Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
"You Can't Take It With You" is hailed one of the greatest revivals and filmed plays for PBS television. David Woods brought stunning charm, humor, and time to this Moss Hart masterpiece. Jason Robards, Jr. gave the collective performance of his career. Colleen Dewhurst perfection, Elizabeth Wilson superior, a joyous ensemble.
1. Star-Spangled Spectacular: Bicentennial of Our National Anthem
Aired: Sep 13, 2014John Lithgow hosts a two-hour event with Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony-winning perf...
2. Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE!
Aired: Oct 24, 2014Singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga perform a live concert at Lincoln Center's...
Aired: Nov 21, 2014 This special encore presentation of the original 1998 broadcast of "Cats" on ...
4. John Leguizamo's Road to Broadway
Aired: Jan 1, 2015Leguizamo prepares for his most challenging theatrical quest yet - cramming 3...
5. GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends
Aired: Jan 9, 2015World-renowned American opera singer Renée Fleming convenes a festival of spe...
6. Harold Prince: The Director's Life
Aired: Jan 16, 2015Directed by Lonny Price, the Great Performances retrospective celebrates the ...
7. Tony Bennett & Diana Krall: Love Is Here to Stay
Aired: Feb 1, 2015Following on their Billboard #1 jazz album, Tony Bennett and Diana Krall hono...
Aired: Feb 22, 2015 Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant, the artist Mark Rothko takes ...
9. Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration
Aired: Feb 27, 2015Conducted by Alan Gilbert, selections include music by Nino Rota, Ennio Morri...
Aired: Mar 1, 2015 A tribute to Chicago vocalists features performances by Renée Fleming, Jessie...
11. Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Aired: Mar 22, 2015Rossini’s classic comedy Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) feat...
12. An Intimate Evening with David Foster
Aired: Mar 27, 2015Choreographer Mark Morris’s signature work comes to television for the first ...
13. From Vienna; The New Year's Celebration 2020
Aired: Apr 3, 2015Celebrate 2020 with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Musikverein. Under the bat...
14. Great Performances at the Met: Meistersinger
Aired: Apr 12, 2015James Levine leads Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (“The Master-Singe...
15. Great Performances at the Met: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Aired: Apr 17, 2015Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as the tortured poet unlucky in love in ...
16. Boston Symphony Orchestra: Andris Nelsons' Concert
Aired: May 29, 2015The start of BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons’ tenure with the orchestra fea...
17. Great Performances at the Met: The Merry Widow
Aired: Jun 19, 2015The lavish new staging of Lehár’s effervescent operetta The Merry Widow is th...
18. Great Performances at the Met: Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle
Aired: Jul 12, 2015Polish film director Mariusz Treliński makes his Met debut with the new produ...
Aired: Jul 17, 2015 When Daisy Werthan, a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in mid-century...
Aired: Jul 24, 2015 A Harvey Fierstein & Cyndi Lauper & Jerry Mitchell creation for Broadway base...
21. An Intimate Evening with David Foster
Aired: Aug 2, 2015Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez headline Rossini’s bel canto tour-de-for...
22. Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Aired: Aug 28, 2015Led by guest conductor Zubin Mehta, the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic re...
23. Great Performances at the Met: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
Aired: Sep 6, 2015Sir David McVicar directs the first new Met production of the popular verismo...
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