
Playing the Palace: Preview
Preview: 5/13/2025 | 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Hosted by Frank DiLella, this doc charts the Palace Theatre’s history and restoration.
“The Palace Theatre is an icon,” according to Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters. In this documentary hosted by Frank DiLella, hear from stars, including Peters, Joel Grey, Heather Headley and more, about the special history held within this legendary Broadway theater while going behind the scenes of its recent landmark restoration.
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ALL ARTS Documentary Selects is a local public television program presented by WLIW PBS

Playing the Palace: Preview
Preview: 5/13/2025 | 29sVideo has Closed Captions
“The Palace Theatre is an icon,” according to Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters. In this documentary hosted by Frank DiLella, hear from stars, including Peters, Joel Grey, Heather Headley and more, about the special history held within this legendary Broadway theater while going behind the scenes of its recent landmark restoration.
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- The Palace Theatre.
- [Narrator] For the past century, playing the Palace has been synonymous with making it as a performer.
- It will always be home.
- For me, to play the Palace Theatre means to be connected to your idols.
- [Speaker] It was the pinnacle of vaudeville.
It's the pinnacle of Broadway today.
It's now the pinnacle of an architectural miracle.
- It is number one, I think, of anywhere in the world.
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