Great Performances backdrop

Great Performances S48E29 — Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Great Performances•Season 48•Episode 29

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Aug 14, 2021

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.”

Previous episodeE28 · Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja in Concert Next episodeE30 · Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021

Seasons54

All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55

Season 48 Episodes31

Romeo and Juliet still

Romeo and Juliet

Now Hear This “Haydn: King of Strings” still

Now Hear This “Haydn: King of Strings”

Now Hear This “The Schubert Generation” still

Now Hear This “The Schubert Generation”

Now Hear This “Becoming Mozart” still

Now Hear This “Becoming Mozart”

GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 2020 still

GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends® 2020

One Man, Two Guvnors still

One Man, Two Guvnors

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles still

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn still

Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn

Lea Salonga in Concert still

Lea Salonga in Concert

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2021 still

From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2021

The Magic of Callas still

The Magic of Callas

The Magic of Horowitz still

The Magic of Horowitz

Great Performances at the Met: Renée Fleming in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Renée Fleming in Concert

Movies for Grownups® Awards 2021 with AARP The Magazine still

Movies for Grownups® Awards 2021 with AARP The Magazine

Great Performances at the Met: Jonas Kaufmann in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Jonas Kaufmann in Concert

Beethoven in Beijing still

Beethoven in Beijing

Romeo & Juliet still

Romeo & Juliet

Uncle Vanya still

Uncle Vanya

Great Performances at the Met: Lise Davidsen in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Lise Davidsen in Concert

The Arts Interrupted still

The Arts Interrupted

Great Performances at the Met: Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Aleksandra Kurzak & Roberto Alagna in Concert

Andrea Bocelli: Believe still

Andrea Bocelli: Believe

Mick Fleetwood & Friends still

Mick Fleetwood & Friends

Great Performances at the Met: Anna Netrebko in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Anna Netrebko in Concert

Great Performances at the Met: Joyce DiDonato in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Joyce DiDonato in Concert

Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba still

Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba

Roots of Latin Jazz still

Roots of Latin Jazz

Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Diana Damrau & Joseph Calleja in Concert

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age still

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021 still

Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021

Great Performances at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert still

Great Performances at the Met: Sonya Yoncheva in Concert

Cast1

Bray Poor

Bray Poor

Narrator (voice)

Discussion

0 comments

Join the conversation

Share your take and reply to other fans.

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this episode.

Episode Summary

"Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" is episode 29 of Great Performances season 48. It aired on August 14, 2021.

Next: E30 · Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2021 Best of Season 48