American Playhouse
| American Playhouse | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Anthology |
| Directed by | Perry Miller Adato Robert Allan Ackerman Paul Bogart Kirk Browning Jonathan Demme Bill Duke Peter H. Hunt David Hugh Jones Barbara Kopple Jack O'Brien (director) Philip Leacock Marshall W. Mason Vivian Matalon Sharron Miller Joanne Woodward |
| Composer(s) | David Amram |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | January 12, 1982 – December 22, 1993 |
American Playhouse was an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.[1][2][3]
Overview
It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart. Its final broadcast, In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway, a rerun of a behind-the-scenes look at Tony Kushner's award-winning play in two parts, aired on January 1, 1994.
The series proved to be the springboard for the careers of numerous performers, including David Marshall Grant, Laura Linney, A Martinez, Conchata Ferrell, Eric Roberts, Lynne Thigpen, John Malkovich, Peter Riegert, Lupe Ontiveros, Ben Stiller, and Megan Mullally.
Notable productions
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, 1982[4]
- Fifth of July, 1982
- Working, 1982
- Who Am I This Time? 1982
- The Skin of Our Teeth, 1983
- Miss Lonelyhearts, 1983
- City News, 1984[5]
- True West, 1984[6]
- The Gin Game, 1984
- The Killing Floor, 1984
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1985[7]
- Breakfast with Les and Bess, 1985[8]
- Displaced Person, 1985
- Rocket to the Moon, 1986[9][10]
- Under the Biltmore Clock, 1986
- ROANOAK, 1986
- A Mistaken Charity, 1987
- All My Sons, 1987
- The House of Blue Leaves, 1987
- Waiting for the Moon, 1987
- Strange Interlude, 1988
- The Trial of Bernard Goetz, 1988
- A Raisin in the Sun, 1989
- The Meeting, 1989[11][12]
- Imagining America, 1989
- The Land of Little Rain, 1989
- Andre's Mother, 1990
- Zora Is My Name!, 1990
- Into the Woods, 1991
- Tru, 1992
- Porgy and Bess, 1993 (produced in partnership with Great Performances)
- Shimmer, 1993
- Tales of the City, 1993
Notable cast
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- Ann Bancroft
- Christine Baranski
- Claire Bloom
- Kenneth Branagh
- Kate Burton
- Jeff Daniels
- Ruby Dee
- Matt Dillon
- Olympia Dukakis
- Megan Follows
- Lilian Gish
- Danny Glover
- Annie Golden
- Ed Harris
- Rosemary Harris
- Edward Herrmann
- Helen Hunt
- Glenda Jackson
- James Earl Jones
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Cloris Leachman
- John Malkovich
- Butterfly McQueen
- Rita Moreno
- Paul Newman
- Geraldine Page
- Sara Jessica Parker
- Estelle Parsons
- Mandy Patinkin
- Bernadette Peters
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Keanu Reeves
- Lee Remick
- Jason Robards
- Esther Rolle
- Susan Sarandon
- Sylvia Sidney
- Jean Simmons
- Gary Sinise
- Anna Deavere Smith
- Elaine Stritch
- Richard Thomas
- Dick Van Dyke
- Eli Wallach
- Paul Winfield
- Alfre Woodard
- Jacques Boudet
- Liliane Rovère
References
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External links
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- 1982 American television series debuts
- 1993 American television series endings
- 1980s American television series
- 1990s American television series
- American anthology television series
- American drama television series
- English-language television programming
- PBS network shows
- Peabody Award winning television programs
