Broadway: Beyond The Golden Age
great performances

Go backstage on Broadway from 1959 to the early 1980s through interviews with theater legends including Carol Burnett, Liza Minnelli, Dick Van Dyke and more touching on a variety of classic shows like "Bye, Bye Birdie," "Pippin" and "A Chorus Line."

Episode Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes and 21 seconds

Episode Number: 4606

About Great Performances:

GREAT PERFORMANCES, the longest-running performing arts anthology on television, continues to feature the best in the performing arts.


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Fri, Nov 22 9:00 P.M. Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Nov 23 1:00 A.M. Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight     NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Nov 25 3:04 A.M. Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight     NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Nov 25 12:00 P.M. Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Nov 25 2:00 P.M. George Jones: Still Playin' Possum     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Nov 26 3:00 P.M. Patsy Cline: Walkin' After Midnight     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Nov 29 9:00 P.M. Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Nov 30 2:00 A.M. Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl     NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Dec 2 12:00 P.M. Henry Mancini 100 at the Hollywood Bowl     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Dec 23 12:00 P.M. Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Dec 23 1:30 P.M. Purlie Victorious     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Dec 28 10:00 P.M. Reopening - The Broadway Revival     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Dec 29 2:00 A.M. Reopening - The Broadway Revival     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Dec 29 2:00 P.M. Now Hear This: Copland: Dean of American Music     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Dec 31 3:30 A.M. Now Hear This: Copland: Dean of American Music     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Dec 31 12:03 P.M. The Conductor     NH Explore (11.2)


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