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 (6)
1
E1
1. Doctor Fischer of Geneva
7.5Aired 11 October 1985
2
E2
2. Three by Three
Aired 18 October 1985
3
E3
3. Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
Aired 7 December 1984 • 140 min
4
E4
4. The Importance of Being Ernest
8.0Aired 29 November 1985
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
23
E23
23. Early Days
Aired 18 April 1986
24
E24
24. Grown-Ups
Aired 25 November 1986 • 60 min
A middle-aged journalist has, at last, grown up - only to find he's trapped in a world of emotional infants.
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