Great Performances

1971    2h    TV-14
Documentary, Drama, Comedy,
7.9
"Great Performances" showcases the finest in theater, featuring iconic plays like "You Can't Take It With You." With David Woods' enchanting direction and standout performances from Jason Robards, Jr., Colleen Dewhurst, and Elizabeth Wilson, it’s a celebration of artistic brilliance.
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49 Seasons
  • Season 1
    Season 14 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 23 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 310 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 47 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 58 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 64 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 74 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 81 Episode
  • Season 9
    Season 93 Episodes
  • Season 10
    Season 106 Episodes
  • Season 11
    Season 111 Episode
  • Season 12
    Season 129 Episodes
  • Season 13
    Season 134 Episodes
  • Season 14
    Season 147 Episodes
  • Season 15
    Season 155 Episodes
  • Season 16
    Season 1611 Episodes
  • Season 17
    Season 176 Episodes
  • Season 18
    Season 189 Episodes
  • Season 19
    Season 196 Episodes
  • Season 20
    Season 207 Episodes
  • Season 21
    Season 219 Episodes
  • Season 23
    Season 2315 Episodes
  • Season 25
    Season 259 Episodes
  • Season 26
    Season 2611 Episodes
  • Season 27
    Season 275 Episodes
  • Season 28
    Season 2810 Episodes
  • Season 29
    Season 2913 Episodes
  • Season 30
    Season 3012 Episodes
  • Season 31
    Season 316 Episodes
  • Season 32
    Season 3214 Episodes
  • Season 33
    Season 339 Episodes
  • Season 34
    Season 3412 Episodes
  • Season 35
    Season 3515 Episodes
  • Season 36
    Season 3612 Episodes
  • Season 37
    Season 3714 Episodes
  • Season 38
    Season 3822 Episodes
  • Season 39
    Season 3924 Episodes
  • Season 40
    Season 4018 Episodes
  • Season 41
    Season 4132 Episodes
  • Season 42
    Season 4223 Episodes
  • Season 43
    Season 4316 Episodes
  • Season 44
    Season 4427 Episodes
  • Season 45
    Season 4528 Episodes
  • Season 46
    Season 4629 Episodes
  • Season 47
    Season 4730 Episodes
  • Season 48
    Season 4831 Episodes
  • Season 49
    Season 4933 Episodes
  • Season 50
    Season 5024 Episodes
  • Season 51
    Season 5122 Episodes
Cast of Great Performances
  • Bray PoorNarrator (voice)
  • Julie AndrewsSelf - Host
  • Plácido DomingoSelf
  • Tony BennettSelf
  • Betty ComdenSelf
  • Renée FlemingSelf
  • Geraldine FitzgeraldAmy Bisley
  • Blythe DannerNina
  • John CullumSelf
  • Frederica von StadeTina
  • Diahann CarrollSelf
  • Rue McClanahanJosey Finn
  • Frederick CoffinOswald
  • Joyce EbertMrs. Holroyd
  • Frank LangellaThe Prince of Homburg
  • Charles KimbroughBenton Arrelsford
  • Leonard BernsteinSelf
  • Len CariouSelf
  • Marvin HamlischSelf
  • Glenn CloseSelf - Host
  • Meryl StreepLeilah
  • James MaddalenaGuglielmo
  • Richard KileySelf
  • Lauren BacallSelf
  • Rosemary ClooneySelf
  • Cab CallowaySelf
  • Luciano PavarottiSelf
  • Scott YooSelf - Host
  • Scott YooSelf
  • Carol BurnettSelf
  • Estelle ParsonsLucille
  • Frances SternhagenWilma Atkins
  • Susan SarandonEileen
  • Kevin McCarthyTrigorin
  • Louis ZorichJonas
  • Richard JenkinsWarder
  • William SwetlandMine manager
  • Hal HolbrookSelf - Host
  • Lee GrantIrina Arkadina
  • Richard BackusRichard Miller
  • Austin PendletonBennie
  • Arthur RubinsteinSelf
  • John McMartinTeddy Wharton
  • Swoosie KurtzMuriel McComber
  • Tom AldredgeFool
  • George MartinIsaacson, Governor of Reading Goal Prison
  • Stephen SondheimSelf
  • John HousemanDr.Fawcett
  • Carol KaneFrancis Loomis
  • Roy PooleReverand Miles
  • Laurence OlivierHarry
