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Movies for Grownups® Awards 2022 with AARP The Magazine

Season 49 Episode 19 | 1hr 23m 35s

First broadcast on PBS in 2018, Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine returns for a fifth year to celebrate and encourage filmmaking with unique appeal to movie-lovers with a grownup state of mind—and recognize the inspiring artists who make them. Each year the centerpiece honor is the Career Achievement Award, celebrating the contributions cinema legends.

Aired: 03/17/22 | Expires: 04/15/22
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 and Edgar Wachenheim III, Jody and John Arnhold, the Abra Prentice Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Philip and Janice Levin Foundation, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, the Thea Petschek Iervolino Foundation, Seton J. Melvin, the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith, the Jack Lawrence Charitable Remainder Trust Worchell Lawrence, and Ellen and James S. Marcus.
Extras
Tamara Wilson and Piotr Beczała sing “Das süße Lied verhallt” from "Lohengrin."
Sondra Radvanovsky performs "Dei tuoi figli" in Medea.
Sondra Radvanovsky portrays the mythic sorceress in this Met premiere.
Watch highlights from "Richard III," starring Danai Gurira.
Experience Shakespeare’s tragedy recorded from Central Park starring Danai Gurira.
Danai Gurira performs the opening monologue of Richard III.
Monique Holt explains how she translates Shakespeare into ASL.
Danai Gurira, Ali Stroker and Monique Holt discuss diversity and inclusion in Richard III.
Experience Shakespeare’s tragedy recorded from Central Park starring Danai Gurira.
Queen Margaret (Sharon Washington) curses the house of York.
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Tenor Piotr Beczała leads the cast in the title role of the mysterious swan knight.
Sondra Radvanovsky portrays the mythic sorceress in this Met premiere.
Experience Shakespeare’s tragedy recorded from Central Park starring Danai Gurira.
Enjoy a revue of Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by Sutton Foster.
Umberto Giordano’s drama stars soprano Sonya Yoncheva.
Discover the inspirations Spain provided composer Isaac Albéniz with host Scott Yoo.
Experience the creation of music from this Japanese American composer with host Scott Yoo.
Visit Scotland, Germany and France with host Scott Yoo.
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo.
Nadine Sierra stars as the opera’s heroine, the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta.