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American Playhouse

Television
NameAmerican Playhouse
GenreDrama
Country of originUSA
LanguageEnglish
No. of seasons11
Broadcast
Original channelPBS
First aired12 January 1982
Last aired22 December 1993
StatusEnded

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'American Playhouse' is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by PBS.

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.

American Playhouse Video

PK and DuRyan challenge the girls from Danity Kane to a round of karaoke in American Idol Karaoke Revolution.
4.50 min. | 4.98 user rating		 Eddie G sings the classic jazz standard "All Of Me" at The Hollywood Playhouse during The American Songbook.
4.28 min. | 3.7 user rating		 American Shakespeare Center actors John Harrell and John Pasha discuss Richard II, which is one of four plays in the 2008 Summer/Fall Season at the Blackfriars Playhouse. Located in Staunton, Virginia, the Blackfriars Playhouse is the world's only re-creation of Shakespeare's original indoor theatre.
6.55 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Like the Globe Theatre in London, the American Shakespeare Center's presents exciting productions of Shakespeare's plays inside the world's only re-creation of Shakespeare's indoor theatre- the Blackfriars Playhouse.
1.38 min. | 0 user rating		 1991 American Playhouse production based on short stories by Japanese-American author, Hisaye Yamamoto, including Seventeen Syllables. Directed by Emiko Omori. Natsuko Ohama as Hatsu Hosoume the poet, Sab Shimono as Tex, Tricia Joe as the daughter, and Pepe Serna as Marpo. Yuji Okumoto appears briefly as a newspaper editor. This is part 1 of 3. Ive uploaded only the first 25 of 55 minutes. It is currently out-of-print and unavailable on DVD.
10.10 min. | 0 user rating
This is the Pineapple Playhouse that Kolbe and Kolbe put together for the American Heart Walk 2008.
1.88 min. | 0 user rating		 Send any suggestions or comments or anything you have in mind to: roythefatcat21@hotmail.com American Idol Disaster. Horrible Singers. horrible judges. American Idol. American Idol. American Idol. Shanaynay. Shanequa. Michael. Ariana. Grandma Kinney. Keeney. Kenny. Bob. Maleena. Background: Mats. Playhouse. Judging.
7.58 min. | 5.0 user rating		 A way of de-sensitizing oneself from "The Dimple Factor" Young Elliot Harrell, escorted by his father, makes his stage debut with the prologue from "Romeo and Juliet." Performed in front of a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton Virginia
1.28 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Opening for Richard Vission with American Idol 6 Finalist Beatboxing Blake Lewis
2.37 min. | 5.0 user rating		 1991 American Playhouse production based on short stories by Japanese-American author, Hisaye Yamamoto, including Seventeen Syllables. Directed by Emiko Omori. Natsuko Ohama as Hatsu Hosoume the poet, Sab Shimono as Tex, Tricia Joe as the daughter, and Pepe Serna as Marpo. Yuji Okumoto appears briefly as a newspaper editor. This is part 3 of 3. Ive uploaded only the first 25 of 55 minutes. It is currently out-of-print and unavailable on DVD.
5.03 min. | 3.66 user rating

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Laurel Mill Playhouse Presents The American Way 10/1-24 - Broadway World Tweet this news
Broadway World--Laurel Mill -Playhouse- 508 Main Street Laurel MD 20707 presents The -American- Way by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart authors of You Can't Take it With You and ... - Date : Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:56:22 GMT+00:00
Asner brings `FDR' to Pasadena Playhouse - Pasadena Star-News Tweet this news
Pasadena Star-News--He's now reading Samuel Eliot Morison's "The Oxford History of the -American- People." Asner also has recently completed several films, including "Should've ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:03:06 GMT+00:00
"Rent," a production based on a real-life story, will be presented Thursday ... - The Tribune-Democrat Tweet this news
The Tribune-Democrat--COM The regional premiere of “Rent” will be presented Thursday through Oct. 24 at Cresson Lake -Playhouse-, 279 Shapiro Road, Loretto. The -playhouse- is the ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:18:00 GMT+00:00
"Equus" at Playhouse on Park: Some Thoughts About '70s Theater - Hartford Courant (blog) Tweet this news
Hartford Courant (blog)--It was the '70s, after all, and -American- theater was experimenting with all sorts of styles and rituals and topics on stage and here was a hot Brit import ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:10:34 GMT+00:00



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