This new Great Performances entry is the first documentary ever made about the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof. It’s current enough to include the 2018 Broadway revival in Yiddish – a somewhat unexpectedly emotional and current retelling – and comprehensive enough to deal with the original stage and movie versions, as well as the most notable of the many, many revivals. And the participants in this documentary are wide-ranging, too, from such expected ar

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

For two years now, Bill Maher has been the first and most persistent media voice suggesting, then insisting, that if Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he wouldn’t leave. Welcome to tonight’s special edition of Real Time, titled “I told you so.” Or at least it should be titled that…

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CHARLEY PRIDE TO RECEIVE THE WILLIE NELSON LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD By David Hinckley

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