Episode 1
The Cotton Club Remenbered
Episode credits
Guest stars Doc Cheatham, Chuck Green, Adelaide Hall, Max Roach, Cab Calloway
TV series
Great Performances
1971TV-1453 seasons6.1 / 10
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.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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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.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
8.0 / 10
Episode credits
Guest stars Mary Cleere Haran, Sandy Duncan, Nanette Fabray, Alice Faye, Stanley Greene, Bob Hope, Mary Martin, Howard Keel
Episode 3
Episode 3
7.0 / 10
Episode credits
Guest stars Andre Gregory, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Rubin, Barbara Cook, George Hearn, Herbert Ross, Howard McGillin, Mandy Patinkin
Episode 4
Episode 4
Episode credits
Guest stars Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Bill Cosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock
Episode 5
Episode 5
8.0 / 10finale
Episode credits
Guest stars Plácido Domingo, Victoria Vergara
Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026
More about Great Performances
Cast
Bray PoorNarrator (voice)
Rue McClanahanFaye PreciousJoyce EbertMrs. Holroyd
Frederick CoffinSecond Guard
Geraldine FitzgeraldMrs.Atkins
Frank LangellaKonstantin Treplev
Charles KimbroughDr.Spiga
Stephen SondheimSelfProduction details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 717
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
PBSUnited States
ThirteenUnited States
Themes
anthologybased on novel or bookbased on play or musicalfilmed theaterliterary adaptation
