
Let Me Down Easy
Preview: Season 39 Episode 8 | 2m 54s
Anna Deavere Smith's Acclaimed show airs Friday, January 13 at 9 p.m. on PBS
Anna Deavere Smith's latest production, Let Me Down Easy airs on Great Performances Friday, January 13 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The Great Performances 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.
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...

Let Me Down Easy
Preview: Season 39 Episode 8 | 2m 54s
Anna Deavere Smith's latest production, Let Me Down Easy airs on Great Performances Friday, January 13 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). The Great Performances 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.
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Anna Deavere Smith Talks About "Let Me Down Easy"
Preview: S39 Ep8 | 2m | Premieres on PBS Jan. 13, 2012 (2m)
Paula Zahn Interviews Anna Deavere Smith
Clip: S39 Ep8 | 14m 40s | Paula Zahn talks to Anna Deavere Smith about her play Let Me Down Easy (14m 40s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...