Watch Great Performances Season 30 Episode 11: 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song

PBS's signature performing-arts series showcases dance, drama, comedy and music ranging from orchestral and operatic to Broadway and the blues. The Lanford Wilson drama `The Rimers of Eldritch' was its first presentation and `Brideshead Revisited' was perhaps its most famous. There have been more than 600 `Great Performances' all told. Some might have been...

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Season 30, Episode 11 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song

First Aired: May 7, 2003

Nathan Lane hosts the series' “30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song,” with clips that include Lane and Matthew Broderick performing “We Can Do It.” Other highlights: “Memory” (Elaine Paige), “I Could Write a Book” (Harry Connick Jr.), “Unforgettable” (Natalie Cole), “Back in Business” (Liza Minnelli), “The Music of the Night” (Michael Crawford), “Not a Day Goes By” (Bernadette Peters) and “The Sound of Music” (Julie Andrews).

Guest Cast

Nathan Lane

Elaine Paige

Vanessa Williams

Natalie Cole

Andrea Bocelli

Kathleen Battle

Paul Simon

Karen Ziemba

Jessye Norman

Wynton Marsalis

Matthew Broderick

Harry Connick Jr.

Céline Dion

Julie Andrews

Izthak Perlman

Michael Crawford

Liza Minnelli

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Bebe Neuwirth

Bernadette Peters

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Premiered: November 4, 1972
Rating: TV-PG
Premise: PBS's signature performing-arts series showcases dance, drama, comedy and music ranging from orchestral and operatic to Broadway and the blues. The Lanford Wilson drama `The Rimers of Eldritch' was its first presentation and `Brideshead Revisited' was perh… (more)

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