Alan Cumming Performs "But Alive!"
Clip: Season 52 Episode 6 | 2m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Alan Cumming performs the song from the musical "Applause" to open the 2025 Movies for Grownups.
Alan Cumming feels alive in this opening song at the 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards.
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...
Alan Cumming Performs "But Alive!"
Clip: Season 52 Episode 6 | 2m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
Alan Cumming feels alive in this opening song at the 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards.
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♪ ♪ But alive!
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Movies for Grownups® Awards 2025 with AARP The Magazine Preview
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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...