Great Performances - Season 46

Season 46

Episodes

42nd Street
Tap-dance to this musical extravaganza about a young performer who gets her big Broadway break.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I
Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe star in the Tony Award-winning revival of the classic musical.

Red
Experience the passion of painter Mark Rothko in this six-time Tony-winning play with Alfred Molina.

Much Ado About Nothing
From The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, this 2019 production features an all-black cast.

Kinky Boots
Enjoy the Tony-winning musical about friendship and extraordinary shoes with songs by Cyndi Lauper.

Jesus Christ Superstar - Live in Concert

An Intimate Evening with David Foster

From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2020
As the world welcomes a new decade, Great Performances continues the tradition of ringing in the New Year with the Vienna Philharmonic at Vienna's famous Musikverein. Under the baton of three-time GRAMMY Award-winning guest conductor and Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons, the concert spotlights the talent of the Vienna State Ballet and the Vienna Philharmonic with beloved waltzes by Strauss and more. PBS favorite Hugh Bonneville (Masterpiece: Downton Abbey) returns as host for a third year, touring Musikverein's archives, which hold the largest collection of Beethoven manuscripts in the world, the Beethoven museum and other locations associated with the legendary composer in honor of his 250th birthday (December 17, 2020).
The Vienna Philharmonic performs approximately 40 concerts in Vienna annually, among them the New Year's concert and the Summer Night concert Schönbrunn, which broadcast in numerous countries around the world.
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