Highlights

Jac Venza on producing dance documentaries for NET and on working with George Balanchine

Jac Venza on The Adams Chronicles

Jac Venza on the creation of Great Performances

Jac Venza on bringing musical theater productions by Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber to Great Performances

Jac Venza on developing new techniques for filming dance on Great Performances: Dance in America

Jac Venza on the logistics of getting cameras, lights, and sound equipment in theaters to tape Great Performances; on sponsorship by Exxon and Texaco
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Susan Lacy
Susan Lacy on working with Jac Venza, her mentor, on Great Performances at WNET; on his passion for a drama series on PBS and how that resulted in her developing American Masters
George Takei
George Takei on the TV movie The Year of the Dragon (1975)