Great Performances

Great Performances

Great Performances is a television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts; the banner has been used to televise theatrical performances such as plays, musicals, opera, ballet, concerts, as well as occasional documentaries. It is produced by the PBS member stations WNET in New York City (originally in conjunction with KQED San Francisco, WTTW Chicago, Maryland Public Television, South Carolina ETV and KERA-TV of Dallas/Fort Worth). The series is the longest running performing arts anthology on television, and has won an Emmy Award, three Peabody Awards and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society. The program's spin-off, Great Performances: Dance In America, which began on PBS in 1976, concentrates solely on dance. The first episode "Sue's Leg: Remembering the Thirties" featured choreography by Twyla Tharp. Later episodes featured such performers as Mikhail Baryshnikov. Although it is not seen as often as previously, there have recently been new Dance in America programs, such as the Emmy-winning 2005 production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, starring Angel Corella, Gillian Murphy and the American Ballet Theatre. In 2007, Great Performances began telecasting performances from the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series, a series of HD opera tapings re-purposed from their original purpose as Fathom Events films carried in high-quality movie theaters for a premium admission price. Repeat guest hosts include Walter Cronkite, Julie Andrews and Whoopi Goldberg. Major underwriters throughout the show's run have included The National Endowment for the Arts, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS viewers, Exxon, Martin Marietta, Texaco, Deluxe, Duracell, Ernst & Young, Chase Manhattan Bank and UBS. In 2009, a new theme music for Great Performances was introduced, composed by John Williams.

Year:
1971
726 Views

Jean Valjean:
One day more. Another day, another destiny, this never-ending road to Calvary. These men who seem to know my crime will surely come a second time. One day more.

Marius:
I did not live until today. How can I live when we are parted?

Jean Valjean:
One day more.

Marius, Cosette:
Tomorrow, you'll be worlds away, and yet with you, my world has started.

Eponine:
One more day all on my own.

Marius, Cosette:
Will we ever meet again?

Eponine:
One more day of him not caring.

Marius, Cosette:
I was born to be with you.

Eponine:
What a life I might have known.

Marius, Cosette:
And I swear, I will be true.

Eponine:
But he never saw me there.

Enjolras:
One more day before the storm.

Marius:
Do I follow where she goes?

Enjolras:
At the barricade of freedom.

Marius:
Do I join my brothers there?

Enjolras:
As our ranks begin to form.

Marius:
Do I stay, and do I care?

Enjolras:
Will you take your place with me? [Chorus joins in] The time is now, the day is here!

Jean Valjean:
One day more!

Javert:
One more day to revolution. We will nip it in the bud. I will join these little schoolboys. They will wet themselves with blood!

Jean Valjean:
One day more!

Thenardier, Madame Thenardier:
Watch 'em run amok. Catch 'em as they fall. Never know your luck when there's a free-for-all. Here, a little dip. There, a little touch. Most of 'em are goners, so they won't miss much! [Chorus joins in] One day to a new beginning, raise the flag of freedom high. Every man will be a king, every man will be a king. There's a new world for the winning, there's a new world to be won. Do you hear the people sing?

Marius:
My place is here. I'll fight with you!

Jean Valjean:
One day more! [everyone sings their previous verses simultaneously] One day more! [Verses continue] Tomorrow, we'll be far away. Tomorrow is the judgment day.

Ensemble:
Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in Heaven has in store. One more dawn, one more day, one day more!


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