  • MacIntyre DixonFrancisco / Gravedigger / Player
  • Sally KellermanMaureen
  • Josef SommerNikolai
  • Tatiana TroyanosSesto
  • Roberta MaxwellMrs. Webb
  • André De ShieldsSelf
  • Tom BosleySelf - Host
  • Barry BostwickSelf
  • Andre GregoryMad Hatter
  • Donald O'ConnorSelf
  • Mary MartinSelf
  • Rosemary HarrisHesione Hushabye
  • Dana IveyGertrude
  • Catherine MalfitanoTrina Sieppe
  • Patti AustinSelf
  • Sammy CahnSelf
  • Peter DonatCyrano de Bergerac
  • Fritz WeaverCaterpillar
  • John GielgudSelf
  • Frank OzSelf
  • Sanford SylvanDon Alfonso
  • Linda RonstadtSan Miguel
  • Roberta FlackSelf
  • Melissa ManchesterSelf
  • Marsha MasonRoxane
  • Gregory HinesSelf
  • Bill CosbySelf
  • Dizzy GillespieSelf
  • Paul GemignaniSelf
  • Kiri Te KanawaSelf
  • Riccardo MutiSelf
  • Georg SoltiSelf
  • Herbie HancockSelf
  • Ralph RichardsonSelf
  • Jerry HermanSelf
  • Patti LaBelleSelf
  • Katherine CiesinskiSonia
  • Thomas HampsonSelf
  • Michael FeinsteinSelf - Host
  • Richie HavensSelf
  • André PrevinSelf
  • Harry BelafonteSelf
  • Ruby DeeSelf
  • Quincy JonesSelf
  • Kathleen BattleSelf
  • Wynton MarsalisSelf
  • Bryn TerfelSelf
  • Edward AlbeeSelf
  • Daniel BarenboimSelf
  • Whoopi GoldbergSelf
  • Robert GouletSelf
  • Rebecca LukerSelf
  • Arthur MillerSelf
  • Natalie ColeSelf
  • Clint EastwoodSelf
  • Donald BukaMister Eagle
  • Catherine BurnsPatricia
  • J.D. CannonTom
  • George GrizzardLarry
  • Earl HindmanWilliam
  • Barnard HughesJim
  • Harvey KeitelJerry
  • Tony Lo BiancoFrank
  • Tom RosquiUnemployed Man
  • Jerry StillerMechanic
  • Kristoffer TaboriBert
  • Dick Van PattenRaymond
  • Gundula JanowitzSelf
  • Hertha TöpperSelf
  • Horst LaubenthalSelf
  • Hermann PreySelf
  • Karl RichterSelf
  • George Bartenieff
  • Cliff GormanKewpie
  • Rose Gregorio
  • Sam GroomBen
  • Fred GwynnePike
  • David HurstSchnable
  • Dorrie KavanaughPearl
  • Mike KellinSam
  • Ric Mancini
  • Biff McGuireFoley
  • Bernadette PetersLibby
  • Philip BoscoFather Coyne
  • Kevin ConwayPeter Boyle
  • Faye DunawayKathleen Stanton
  • Robert FoxworthMatt Stanton
  • Patrick McVeyHaggerty
  • George RoseQuinn
  • Margaret TrudeauBessie Legg
  • Roberts BlossomJudge / Preacher
  • K CallanEvelyn Jackson
  • Cliff CarpenterPeck Johnson
  • Sarah CunninghamNelly Winrod
  • Kathleen DoyleLena Truit
  • Will HareSkelly Mannor
  • Kate HarringtonMartha Truit
  • Clifford A. PellowTrucker
  • Joanna RoosMary Winrod
  • James StaleyRobert Conklin (Driver Jr.)
  • Helen StenborgMavis Johnson
  • George PentecostPologgy
  • Will LeeKon
  • Ellis RabbYakov
  • Jane RoseAgrafena
  • Stefan GieraschMikhail
  • Daniel J. SullivanSintsov
  • Carrie NyeTatiana
  • Robert PhalenGrekov
  • Kate ReidKleopatra
  • Sydney WalkerLevshin
  • Jack CassidyPaul Sears
  • Beatrice ColenGoldie
  • Barbara DanaEdna
  • Marshall EfronWindow cleaner
  • Tom FitzsimmonsFred Stevens
  • Lee MeredithMiss Rixey
  • Geneviève BujoldAntigone
  • Stacy Keach
  • James NaughtonHaemon
  • Peter BrandonMessenger
  • Betty MillerEurydice
  • Aline MacMahonNurse
  • Douglass WatsonKent
  • Paul SorvinoGloucester
  • Raúl JuliáEdmund
  • James Earl JonesKing Lear
  • Rosalind CashGoneril
  • Lee ChamberlinCordelia
  • Ellen HollyRegan
  • Jean-Pierre StewartFrance
  • René AuberjonoisEdgar
  • George DzundzaGentleman
  • Daniel DavisMoulineaux
  • Ken JenkinsAubin
  • Charlotte RaeMadame Aigreville
  • Patrick TovattBassinet
  • Max WrightEtienne
  • Richard KneelandOscar Wilde
  • Daniel von BargenWooldridge
  • Veronica CastangLaura
  • Frank ConverseBlackmore
  • Rex RobbinsHolroyd
  • Rosemary De AngelisLouise Amber
  • Jean De BaerBetty Todd
  • Marian MercerMasha
  • Olympia DukakisPauline
  • George EdeShamrayev
  • David ClennonMedvedenko
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