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Great Performances

Arts and Music Series / 5 Seasons

Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Watch Latest: S52 E15

2h 9m / TV-14

"Kiss Me, Kate" Preview

30s

Enjoy this Cole Porter classic musical featuring iconic songs like “Another Op'nin', Another Show," “So In Love” and more. Tony winner Stephanie J. Block and Adrian Dunbar co-star in a backstage romantic comedy directed by Bartlett Sher.

"Girl from North Country" Preview

30s

Experience 20 reimagined, legendary Bob Dylan songs including “Forever Young,” “Hurricane,” and “Like A Rolling Stone" in this musical set in 1934 Minnesota where a group of travelers’ lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope.

Great Performances at the Met: Tosca Preview

30s

Lise Davidsen stars in the title role alongside Freddie De Tommaso in his company debut as her lover Cavaradossi with Quinn Kelsey as the chief of police Scarpia. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

The Awkward Talkback from Yellow Face

5m 1s

DHH (Daniel Dae Kim) brings Marcus G. (Ryan Eggold) to a talkback with Asian American students, where the question of his ethnicity and his portrayal of an Asian character comes up in this satirical play.

"Yellow Face" Preview

30s

Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.

Behind the Curtain with the Cast & Director of "Next to Normal"

14m 39s

Go behind the curtain of Donmar Warehouse's "Next to Normal" with stage director Michael Longhurst, cast members Caissie Levy, Jack Wolfe, Jamie Parker, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Trevor Dion Nicholas, and Jack Ofrecio. Learn how the cast brought authenticity to their roles, and how they reimagined the show for the screen.

Next to Normal Preview

30s

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.

Now Hear This "Barrios: Chopin of the Guitar" Preview

30s

Explore Agustin Barrios’ journey from rural Paraguay to global recognition as a guitar composer. Despite facing rejection and personal struggles, his innovative compositions and passion for Latin American folk music made him a 20th-century icon.

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