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Great Performances “Next to Normal” • WXXI-TV

Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical directed by Michael Longhurst from London’s Donmar Warehouse. Grammy nominee Caissie Levy stars in the story of a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness.

Great Performances “Next to Normal” airs Friday, May 9 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming live on the WXXI app.

This three-time Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical stars Caissie Levy (Broadway’s “Frozen”), Jamie Parker (Broadway’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”), Jack Wolfe (Netflix’s “Shadow & Bone”) and Eleanor Worthington-Cox. An intimate portrait of a modern family, the show explores illness, loss, grief and family as a suburban wife and mother lives with bipolar disorder and is haunted by her past. Filmed at Wyndham’s Theatre in September 2024 during the show’s West End transfer from its original run at the Donmar Warehouse, the musical is produced by David Stone (“Wicked”), staged by director Michael Longhurst and features an original rock score by Tom Kitt with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey.

This program is presented by Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

CAREGIVING Screening & Panel Discussion • The Little Theatre

Join Move to Include^TM for a special FREE screening and panel discussion on the state and stakes of care in America.

About the Film:
From Executive Producer Bradley Cooper, this is the story of paid and unpaid caregivers navigating the challenges and joys of this deeply meaningful work. Intertwining intimate personal stories with the untold history of caregiving, the documentary reveals the state and the stakes of care in America today. Narrated by Uzo Aduba (The Residence, Orange is the New Black) and directed by Chris Durrance.

CAREGIVING Screening & Panel Discussion
Tuesday, June 3 at 6:30-8:30 p.m.
At The Little Theatre, Theatre 1
240 East Avenue, Rochester, NY

Reserve your free spot here.

This film is presented with open captions. ASL interpretation will be provided for opening remarks and post-screening panel discussion.

For more information on parking and accessibility, please visit https://thelittle.org/accessibility/. Additional accommodations may be requested during the registration process.

Please contact Sarah Murphy Abbamonte, Project Manager for Move to Include(TM), at sabbamonte@wxxi.org with any questions.

WXXI is proud to be the home of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media. Built on the principle of “Nothing About Us Without Us”, Move to Include spotlights the lived experience of people with disabilities and highlights important issues around disability, including education, healthcare, housing, employment, and more – through television, radio, news, education, community events, and digital media.

A House in the Garden: Shofuso and Modernism • WXXI-TV

Modernist masters and traditional Japanese architecture meet in the Philadelphia region.

A House in the Garden: Shofuso and Modernism airs Saturday, May 3 at 5:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming live on the WXXI app.

Stunning visual explorations of three architecturally significant sites in the Philadelphia region highlight the influence of traditional Japanese architecture on four masters of modernist architecture and design. The environmentally and culturally sensitive design philosophies of George Nakashima, Junzo Yoshimura, and Antonin and Noemi Raymond continue to influence architecture and design today.

ASD Band: The Movie • WXXI-TV

Musicians on the autism spectrum embark on a journey to record their first studio album.

ASD Band: The Movie airs Monday, April 28 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming live on the WXXI app.

Follow the members of ASD Band as they embark on the journey to record their first studio album and proudly own their unique perspectives as individuals on the autism spectrum. Audiences will also experience heartfelt accounts from friends and family members, focused on fostering a community that understands, accepts and values their children.

This program is presented by Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media..

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” • On-Demand

Tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” on the PBS app. The on-demand film is available with Audio Description, Closed-Captioning and ASL versions. The film is available on-demand through 8/1/25

While curb cuts, ramps at building entrances, and braille on elevator buttons seem commonplace today, they were once the subject of a pitched battle that landed on the steps of Congress. Told through the voices of key participants and witnesses, the film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives of all Americans. A story of courage and perseverance, the film brings to life one of the great civil rights movements in American history, where ordinary people made their voices heard and Congress responded. A testament to the power of coalition building and bipartisan compromise, the passage of the ADA is a shining example of democracy in action.

This film is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Five Inclusive Outdoor Play Spaces

Challenger Miracle Field
Ridge Park
Webster, NY
Features adaptive recreational equipment and athletic fields to give children with developmental disabilities the ability to play freely and with other children. Click here to visit the website.

Motion Junction
2640 Outhouse Rd.
Canandaigua, NY
A fully inclusive playground with ramps, play structures, and musical instruments. Click here to visit the web page.

The Autism Nature Trail
Trailside Road
Letchworth State Park
Castile, NY
A safe, inclusive, outdoor experience in nature designed for visitors with autism and related disorders but appropriate for all. Click here to visit the website.

Heyer-Bayer Memorial Park
Irondequoit, NY
Features an expression swing, an inclusive whirl, a roller slide, and more. The playground also has a safe rubber surface, making it wheelchair accessible. Click here to learn more.

Basil Marella Park in Greece
975 English Road
Rochester, NY
Features a wheelchair swing and an accessible merry-go-round. Click here for the web page.

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” • WXXI-WORLD

Tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” airs Saturday, March 29 at 4 p.m. on WXXI-WORLD and streams live on the WXXI app.

This film is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Photo: ADAPT (American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit) activists protest for accessible public transportation in Los Angeles, CA. • Credit: Tom Olin

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy • WXXI-TV

Celebrate the enigmatic cellist whose career was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at age 28.

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy airs Friday, March 28 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.

Those who know, consider Jacqueline du Pré one of the greatest cellists of all time – certainly in the top three – despite a career that was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at just twenty-eight years old. The force of nature took away her prodigious gift and her joy of performing and she endured fourteen years of unremitting illness. However, during her short time on the international concert platform – about a decade – she had the musical world at her feet, with an expressive style that cast a spell on anyone who saw her perform. Introduced and narrated by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Jacqueline du Pre: Genius and Tragedy, tells the story of who she was and why she was such an extraordinary musician.

It is full of candid moments off stage and in rehearsal, together with powerful concert performances. The Elgar Cello Concerto would become her signature piece and the benchmark against which all other renditions would be measured; its lamenting melody, inescapably resonating with her own tragic demise. In swinging 1960s London, the Beatles were topping the pop charts, but Jacqueline du Pre was the poster child for a new golden generation of artists and friends, who injected a youthful excitement into a staid industry a classical ‘rat pack’ that included Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and her husband, Daniel Barenboim. As a glamourous and musically charged couple, Barenboim and du Pre were like a modern version of Clara and Robert Schumann; together, they devoured the cello and piano repertoire and the recordings they made continue to delight audiences across the globe. Du Pre was a blithe spirit, known to her friends as ‘Smiley’ but on stage with her cello, she could communicate the most profound feelings, found in the depths of great music. Our interviews provide an incomparable insight from those who knew du Pre best, including RuthAnn Cannings, who cared for her throughout her illness. Described as, “beyond words,” du Pre’s innate abilities confounded even her fellow musicians, who struggled to rationalize how music flowed so naturally from her. She studied under the greats – Casals, Tortelier, and Rostropovich – but it is sequences with her teacher William Pleeth, her “cello daddy,” that provide some of our most intimate and engaging footage. The affection for Jacqueline du Pre and the wonder at her playing remains undiminished, nearly forty years after her death in 1987.

This film is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.