TV Is Art

TV Is Art
Great Performances
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Great Performances

6.0
Yr 1971
Status Returning Series
Comedy Documentary Drama
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Overview

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.

Featured Players

Cast 75

Len Cariou
as Self
3 episodes
Meryl Streep
3 episodes
Carol Burnett
as Self
3 episodes
Bray Poor
as Narrator (voice)
704 episodes
Estelle Parsons
as Lucille
2 episodes
Frances Sternhagen
as Wilma Atkins
2 episodes
Susan Sarandon
as Patsy Johnson
2 episodes
Rue McClanahan
as Faye Precious
3 episodes
Kevin McCarthy
as Hart
2 episodes
Louis Zorich
as Dorn
2 episodes
Richard Jenkins
as Warder
2 episodes
Frederick Coffin
as Oswald
3 episodes
Joyce Ebert
as Ursula
3 episodes
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Essie Miller
4 episodes
William Swetland
as Nat Miller
2 episodes
Hal Holbrook
as Self - Host
2 episodes
Frank Langella
as Konstantin Treplev
3 episodes
Lee Grant
as Irina Arkadina
2 episodes
Richard Backus
as Richard Miller
2 episodes
Austin Pendleton
as White Rabbit
2 episodes
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Arthur Rubinstein
as Self
2 episodes
John McMartin
as Leone Gala
2 episodes
Swoosie Kurtz
as Rita Altabel
2 episodes
Tom Aldredge
as Mazzini
2 episodes
Charles Kimbrough
as Dr.Spiga
3 episodes
George Martin
as Boss Mangan
2 episodes
John Houseman
as Self
2 episodes
Carol Kane
as Eliza Southgate
2 episodes
Roy Poole
as Maj. Gen. Randolph
2 episodes
Laurence Olivier
as Harry
2 episodes
MacIntyre Dixon
2 episodes
Sally Kellerman
as Maureen
2 episodes
Josef Sommer
as Nikolai
2 episodes
Tatiana Troyanos
as Sesto
2 episodes
Stephen Sondheim
as Self
3 episodes
Blythe Danner
as Alma Winemiller
4 episodes
John Cullum
as Self
4 episodes
Roberta Maxwell
as Clara
2 episodes
André De Shields
as Self
2 episodes
Tom Bosley
as Self - Host
2 episodes
Barry Bostwick
as Self
2 episodes
Andre Gregory
as Mad Hatter
2 episodes
Donald O'Connor
as Self
2 episodes
Mary Martin
as Self
2 episodes
Rosemary Harris
as Hesione Hushabye
2 episodes
Dana Ivey
as Lady Ariadne Utterword
2 episodes
Catherine Malfitano
as Trina Sieppe
2 episodes
Patti Austin
as Self
2 episodes
Tony Bennett
as Self
5 episodes
Sammy Cahn
as Self
2 episodes
Peter Donat
as Cyrano de Bergerac
2 episodes
Biff McGuire
as Murphy
2 episodes
Fritz Weaver
as Creon
2 episodes
John Gielgud
as Self
3 episodes
Leonard Bernstein
as Self
3 episodes
Frank Oz
as Miss Piggy (voice)
2 episodes
Sanford Sylvan
as Don Alfonso
2 episodes
Linda Ronstadt
as Self
2 episodes
Marvin Hamlisch
as Self
3 episodes
Glenn Close
as Self - Host
3 episodes
Frederica von Stade
as Self
4 episodes
James Maddalena
as Gideon March
3 episodes
Plácido Domingo
as Self
6 episodes
Betty Comden
as Self
5 episodes
Richard Kiley
as Self
3 episodes
Lauren Bacall
as Self
3 episodes
Rosemary Clooney
as Self
3 episodes
Diahann Carroll
as Self
4 episodes
Cab Calloway
as Self
3 episodes
Luciano Pavarotti
as Self
3 episodes
Renée Fleming
as Self
5 episodes
Julie Andrews
as Self
9 episodes
Hugh Bonneville
as Self
9 episodes
Scott Yoo
as Self - Host
3 episodes
Scott Yoo
as Self
8 episodes
Production Board

Crew

Translator
Brian Hooker
Director
Michael Longhurst Arvin Brown Burt Shevelove Sam Wrench Max Lewkowicz Philipp Quiring Sharon Mullally Todd Decker Michael Lindsay-Hogg Anne-Kathrin Peitz Kirk Browning Kathy Dougherty Ross MacGibbon Alex Ramsey Simon Godwin Michael Mayer Jennifer Lin Susan Froemke Dag Freyer
Set Designer
Mimi Lien
Conductor
Giacomo Sagripanti Susanna Mälkki Riccardo Frizza
Music Producer
David Frost
Director of Photography
Newton Thomas Sigel
Lighting Design
Kevin Adams
Executive Producer
Alan King
Music Director
Michael Tilson Thomas
Costume Designer
Dick Bird
Signal Match

Cast Similarity

Tony Awards
11 shared cast members
Shared Glenn Close, Tom Bosley, Julie Andrews +8 more
Golden Globe Awards
4 shared cast members
Shared Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, Diahann Carroll +1 more
The Oscars
4 shared cast members
Shared Glenn Close, Julie Andrews, Susan Sarandon +1 more
Damages
2 shared cast members
Shared Glenn Close, Tom Aldredge
Sesame Street
2 shared cast members
Shared Carol Burnett, Frank Oz
Hope & Faith
2 shared cast members
Shared Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan
The Mike Douglas Show
2 shared cast members
Shared Tony Bennett, Marvin Hamlisch
The Love Boat
2 shared cast members
Shared Donald O'Connor, Rue McClanahan
Monarch
1 shared cast member
Shared Susan Sarandon
The Gold
1 shared cast member
Shared Hugh Bonneville
Signal Match

Crew Similarity

Gilmore Girls
1 shared crew member
Shared Matthew Diamond
Roles: Director
'Til Death
1 shared crew member
Shared Gary Halvorson
Roles: Director
Living Single
1 shared crew member
Shared Matthew Diamond
Roles: Director
Dawson's Creek
1 shared crew member
Shared Arvin Brown
Roles: Director
NCIS
1 shared crew member
Shared Arvin Brown
Roles: Director
Friends
1 shared crew member
Shared Gary Halvorson
Roles: Director
Mom
1 shared crew member
Shared Gary Halvorson
Roles: Director
Joey
1 shared crew member
Shared Gary Halvorson
Roles: Director
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Keywords

filmed theater
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Transmission Paths

Where to Watch

PBS
US
WETA+
US
KQED
US
Thirteen
US
Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired
January 28, 1971
Status
Returning Series
Origin
US
TMDB Votes
24