Great Performances

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Episodes

  • Kiss Me, Kate: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Kiss Me, Kate

    S52 Ep19 |
    Experience this Cole Porter classic musical starring Tony winner Stephanie J. Block.
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    Hamlet

    S37 Ep20 |
    David Tennant and Patrick Stewart star in this adaptation of RSC's 2008 production
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    Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

    S37 Ep1 |
    See selections from Adams' new work, "City Noir," and Mahler's "Symphony No. 1 in D major"
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    King Lear

    S36 Ep13 |
    Sir Ian McKellen recreates his RSC stage performance of Shakespeare's tragic monarch.
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    GP at the Met: Macbeth

    S35 Ep18 |
    Star soprano Anna Netrebko makes her US debut as the fatally ambitious Lady Macbeth.

About Great Performances

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.

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