Great Performances (Season 13)

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.

  • Poster for Doctor Fischer of Geneva

    Doctor Fischer of Geneva (Episode 1) 7.5

    Air date: 1985-10-11

  • Poster for Three by Three

    Three by Three (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1985-10-18

  • Poster for Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music

    Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1984-12-07

    Runtime: 140 min

  • Poster for The Importance of Being Ernest

    The Importance of Being Ernest (Episode 4) 8.0

    Writer: Oscar Wilde

    Air date: 1985-11-29

    Overview: In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

  • Poster for Heartbreak House

    Heartbreak House (Episode 5)

    Writer: Anthony Page

    Air date: 1985-04-24

    Runtime: 122 min

    Overview: Re-creation of the Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's 1920 comedy of manners. The troubles of England are parallel with the domestic troubles of Captain Shotover's household.

  • Poster for Early Days

    Early Days (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1986-04-18

  • Poster for Grown-Ups

    Grown-Ups (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1986-11-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A middle-aged journalist has, at last, grown up - only to find he's trapped in a world of emotional infants.

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