Great Performances returns with five new plays next month for their third annual “Broadway’s Best” lineup. This year’s roster includes the U.S. broadcast premieres of “42nd Street,” “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I,” “Kinky Boots” and “Red,” and the world premiere of a modern interpretation of “Much Ado About Nothing,” directed by Tony Award-winning Atlanta theater legend Kenny Leon.

The plays will be available to stream on Saturdays throughout November on GPB.org, but they will all be available for an epic Broadway Binge (if that’s what you’re into) on November 1st through GPB Passport. Keep reading for previews and showtimes.

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Great Performances: 42nd Street – Streaming at GPB.org beginning Saturday, November 2

The 1981 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, 42nd Street is the song and dance, American dream fable of Broadway. This all-singing and all-tapping musical extravaganza includes a cast of nearly 60 people. Young Peggy Sawyer is fresh off the bus from small-town America and just another face in the chorus line on Broadway’s newest show. But when the leading lady gets injured, Peggy just might have the shot at the top she’s always dreamed of. Available November 1 on GPB Passport. Also airing on GPB TV on November 2 at 11:30 pm.

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Great Performances: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I – Streaming at GPB.org beginning Saturday, November 9

Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed 2015 production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic 1951 musical went on to win the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. The production was recorded during its 2018 run in London’s West End with original Lincoln Center Theater cast members Ken Watanabe as the King and Kelli O’Hara in her Tony-winning performance as Mrs. Anna, along with Ruthie Ann Miles as “head wife” Lady Thiang, who won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a musical. Available November 1 on GPB Passport. Also airing on GPB TV on November 9 at 11 pm.

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Great Performances: Red – Streaming at GPB.org beginning Saturday, November 16

Award-winning stage and screen actor Alfred Molina reprises his critically acclaimed performance as the American abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko in playwright John Logan’s Tony Award-winning 2010 play Red. Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant (played by How to Get Away With Murder’s Alfred Enoch) —and the growing competitive presence of a new generation of artists—Rothko takes on his greatest career challenge yet. Available November 1 on GPB Passport. Also airing on GPB TV on November 16 at 11 pm.

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Great Performances: Much Ado About Nothing - Streaming at GPB.org beginning Saturday, November 23

This bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece, directed by Kenny Leon, features Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black, Broadway’s “The Color Purple”) and Grantham Coleman (Broadway’s upcoming “The Great Society”) as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. Set in contemporary Georgia with an election race underway, Much Ado About Nothing finds the community of Messina celebrating a break from an ongoing war, but not all is peaceful amid the merriment. Available November 1 on GPB Passport. Also airing on GPB TV on November 23 at 11 pm.

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Great Performances: Kinky Boots - Streaming at GPB.org beginning Saturday, November 30

Based on true events, this big-hearted hit tells the story of two people with nothing in common—or so they think. Charlie is a British shoe factory owner struggling to save his family business. Lola—originally known as Simon from Clapton—is a fabulous nightclub entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected duo learns to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy, stiletto-heeled boots for an entirely new clientele. Great Performances presents the London production, featuring its original West End stars. Also November 1 on GPB Passport.