Vermont native’s Tony Award-winning musical ‘Suffs’ to air on PBS

Did you miss your chance to see the Vermont native-created musical “Suffs” on Broadway? No worries — it’ll be coming to your living room this spring.

PBS will air Waitsfield native Shaina Taub’s suffrage-themed production as part of the broadcaster’s “Great Performances” series. The episode is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. on Friday, May 8.

According to a report from Broadway World, the recording was made during “Suffs” Broadway run. The show first took the Broadway stage in March 2024 and ran at the Music Box Theatre on West 45^th St. in Manhattan until January 2025. Taub performed the musical’s lead role as 20^th-century suffragist Alice Paul.

Taub began her path toward a career on the stage as a youth in Vermont. She performed with Vermont companies including Lyric Theatre in Burlington and The Valley Players in her hometown of Waitsfield.

Prior to “Suffs,” Taub’s resume included staging works by Shakespeare in Central Park through The Public Theater in New York and performing in the off-Broadway production of “Hadestown.” That musical created by Vermont native Anais Mitchell would win eight Tony Awards in 2019.

Thanks to “Suffs,” Taub would go on to win her own Tony Awards. She took home prizes for Best Original Score and Best Book.

Taub has been working on a musical version of “The Devil Wears Prada” with Elton John and Burlington native Kate Wetherhead. The production is currently running in London.

Taub is scheduled to take part in a discussion and performance of some of her songs in a free event at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 at the University of Vermont Recital Hall in Burlington.

Contact Brent Hallenbeck at bhallenbeck@freepressmedia.com.