American Playhouse Season 11 Episodes

Episode 1

Fires in the Mirror

Wed, Apr 28, 199379 mins

Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith performs a series of 19 different roles related to the Crown Heights riot in 1991. Anonymous and famous figures are portrayed by Anna, expressing their pain and anger on the many sides of a conflict revolving the black community and the Jewish community over an accident, a crime, and the riots.

Episode 2

La Carpa

Wed, Jun 16, 1993

Episode 3

The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess

Wed, Oct 6, 1993184 mins

The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston, S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which uses Gershwin's own orchestrations and practically all of the music, with only one major cut.

Episode 4

Tales of the City

Mon, Nov 15, 1993

Episode 5

Hallelujah

Wed, Dec 22, 1993

A holiday tale about a young reverend who is given two days to impress a Washington, D.C. church committee that is concerned about his age and single-parent status. Additionally he is challenged when encounters a pregnant teen and a homeless veteran.