Great Performances Season 23 Episodes

Episode 1

Cecilia Bartoli: Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1994

Mon, Oct 10, 199490 mins

Episode 2

The Dangerous Liaisons

Mon, Oct 17, 1994139 mins

Episode 4

The World of Jim Henson

Wed, Nov 23, 1994

The life and work of the great American puppeteer and producer.

Episode 5

Natalie Cole's Untraditional Traditional Christmas

Wed, Dec 7, 1994

Natalie Cole sings Christmas hits both new and old in this program recorded at the State University of New York at Purchase. She chats with the audience and is then greeted by special guest Elmo of "Sesame Street," who declares his intentions to help her make the concert as good as it can be.

Episode 6

From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1995

Sun, Jan 1, 1995

Episode 7

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill

Wed, Jan 25, 199591 mins

Episode 8

Episode #23.8

Tue, Feb 7, 1995

Episode 9

Episode #23.9

Tue, Feb 7, 1995

Episode 10

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II

Mon, Mar 6, 1995

Episode 11

Talking With

Wed, Apr 19, 199569 mins

Adapted from the group of stage monologues by the pseudononymous "Jane Martin," this is a series of characters snake handler, daughter, baton twirler, washed-up rodeo cowgirl, tattoed woman, and older woman in the twilight of her years talking with us about their experiences, in the poetic language that Jane Martin is known for bringing to all her stage characters. Kathy Bates does a wonderful job of translating these dead-on characters (talking directly to camera) from stage to television screen, and television turns out to be the perfect medium for these challenging figures. "Jane Martin" first came to prominence at the prestigious Louisville-based Humana Theatre Festival it was recently revealed that "she" is none other than the Festival's artistic director, Jon Jory.

Episode 12

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

Wed, May 24, 1995164 mins

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past.