This production was recorded in February 2011 in the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, DC, launching a national tour that concluded in September. Watch the full performance here.

Anna Deavere Smith talks about the process by which her play Let Me Down Easy was created.

Conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith in her signature one person performance style, the play examines the miracle of human resilience through the lens of our current national debate on health care.

Watch the acclaimed production of The Little Mermaid from San Francisco Ballet here on the Great Performances Web site.

Love, politics, and religion intertwine against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition with Roberto Alagna as the conflicted title character.

Conceived, written and performed by Smith, the production – exploring the health care system and the way our bodies carry us through life – marks the actress, playwright, and author’s third play on PBS, to air on Great Performances 2011-2012.

Sir Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood ignite Shakespeare’s Macbeth in a richly cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed West End and Broadway hit.

GREAT PERFORMANCES mourns the passing of Doris Eaton Travis—the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl—who first lit up the 1918 edition of The Ziegfeld Follies with her All American Girl star power.

In this online interview, Stewart talked about the process of creating a modern Shakespeare adaptation and what he hopes viewers will take from watching David Tennant and Gregory Doran's Hamlet.

Read about how the crew began the filming and approached the task of bringing the story from the British stage to television.