Great Performances Videos

World-renowned American opera singer Renée Fleming convenes a festival of special guests to celebrate the diverse range of America's vocal artistry. Young artists receive mentoring from respected singers including Ben Folds, Dianne Reeves, Sutton Foster, Eric Owens, Kim Burrell and Alison Krauss. Also see performances by Josh Groban, Sara Bareilles and Norm Lewis.

On this Saturday's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, musical guest One Direction performed 'Night Changes' and 'Ready to Run' for the live audience. Check out both performances below!

Everyone has been weighing in on the Sony/North Korea controversy, even Dr. Evil! Below, watch as SNL gives him a chance to confront his new enemy.

Amy Adams hosts SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with musical guest One Direction on December 20, 2014. Check out an all-new promo below!

THE LAST SHIP creator and now star Sting recently sat down with 6-year-old theatre critic Iain Armitage from Arlington, Va. -- and adorablness ensued. Watch the interview below!

Amy Adams hosts Saturday Night Live with musical guest One Direction on Saturday December 20, 2014. Check out the promo for this week's show below!

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with musical guest Charli XCX on December 13, 2014. Wedding bells are chiming in this clip from last night's episode -- or are they?

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with musical guest Charli XCX on December 13, 2014. Click below to watch Freeman play a guest on 'Right Side of the Bed'!

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with musical guest Charli XCX on December 13, 2014. Click below to watch him training a new, inept assembly line employee in one of last night's sketches!

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with musical guest Charli XCX last night, December 13, 2014. In the sketch below, Freeman and Aidy Bryant join manic forces to sell waterbeds. Click to watch!

Kenan Thompson and company killed it on last night's SNL with 'Sump'n Claus'. Check out the sketch below!

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on December 13, 2014. In an extra from last night's episode, Martin Freeman sells 'Santa Traps,' the perfect gift for those with acquired tastes... Watch below!

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on December 13, 2014. Watch a clip of Freeman as a Christmas concert sax player below!

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on December 13, 2014, and one of last night's most hilarious skits came in the form of an OFFICE-HOBBIT mashup. (Freeman originally appeared in the UK version of the TV series.) Watch below!

THE HOBBIT star Martin Freeman hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on December 13, 2014. Below, check out his monologue from last night's episode!

To open the show, this week's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE mocked the Senate's report about the CIA's torture techniques with an in-depth interview by Charlie Rose (cast member Taran Killam). Check it out below!

Martin Freeman hosts Saturday Night Live with musical guest Charli XCX on December 13, 2014. Below, check out an all-new promo for the show featuring Freeman and SNL cast member Kate McKinnon!

Just last night, Sting joined the cast of the musical he penned, The Last Ship, for a limited run through January 10, 2015. He will be replacing actor Jimmy Nail, who is said to have 'blessed' the move. Sting then joins Paul Simon on tour in New Zealand on January 30, 2015, making any further extensions unlikely. BroadwayWorld was there for his first official curtain call last night, and you can go inside the special night below!

James Franco, Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong appeared in a Ferguson related sketch which was cut from the live broadcast of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on NBC over the weekend. Watch it below

With the recent release of the highly anticipated trailer for the next STAR WARS film, the Saturday Night Live cast made their own interpretation, taking the name 'Sky-Walker' literally. Check out the parody below!