As live performances are cancelled and postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those looking for alternative entertainment options can count on PBS’s vast library of streaming content.
In particular, the PBS franchise, GREAT PERFORMANCES, brings the best in the performing arts from across America and around the world to homes across the country. Episodes feature classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
A vast library of GREAT PERFORMANCES episodes are available to stream on the PBS Video App, which is free for all users, and PBS Passport, available as a PBS member benefit within the PBS Video App. PBS Video App:
The PBS Video App features more than 4000+ PBS and local shows on demand and available to stream for free via PBS.org, smartphones, tablets, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV and Chromecast.
The following episodes of GREAT PERFORMANCES are currently available to audiences for free on the PBS Video App:
GREAT PERFORMANCES: Now Hear This “Vivaldi: Something Completely Different”, Now Hear This “The Riddle of Bach” and Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
GREAT PERFORMANCES: In addition to the full library of GREAT PERFORMANCES episodes on PBS PASSPORT, there is also a special collection of Broadway plays on Broadway on PBS including The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, Red, Much Ado About Nothing and Kinky Boots.
For additional streaming highlights, the PBS Streaming Guide provides information about the PBS Video App and PBS Passport, as well as a sampling of current popular offerings and exclusive content available on the platforms. Additional content is added to the PBS Video App and PBS Passport on a regular basis. For the latest offerings, visit https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/.
