Great Performances will launch its annual “Broadway’s Best” lineup on May 8, featuring two full-length musicals, a concert and a documentary. The programming will air Fridays through May 29 on PBS, with streaming available on PBS.org and the PBS app.
As previously announced, the lineup begins on May 8 with “Suffs,” featuring a Tony Award-winning book and Tony-winning score by Shaina Taub. Recorded on Broadway in December 2024, the musical centers on the American suffragist movement. Directed by Leigh Silverman, he cast includes Taub as Alice Paul, Nikki M. James as Ida B. Wells, Emily Skinner as Alva Belmont and Phoebe Burn, Jenn Colella as Carrie Chapman Catt, Hannah Cruz as Inez Millholland and Grace McLean as President Woodrow Wilson.
“Irving Berlin’s Top Hat” will air on May 15. The West End revival, recorded in January 2026, is directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. Adapted from the 1935 film, the production stars Phillip Attmore as Jerry Travers and Amara Okereke as Dale Tremont and features songs by Berlin.
On May 22, “An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger” will feature Scherzinger in her Royal Albert Hall concert debut, recorded in October 2025. The program includes Broadway standards and pop songs from her career, including selections associated with her Tony-winning performance as Norma Desmond in “Sunset Boulevard.”
The lineup concludes May 29 with “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,” a documentary narrated by Joel Grey. Directed by Michael Kantor, the film examines the contributions of Jewish composers and lyricists to the American musical, including George Gershwin and Stephen Sondheim.
“Broadway’s Best” is part of the WNET Group’s Broadway and Beyond collection. “Great Performances,” produced by the WNET Group, has aired on PBS for more than 50 years and has received multiple Emmy Awards, a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre and Peabody Awards.
