Broadway Is... | Reopening: The Broadway Revival | Great Performances on PBS

Listen to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Adrienne Warren, Andrew Rannells, Kristin Chenoweth and others discuss what "Broadway" means to them.

Great Performances – Reopening: The Broadway Revival pulls the curtain back on some of Broadway’s most popular shows, revealing how the New York theater industry undertook the monumental process of turning the lights back on after its longest hiatus in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offering exclusive behind-the-scenes access to shows including “Wicked,” “Aladdin,” “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” “Jagged Little Pill,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Waitress” and others, the film follows each production’s journey as cast and crew reunite, rehearse and re-stage for their long-anticipated reopening nights.

PREMIERES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 at 9/8c on PBS

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The only continuing primetime performance showcase on American television, Great Performances presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries. With its programs garnering 67 Emmy Awards and six George Foster Peabody Awards, the series has received every major television honor.

Regardless of geographic or economic limitations, Great Performances ensures its audiences “the best seats in the house” with a roster of artists and performing arts companies that represent a “Who’s Who” of excellence and virtuosity in the international performing arts.

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Broadway is reopening.

Omicron: Are you sure?

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This trailer is SOOOO misleading. I saw Great Performances last night, and the core of this very good special was how the Pandemic affected the Broadway community, from sudden closings to limbo to tentative reopening to closing again. Nowhere is any of that hinted at in this trailer. Are they afraid of presenting the actual story in the trailer? Afraid of scaring people off?