About this season
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
Episodes (9)
1
E1
1. Ellington: The Music Lives On
9.0Aired 7 March 1983
2
E2
2. Episode 2
8.0Aired 9 May 1983
3
E3
3. Alice in Wonderland
8.0Aired 3 October 1983
4
E4
4. Laurence Olivier: A Life
7.0Aired 7 December 1983
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of actor/director Laurence Olivier.
10
E10
10. Taking My Turn
Aired 10 May 1985
11
E11
11. The Best of Broadway
Aired 24 May 1985
12
E12
12. Orpheus
Aired 7 June 1985
13
E13
13. Ulysses
Aired 14 June 1985
14
E14
14. The Coronation of Poppea
Aired 21 June 1985
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