American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Trailers & Videos
PBS - American Playhouse 1995 Opening Funding Credits
Seasons
25 Episodes • Premiered 1982
1. The Shady Hill Kidnapping
2. King of America
3. Seguin
4. Who Am I This Time?
From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on screen. Susan Sarandon is new in town, a lonely itenerant telephone company employee. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella to Walken's Stanley when the theater group does A Streetcar Named Desire. Before anyone realizes the problem, she falls deeply in love with the sexy brute, not knowing what the real man is like.
5. Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
6. Come Along With Me
Mabel Lederer is a recently widowed woman who sells all her belongings and leaves her home to start a new life. Mabel believes she has powers to see into the future and to conduct seances. She changes her name to 'Angela Motorman' and moves into a boarding house where she interacts with the strange residents.
7. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
8. Echoes and Silences
9. Fifth of July
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10. The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is a 1982 comedy drama TV movie written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Richard Bartlett.
11. Pilgrim Farewell
12. Northern Lights
13. Medal of Honor Rag
14. Working
15. Weekend
Weekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.
