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Great Performances
Movies for Grownups® Awards 2025 with AARP The Magazine
Season 52
Episode 6
Iconic and beloved screen and stage performer Alan Cumming returns as host for this awards show in which Glenn Close receives the Career Achievement Award.
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2:06:01
Lise Davidsen stars in the title role and Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

1:45:43
Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s Broadway comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim.

2:09:46
Experience this Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical from London's Donmar Warehouse.

54:24
Discover Agustin Barrios’ rise from rural Paraguay to becoming a pioneering guitar composer.

54:23
Discover Rachmaninoff's reinvention as an American artist after losing everything in Russia.

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53:54
Explore Boccherini’s love for Madrid through a musical night tour of the city with Scott Yoo.

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53:44
Experience Rudolf Nureyev’s legendary production of “Swan Lake” co-starring Margot Fonteyn.

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53:54
Explore Chopin’s musical evolution from Poland to Paris with Scott Yoo and pianist Jan Lisiecki.

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1:23:11
Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert.

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1:15:56
Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with Michael Bublé and more.

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1:23:11
Experience the music of Patsy Cline in a star-studded tribute concert featuring Wynonna and more.

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1:13:53
Explore Peter Sellars' San Francisco Opera production of John Adams' "Girls of the Golden West."