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Hamlet

From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon featuring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (“Slave Play”) in the title role and Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia (“Hadestown”).
Season 51 Episode 19 Length 2:33:19 Premiere: 05/10/24

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Season 51 Episodes

Great Performances at the Met: Madama Butterfly
S51 E28 Length 2:50:43 Premiere Date 10/06/24

Great Performances at the Met: La Rondine
S51 E27 Length 1:54:27 Premiere Date 09/08/24

Rodgers & Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary
S51 E22 Length 1:55:25 Premiere Date 11/15/24

Purlie Victorious
S51 E21 Length 1:45:24 Premiere Date 05/24/24

Audra McDonald at the London Palladium
S51 E20 Length 1:22:24 Premiere Date 05/17/24

Hamlet
S51 E19 Length 2:33:19 Premiere Date 05/10/24

Now Hear This “The Composer is Yoo”
S51 E17 Length 54:24 Premiere Date 05/03/24

Now Hear This “Old Friends”
S51 E16 Length 53:54 Premiere Date 04/26/24

Now Hear This “Virtuosos”
S51 E15 Length 53:24 Premiere Date 04/19/24

Now Hear This “Rising Stars”
S51 E14 Length 53:54 Premiere Date 04/12/24

George Jones: Still Playin’ Possum
S51 E11 Length 1:24:25 Premiere Date 02/23/24

The LA Phil Celebrates Frank Gehry
S51 E10 Length 1:24:55 Premiere Date 02/16/24

Making Shakespeare: The First Folio
S51 E7 Length 1:53:59 Premiere Date 11/17/23

Message In A Bottle
S51 E4 Length 1:25:25 Premiere Date 11/03/23

New York City Ballet in Madrid
S51 E3 Length 1:24:45 Premiere Date 10/27/23

Ato Blankson-Wood Performs Hamlet's "To be, or not to be"
Clip Length 02:35 Premiere Date 05/10/24

Solea Pfeiffer performs as Ophelia in The Public Theater's "Hamlet"
Clip Length 02:37 Premiere Date 05/10/24

Ato Blankson-Wood and Lorraine Toussaint in "Hamlet"
Clip Length 02:51 Premiere Date 05/10/24

Hamlet Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 05/10/24

Hamlet in Today's World
Clip Length 08:17 Premiere Date 05/10/24

Hamlet and His Relationships
Clip Length 14:09 Premiere Date 05/10/24

Broadway's Best 2019
Preview Length 00:26 Premiere Date 11/01/19

In Memoriam: Diahann Carroll
Clip Length 01:07 Premiere Date 10/04/19

Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine and Tharp
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/27/11

Harry Connick, Jr. About being on Great Performances
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 02/24/11

Interview with Patrick Stewart
Clip Length 03:16 Premiere Date 04/14/10

A Ballet in Sneakers: Jerome Robbins and Opus Jazz
Clip Length 09:48 Premiere Date 04/13/10

Improvisations, Movement #3
Clip Length 04:26 Premiere Date 03/23/10

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Journey across Iceland with host Scott Yoo to uncover why this small nation produces extraordinary music.

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