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Season 47 Episode 6 | 2h 12m 5s Video has closed captioning.
The 1981 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, 42nd Street is the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway, featuring the iconic songs “42nd Street,” “We’re In the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle Off To Buffalo,” “I Only Have Eyes For You” and many more.
Aired: 11/01/19
Expires: 10/31/22
GREAT PERFORMANCES is made possible by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the Irene Diamond Fund, Rosalind P. Walter, the LuEsther T. …
GREAT PERFORMANCES is made possible by The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the Irene Diamond Fund, Rosalind P. Walter, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Seton J. Melvin, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, The Starr Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, Ellen and James S. Marcus, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, The Agnes Varis Trust, the Lenore Hecht Foundation, The Abra Prentice Foundation, The Lewis “Sonny” Turner Fund for Dance, public television viewers, and PBS.
She Loves Me on Great Performances is the opening act of the PBS Broadway’s Best lineup.
Noël Coward’s Present Laughter
Kevin Kline gives a Tony Award®-winning performance in Noël Coward’s Present Laughter.
Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to Great Performances on PBS.
An American In Paris The Musical
Relive the famous musical in this Tony-winning adaptation.
John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Tony-nominated one-man show, Latin History for Morons
Harold Prince: The Director’s Life
Take a peek into the legendary career of the iconic Broadway producer/director.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I
Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe star in "Roger & Hammerstein's The King and I."
The Public Theater's critically acclaimed production featuring Danielle Brooks as Beatrice
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