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Great Performances | May 2024

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Broadway's Best 2024

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Find your front row seat at home for four nights of acclaimed theater productions.

GREAT PERFORMANCES
NOW HEAR THIS: THE COMPOSER IS YOO – NEW
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 8 PM

Experience the challenges and rewards of host Scott Yoo composing a piece of music for the first time.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/03/2024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 05/04/2024 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Mon, 05/06/2024 @ 2:00 AM
Great Performances

Now Hear This "The Composer is Yoo" Preview

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Follow host Scott Yoo’s journey to compose a piece of music for the first time.

Greg Hildreth and Ato Blankson-Wood in GREAT PERFORMANCES: HAMLET.
Greg Hildreth and Ato Blankson-Wood in GREAT PERFORMANCES: HAMLET.
Joseph Sinnott

GREAT PERFORMANCES
HAMLET – NEW
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 8 PM

Experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon.
 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/10/2024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 05/11/2024 @ 1:00 AM

GREAT PERFORMANCES
AUDRA MCDONALD AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM – NEW
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 8 PM

Enjoy Broadway hits and more performed by the six-time Tony Award winner.
 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/17/2024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 05/18/2024 @ 12:00 AM
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
PBS

SYMPHONY CELEBRATION:
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 9:30 PM

Celebrate a message of peace and love with the five-time Grammy-winning Blind Boys of Alabama.

 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/17/2024 @ 9:30 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 05/18/2024 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 05/19/2024 @ 4:00 AM

GREAT PERFORMANCES
PURLIE VICTORIOUS – NEW
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 8 PM

Enjoy this comedic play starring Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon.
 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/24/2024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sat, 05/25/2024 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Tue, 05/28/2024 @ 3:00 AM
Leslie Odon, JR in Purple Victorious. A non-confederate romp thru the cotton patch.
Jay O. Sanders, Billy Eugene Jones, Kara Young, Leslie Odom Jr. in GREAT PERFORMANCES: PURLIE VICTORIOUS.
Jay O. Sanders, Billy Eugene Jones, Kara Young, Leslie Odom Jr. in GREAT PERFORMANCES: PURLIE VICTORIOUS.
Marc J. Franklin
Rita Moreno with cast members in GREAT PERFORMANCES: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 80TH ANNIVERSARY.
Tristram Kenton

GREAT PERFORMANCES
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 80TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT – NEW
FRIDAY, MAY 31, 8 PM

Explore the vast repertoire of these musical theater pioneers in a star-studded
concert from London.
 

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 05/31/2024 @ 8:00 PM