Breaking New Ground

10.0

2024

Follow Broadway performer, entrepreneur, and educator Robert Hartwell as he takes on the challenge of transforming a 200-year-old house with a complicated history into a home filled with love. It's a renovation story that celebrates the resilience of Robert's journey as well as those who came before him.

Production

Trailers & Videos

Official Trailer

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2024

1. The Parlor

Robert meets his team to begin renovating his 200-year-old home and is on a mission to protect and salvage as many original details as possible.

2. The Kitchen and Dining Room

The kitchen and the dining room renovations become one of Robert's biggest challenges, in both balancing the books and making important decisions.

3. The Primary Suite

During the renovation of his primary suite, Robert is on a mission to understand where he comes from and how he became the person he is today.

4. The Living Room, Study and Exterior

As Robert juggles his time between creative and construction challenges, he leans on his friends and learns more about his new community.

5. The Dance Studio and Family Spaces

As Great Barrington, MA, starts to feel like home, Robert dreams of building a one-of-a-kind dance studio with original details. He is also manifesting a room for a future family while he reflects on his original intention -- to fill this house with joy.

6. Mom's Suite

On a mission to finish his house, Robert works around the clock to make sure a suite for his mother is fit for a queen. Family, history, loss and perseverance brought Robert on this journey to build a home, and the culmination of love and joy is revealed.