American Playhouse Season 10 Episodes

Episode 1

Into the Woods

Fri, Mar 15, 1991151 mins

A childless baker and his wife cannot have a child until they follow the bidding of the witch next door to get a cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold. Good thing, then that they've got neighbors named Jack, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Cinderella to help them before (and after) Happily Ever After.

Episode 2

The Grapes of Wrath

Fri, Mar 22, 1991142 mins

A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Episode 3

Three Hotels

Fri, Mar 29, 1991

The deteriorating lives of a married couple are presented in a series of monologues delivered in a series of three Mexican hotel rooms.

Episode 4

The Hollow Boy

Wed, Jun 12, 199155 mins

A lonely German-American boy, whose bigoted parents want him to constantly work in their bakery, finds solace in a close-knit, musically-gifted Jewish-American family in the apartment across from his.

Episode 5

O Pioneers!

Wed, May 15, 1991118 mins

Episode 6

Hot Summer Winds

Wed, May 22, 1991

Based on two short stories by Hisaye Yamamoto this play details the domestic tension between an illiterate Japanese immigrant farmer and his educated wife in 1930s California

Episode 7

The Sunset Gang

Fri, Apr 5, 1991180 mins

Three stories about the Jewish elderly in Florida: in "Yiddish," a man and a woman, both married to others, form a bond through their native language; in "The Detective," a married couple who have grown apart come together again as they pursue a thief in the neighborhood; and in "The Home," a woman struggles against her grown children, who want to place her in a nursing facility.