GREAT PERFORMANCES

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES SATURDAY, AUGUST 25 @ 7:00PM When Anna Deavere Smith’s drama Twilight: Los Angeles premiered in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum, it made national news for its unique and unflinching look at the fallout from the 1992 Los Angeles riots.  Not only did Smith capture the tumultuous aftermath of the Rodney King trial verdict, she created a searing, innovative and truly...

SCHEDULE 8/23 – 8/29

Schedule Notes: All schedules contain the air time, program name and episode name when available. A detailed description for selected programs can be found under Program Highlights or may be featured on What’s on Tonight! Comments are closed on “Schedules ” and programs listed may be subject to last minute changes that may or may not be reflected on the web...

REDISCOVERING ALEXANDER HAMILTON

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton, by director/producer Michael Pack and writer/host Richard Brookhiser, re-invents the documentary biopic. Following the style of their acclaimed Rediscovering George Washington(2002), they take us to the Caribbean islands where Hamilton was born, to Yorktown and Wall Street where he fought and worked, to Harlem and...

GREAT PERFORMANCES

LET ME DOWN EASY SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 @ 7:00PM   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 continents) and performs several in an evening that is...

SCHEDULE 8/16 – 8/22

Schedule Notes: All schedules contain the air time, program name and episode name when available. A detailed description for selected programs can be found under Program Highlights or may be featured on What’s on Tonight! Comments are closed on “Schedules ” and programs listed may be subject to last minute changes that may or may not be reflected on the web schedule....