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Great Performances
Much Ado About Nothing
Season 47
Episode 9
For the first time in over four decades, Great Performances presents a Public Theater production recorded live at Free Shakespeare in the Park. After a highly successful, critically acclaimed run at the outdoor Delacorte Theater in New York City’s Central Park, "Much Ado About Nothing" is a bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece featuring Danielle Brooks as Beatrice.
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1:13:31
Take an inside look at the reimagined production as it returns to Broadway.

1:49:55
Experience Shakespeare’s comedy from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park.

2:20:59
Enjoy Cole Porter’s classic musical led by Tony winner Sutton Foster.

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54:25
Host Scott Yoo follows the trail of the great African American composer Florence Price.

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2:24:55
Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson breathes new life into Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece.

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2:18:45
Watch an adaption of the hit film where suspicion comes to a head at a Catholic school.