Article: Oriental-American family's conflicts come out in `Wash'

Article: PBS gets hip to contemporary life
The Boston Globe;  March 20, 1991 ;     700+ words ......Performances" ends its season with an epic, "American Playhouse" begins its year with three plays...least, PBS gets on with its life. American Playhouse The journey begins at 8 tonight with...myths of the past. To its credit, "American Playhouse," now celebrating its 10th ...

Article: A `Tales' sequel still possible
The Boston Globe;  April 22, 1994 ;     523 words ......of PBS' programming, approached American Playhouse about just such a production. American Playhouse is the New York-based producer of...production would also be financed by "American Playhouse" and Britain's Channel 4, as was...

Article: PBS WILL BROADCAST LOCAL 'O PIONEERS!'
The Boston Globe;  December 14, 1989 ;     128 words ......Theater Company is being tapped by PBS' American Playhouse for a nationwide television broadcast...Jan. 10-Feb. 4, will be taped for American Playhouse during its final week at the Huntington...will play the role of Alexandra. American Playhouse, now in its ninth season, is ...

Article: `Playhouse' to open 10th season with two Tony winners
Chicago Sun-Times;  March 19, 1991 ;     366 words ...NEW YORK "I love `American Playhouse,' " said Joanna Gleason...D.W. Griffith Award to "American Playhouse" for its production of "Andre...open the 10th season for "American Playhouse." The 1988 Tony-winning musical...

Article: PBS' American Playhouse Offers Two Tony-Winners
The Washington Post;  March 17, 1991 ;     700+ words ..."I love American Playhouse," said Joanna Gleason, who...Pictures' D.W. Griffith Award to American Playhouse for its production of "Andre...opens the 10th season for American Playhouse. The 1988 Tony-winning musical...

Article: A Classic Matchup // PBS Giants Team Up for `Porgy & Bess'
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 6, 1993 ;     501 words ......longer-running PBS fine-arts series - "American Playhouse" and "Great Performances" - have...gave her blessing to the eventual "American Playhouse"/"Great Performances"/BBC collaboration...Performances" season and the 13th year for "American Playhouse." Public television doesn't get ...

Article: `Triple Play' breaks series' streak of hits
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 21, 1991 ;     362 words ......Just last week, I was praising "American Playhouse" for its season of consistent excellence...form the second "Triple" bill for "American Playhouse" are better than much of the junk...needlessly ambiguous anti-climax. "American Playhouse" presented its first "Triple Play...

Article: THE TV COLUMN
The Washington Post;  April 11, 1994 ;     700+ words ......Lindsay Law, executive producer of "American Playhouse," under whose banner "Tales" aired...national rating of 4.2, the fifth-best "American Playhouse" showing ever and highest since a...leaked that PBS had cut the budget of "American Playhouse" from $6.6 million this year to...

Article: Nobu McCarthy
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 11, 2002 ;     211 words ...Nobu McCarthy, 67 Starlet, theather director Thursday, April 11, 2002 Los Angeles -- Nobu McCarthy, a Hollywood starlet who later became artistic director of the pioneering theater company East West Players, died Saturday after being stricken on...

Article: WEEKEND TV
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 30, 1991 ;     462 words ......picks for weekend viewing. TODAY "American Playhouse." 9 to 10:30 p.m., WTTW-Channel 11...rerun of the reliably entertaining "American Playhouse." The first film, Jonathan Sanger...8 to 10 p.m., WTTW-Channel 11. "American Playhouse" presents a sometimes moving and...

Article: PBS `Playhouse' soaring again with `Rocket' // Flight of fancy shows TV at its best
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 20, 1986 ;     412 words ......American television is the PBS series "American Playhouse," a vanguard of innovation and style...endurance of love. Since its inception, "American Playhouse" has presented a wide range of superb...is television at its very best. "American Playhouse" presents new forms of ...

Article: Why Ch. 11 Delays Major PBS Shows
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 8, 1992 ;     541 words ......concert program next Monday. The "American Playhouse" production of "Cabeza de Vaca" premiered...Bowman said. "There's no specific `American Playhouse' audience, for example, like there...Frontline.' Instead of a regular series, `American Playhouse' is more like a series of ...

Article: New `Suspicion' retains chills, suspense of Hitchcock thriller
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 20, 1988 ;     627 words ......McLaidlaw Jane Curtin PBS presents an "American Playhouse" production, directed by Andrew Grieve...30 p.m. on WTTW-Channel 11, the "American Playhouse" version finds Andrews in the role...methodical building of tension. Tonight's "American Playhouse" production is a pleasant, ...

Article: `Roommate' puts viewers back in school // `Playhouse' watches campus odd couple
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 27, 1986 ;     452 words ......Palomountain Barry Miller PBS presents an "American Playhouse" production directed by Nell Cox...your choosing, then tonight's PBS "American Playhouse" production of John Updike's "The...every time this series airs that "American Playhouse" offers some of the freshest writing...