Great Performances (1971)

Name: Great Performances
Rating: 6.1

Rating: 6.1

Synopsis

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

First Air Date: 1971-01-28

Last Air Date: 2026-07-12

Number of Seasons: 52

Number of Episodes: 712

Networks: PBS

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Top Cast

Bray Poor as Narrator (voice)
Scott Yoo as Self
Julie Andrews as Self
Hugh Bonneville as Self
Plácido Domingo as Self
Tony Bennett as Self
Betty Comden as Self
Renée Fleming as Self
Geraldine Fitzgerald as Grandmother
Blythe Danner as Alma Winemiller

Seasons

Season 1 (1971)

Season 2 (1972)

Season 3 (1974)

Season 4 (1975)

Season 5 (1976)

Season 6 (1977)

Season 7 (1978)

Season 8 (1979)

Season 9 (1980)

Season 10 (1981)

Season 11 (1982)

Season 12 (1983)

Season 13 (1985)

Season 14 (1985)

Season 15 (1986)

Season 16 (1987)

Season 17 (1988)

Season 18 (1989)

Season 19 (1990)

Season 20 (1991)

Season 21 (1992)

Season 22 (1993)

Season 23 (1993)

Season 25 (1994)

Season 26 (1995)

Season 27 (1996)

Season 28 (1997)

Season 29 (1998)

Season 30 (1999)

Season 31 (2000)

Season 32 (2001)

Season 33 (2002)

Season 34 (2005)

Season 35 (2004)

Season 36 (2008)

Season 37 (2009)

Season 38 (2010)

Season 39 (2011)

Season 40 (2012)

Season 41 (2013)

Season 42 (2014)

Season 43 (2015)

Season 44 (2016)

Season 45 (2017)

Season 46 (2018)

Season 47 (2019)

Season 48 (2020)

Season 49 (2021)

Season 50 (2022)

Season 51 (2023)

Season 52 (2024)

Season 53 (2025)

Season 1 (1971)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (1971-01-28)

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Ep. 2: Episode 2 (1971-02-04)

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Ep. 3: Episode 3 (1971-02-25)

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Ep. 7: Paradise Lost (1971-02-25)

Paradise Lost is a drama by Clifford Odets that takes place during the Depression. The play was originally produced on Broadway by the Group Theatre in 1935. It was also filmed for television broadcast in 1971. The play takes place in an unnamed American city during the Depression: act one on Armistice Day in 1932, act two in March 1934, and act three in April 1935. Odets said of Paradise Lost that he'd hoped that after people see it, "they're going to be glad they're alive."
Ep. 18: Hogan's Goat (1971-10-18)

A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with a just-deceased rich girl.