Great Performances Season 20 Episodes

Episode 1

Everybody Dance Now

Wed, Oct 2, 1991

Modern choreographers are brought out from behind the scenes to discuss their work and provide insight into an often overlooked creative force-the heart and soul of most music videos.

Episode 2

Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio

Wed, Oct 30, 1991

Episode 3

La pastorela

Mon, Dec 23, 199179 mins

It is the day before Christmas. Gila Diaz is a young adolescent girl, the oldest child in a large rural Tex-Mex family. She is frustrated with her family's poverty and the drudgery of her life in caring for her many younger siblings. Gila's parents drag her and the family to midnight Mass. They go to hear the Pastorela, a traditional play about the shepherds who are told of the the birth of Christ and the triumph of the God's angels over Satan's diablos. Gila is knocked unconscious by a prop and suddenly she is transported into the real story of the Pastorela and begins a frightening fantastic quest to Bethlehem to find the Christ Child's manger.

Episode 4

Episode #20.4

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 5

Episode #20.5

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 6

Episode #20.6

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 7

Pavarotti and the Italian Tenor

Fri, Nov 20, 1992

Episode 8

Episode #20.8

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 9

Episode #20.9

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 10

Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole

Fri, Mar 6, 1992

Natalie Cole's Emmy-winning concert of her GRAMMY-winning album featuring classics such as "Mona Lisa," "The Very Thought of You" and "For Sentimental Reasons". The concert also features a special performance of Nat King Cole's signature song "Unforgettable" sung as a duet by Natalie Cole and her father.

Episode 11

Episode #20.11

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 12

Episode #20.12

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 13

Episode #20.13

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 14

Episode #20.14

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 15

Episode #20.15

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 16

Episode #20.16

Fri, Feb 7, 1992

Episode 17

The Lost Language of Cranes

Wed, Jun 24, 199287 mins

When a young gay may comes out of the closet. His friends support him, but when he comes out to his parents, he stirs up a wealth of hidden feelings and secrets in their relationship.