Great Performances

Great Performances, 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.


Aliases
  • Playhouse New York
English
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials April 2023 3
Season 1 November 1972 February 1973 3
Season 2 January 1974 May 1974 16
Season 3 October 1974 April 1975 13
Season 4 October 1975 March 1976 31
Season 5 31
Season 6 0
Season 7 November 1978 1
Season 8 0
Season 9 January 1976 9
Season 10 1
Season 11 July 1979 December 1979 2
Season 12 October 1983 1
Season 13 November 1984 March 1985 3
Season 14 November 1985 May 1986 3
Season 15 February 1987 March 1988 5
Season 16 February 1988 April 1988 2
Season 17 November 1989 December 1989 3
Season 18 0
Season 19 February 1990 March 1991 6
Season 21 April 1992 May 1993 5
Season 22 October 1993 May 1994 3
Season 23 November 1994 January 1995 2
Season 24 October 1995 March 1996 2
Season 25 December 1996 January 1997 3
Season 26 December 1997 January 1998 4
Season 27 July 1998 March 1999 5
Season 28 June 1998 March 2000 9
Season 29 October 2000 January 2002 4
Season 30 December 2001 March 2002 2
Season 31 November 2002 August 2003 6
Season 32 August 2004 1
Season 33 January 2005 July 2006 16
Season 34 August 2006 August 2007 23
Season 35 November 2007 May 2008 21
Season 36 January 2008 September 2009 28
Season 37 October 2009 January 2012 26
Season 38 August 2010 June 2011 20
Season 39 July 2011 August 2012 32
Season 40 September 2012 August 2013 27
Season 41 September 2013 August 2014 15
Season 42 September 2014 September 2015 24
Season 43 October 2015 September 2016 16
Season 44 October 2016 September 2017 26
Season 45 October 2017 September 2018 28
Season 46 October 2018 September 2019 29
Season 47 September 2019 June 2021 31
Season 48 September 2020 August 2021 30
Season 49 September 2021 September 2022 34
Season 50 September 2022 August 2023 24
Season 51 September 2023 February 2024 10
Unassigned Episodes 3
Season From To Episodes
Specials 0
Unassigned Episodes 642
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 642

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Name Number of Episodes Dates
John Adams 10 02/13/1974 - 10/29/2008
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Kirk Browning 8 04/30/1975 - 03/03/1993
Kevin Kline 5 06/04/1990
David Heeley 2 03/11/1988 - 03/08/1991
Adam Low 2 03/21/2002
Lonny Price 2 02/20/2008 - 11/08/2013
Trevor Nunn 1 11/15/2013
Hugh Woolridge 1 06/17/2009
Michael Simpson 1 12/19/1979
Christopher Menaul 1 04/18/1992
Ernest R. Dickerson 1 05/10/1990
John J. Desmond 1 01/29/1975
Michael Houldey 1 03/14/1986
Rupert Goold 1 10/06/2010
Gale Edwards 1 10/16/2000
Richard Eyre 1 01/06/1993
Julie Taymor 1 05/26/1993
Ellis Rabb 1 11/21/1984
Christopher Swann 1 12/22/1993
Nick Morris 1 10/16/2000
Michael Mayer 1 05/17/2013
Stephen Porter 1 04/30/1975
Robert Kaliňák 1
Jack O'Brien 1 11/08/1978
Paul Bogart 1 11/06/1987
Gail Levin 1 12/07/1992
Martin Atkins 1 06/06/2011
Nicholas Hytner 1 02/14/2014
Michael Apted 1 01/01/1976
Mischa Scorer 1 10/14/1998
Gustavo Dumadel 1 01/05/2012
David Horn 1 12/03/2005
Francesca Zambello 1 06/04/2005
Matthew Diamond 1 01/23/2002
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Anton Chekhov 2 01/29/1975 - 11/08/1978
John L. Miller 2 03/11/1988 - 03/08/1991
William Shakespeare 2 03/25/2009 - 10/06/2010
Tim Rice 2 10/16/2000 - 06/17/2009
Lewis Carroll 1 10/03/1983
John O'Hara 1 11/06/1987
William Murray 1 04/30/1975
Stark Young 1 01/29/1975
William Saroyan 1 03/10/1976
Louisa May Alcott 1 08/29/2001
Nicholas Wright 1 06/04/2005
Florida Friebus 1 10/03/1983
David Thompson 1 03/03/1993
Heinrich von Kleist 1
Harold Pinter 1 01/01/1976
Luigi Pirandello 1 04/30/1975
Eva Le Gallienne 1 10/03/1983
James Goldman 1 03/14/1986
Mark Adamo 1 08/29/2001
Tim Rose Price 1 04/18/1992
Andy Wolk 1 11/06/1987
Giuseppe Verdi 1 05/17/2013
Tennessee Williams 1 01/06/1993
William Shakespear 1 06/04/1990
Neil Simon 1 11/08/1978
Lanford Wilson 1 11/04/1972
Jules Feiffer 1 05/09/1986
Moss Hart 1 11/21/1984
George S. Kaufman 1 11/21/1984
George Furth 1 02/20/2008
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Hal Holbrook 1 01/29/1975

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