A kaleidoscopic collection of musical genres, Myths and Hymns explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world, with 23 short musical films illuminating the search for answers through Flight, Work, Love, and Faith.
For the first time in nearly 10 months, the Broadway cast of the 15-time Tony Award®-nominated Jagged Little Pill reunites for a live concert in New York City! Kathryn, Celia, Derek, Sean, Lauren, Elizabeth, Antonio and others, along with the Jagged Little Broadway Band, perform selections from the show to benefit the nation's most vulnerable venues.
Think Tank is a discussion program that aired on Public Broadcasting Service Public television, hosted by Ben Wattenberg. Andrew Walworth was co-creator and Executive Producer. The program was a co-production of New River Media and BJW Inc. In addition to its weekly half-hour broadcast, Think Tank produced a number of special editions, including "The First Measured Century," a three-hour documentary series, and "Heaven On Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism," a three-hour documentary series on the history of socialism, based on the book of the same title by Joshua Muravchik. The series aired from 1994 to 2010. Wattenberg has expressed a hope that the series will return to the air if and when the economy improves, making more funds available for underwriting.
Elizabeth Stanley is an American actress.