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Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

Enjoy a revue of Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by Sutton Foster.

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best Great Performances

Premiered May 12, 2023
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

Enjoy a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Features performances by André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Vanessa Williams and more from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater.

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Chita Rivera performs "All That Jazz" at the Great Performances gala.
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Chita Rivera performs "All That Jazz"

Watch your favorite stars discuss their history with Great Performances and PBS.
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My Favorite Memory of Great Performances and PBS

Sara Bareilles and Jessie Mueller perform "She Used to Be Mine" from "Waitress."
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Sara Bareilles & Jessie Mueller Sing "She Used to Be Mine"

Rob McClure performs an homage to the last twenty years of Broadway.
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Rob McClure's Broadway Medley of Musicals 2003-2023

Corbin Bleu performs this exhilarating tap number from "Jelly's Last Jam."
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Corbin Bleu performs "That's How You Jazz"

Sutton Foster performs "Being Alive" from Stephen Sondheim's "Company"
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Sutton Foster Performs "Being Alive"

Enjoy a revue of Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by Sutton Foster.
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Great Performances

Great Performances brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to a US television audience. It presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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