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Season 52 / Episode 8 and airs on Apr 12, 2025 01:00
Great Performances is a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on PBS since 1972. The show is produced by WNET in New York City. It is one of the longest running performing arts anthologies on television, second only to Hallmark Hall of Fame. Great Performances presents concerts, ballet, opera, an occasional documentary, and plays. The series has also won many television awards, including an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society.
In Russian choreographer Rudolf Nureyev's interpretation of "Swan Lake," the role of the male dancer was redefined. This documentary goes behind the scenes of Nureyev's historic 1964 production highlighted by his partnership with British prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn. Featuring extensive excerpts from the legendary production, the documentary also spotlights newly recorded interviews with dancers Michael Birkmeyer and Gisela Cech who danced alongside Nureyev at the premiere of "Swan Lake."
Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang's comedy from Roundabout Theatre Company stars Daniel Dae Kim ("Lost," "Hawaii Five-0") as an Asian American playwright who protests yellowface casting in the blockbuster musical "Miss Saigon," only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. The repercussions resonate in this farce about the complexities of race. Directed by Leigh Silverman ("Violet," "Suffs"), "Yellow Face"is an "is-he-or-isn't-he" comedy of identity, show business and autobiography.
In 1934 Duluth, Minnesota, a group of wayward travelers' lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson, this musical features 20 reimagined, legendary Bob Dylan songs, including "Forever Young," "All Along The Watchtower," "Hurricane," and "Like A Rolling Stone."
With a score by Cole Porter, this "Golden Age" Broadway musical comedy features classic songs, including "Another Op'nin'", "Another Show," "So In Love," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block makes her West End debut as Lilli Vanessi joined by Adrian Dunbar as Fred Graham in a backstage comedy of star-crossed romance. Tony winner Bartlett Sher directs.
With a score by Cole Porter, this "Golden Age" Broadway musical comedy features classic songs, including "Another Op'nin'", "Another Show," "So In Love," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block makes her West End debut as Lilli Vanessi joined by Adrian Dunbar as Fred Graham in a backstage comedy of star-crossed romance. Tony winner Bartlett Sher directs.
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