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S40E6
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
West Side Story cast, 2008, Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Narrated by Broadway legend Joel Grey, this documentary explores the role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical and showcases the work of some of the nation’s preeminent creators of musical theater including Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, and more.
Premiered: 1/1/2013
S53E19
Irving Berlin’s Top Hat
Inspired by the iconic 1935 movie musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, this acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre revival recorded from the West End in January 2026 is directed and choreographed by three-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall.
Premiered: 5/15/2026
Streaming until: 7/31/2026
S53E17
Josh Groban: An Intimate Evening at The Union Chapel
Josh Groban returns to PBS in a special, personal concert staged in the intimate and historic setting of London’s Union Chapel. Recorded in October 2025, the concert captures the acclaimed vocalist showcasing his most beloved songs alongside new material, all reimagined within the chapel’s acoustics. Between songs, Groban speaks about what makes these songs personal to him.
Premiered: 5/8/2026
S53E16
Now Hear This – “The Iceland Sound”
Fewer people live in Iceland than in Wichita, Kansas, yet it produces some of the best musicians in the world. To find out how, Scott Yoo crosses this sunlit, rainy, volcanic land of extremes to meet composers Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Daniel Bjarnason, popular musician JFDR, instrument makers, music historians, and one of Iceland’s most famous chefs.
Premiered: 5/1/2026
Streaming until: 5/29/2026
S53E15
Now Hear This – “The Call of Istanbul”
Istanbul sits at the crossroads of Asia and Europe, a melting pot of diverse peoples, languages and ideas. With star Turkish pianist Fazil Say, conductor Çem Mansur, and a host of Anatolian folk and Turkish jazz musicians, Scott Yoo and his wife, flutist Alice Dade, explore the city.
Premiered: 4/24/2026
Streaming until: 5/22/2026
S53E12
Great Performances at the Met: La Sonnambula
Nadine Sierra stars as Amina in Bellini’s tale of love lost and found. This new production by Rolando Villazón—the tenor who has embarked on a second career as a director—retains the opera’s original setting in the Swiss Alps but uses its plot to explore the emotional and psychological valleys of the mind.
Premiered: 4/12/2026
S53E11
Now Hear This – “Brahms: Free But Alone”
Johannes Brahms was a quiet, private person, but he lived a full life, bearing a responsibility he didn’t want, a woman he couldn’t be with, and a legacy he couldn’t live up to. Scott Yoo journeys across Germany with pianist Elisabeth Brauss and cellists Johannes Moser and Max Hornung to find a window into Brahms’ inner life.
Premiered: 4/10/2026
S53E10
Great Performances at the Met: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
In this new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel set shortly before the outbreak of World War II, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism.
Premiered: 4/1/2026
Streaming until: 9/30/2026
S53E7
Movies for Grownups® Awards 2026 with AARP
Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in which Adam Sandler receives the Career Achievement Award.
Premiered: 2/22/2026
S53E6
From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2026
The famed Vienna Philharmonic rings in the New Year with its annual concert from Vienna's Musikverein conducted for the first time by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with performances by the Vienna State Ballet and location segments hosted by Hugh Bonneville.
Premiered: 1/1/2026
Streaming until: 6/30/2026
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