Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play brings to life the fate and foibles of the celebrated Antrobus family--a bold and brassy embodiment of Wilder's vision of the American people. This eloquent comedy serves up an allegorical tale of one American family whose members must come to grips with their destinies. Having survived fire, flood, pestilence, seven-year locusts, the Ice Age, and a dozen wars, the Antrobuses are as durable as radiators, and remain as optimistic as a spring day. A ge...

THE SONGS THAT ARE THE BACKGROUND MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE – AS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD THEM BEFORE. Two Incredible Programs On One DVD! Intimate evenings of informal music, unique performances and fascinating stories. BURTON LANE (Finian’s Rainbow, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) Ira Gershwin was so nervous about meeting composer Burton Lane that he took a tranquilizer. Burton was equally impressed with Ira. It was the beginning of a long collaboration and enduring friendship. When Burton d...

FROM THE GREAT WHITE WAY TO THE SILVER SCREEN: THE MUSIC, THE LYRICS, THE STORIES Two Incredible Programs on One DVD! You’re invited to a couple of "insider" parties. Here are the unique performances that writers bring to their own songs, and anecdotes: sometimes poignant, most often hilarious. E.Y. "YIP" HARBURG • ACADEMY AWARD® (The Wizard of Oz, Finian’s Rainbow, April in Paris) A delightful evening with the extraordinary master lyricist who could find poetry in everything from rai...

FROM THE GREAT WHITE WAY TO THE SILVER SCREEN: THE MUSIC, THE LYRICS, THE STORIES Two Incredible Programs on One DVD! You’re invited to a couple of "insider" parties. Here are the unique performances that writers bring to their own songs, and anecdotes: sometimes poignant, most often hilarious. E.Y. "YIP" HARBURG • ACADEMY AWARD® (The Wizard of Oz, Finian’s Rainbow, April in Paris) A delightful evening with the extraordinary master lyricist who could find poetry in everything from rai...

Sigourney Weaver and Edward Herrmann portray an affluent suburban couple whose empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year-old daughter in a teleplay adapted by playwright Wendy Wasserstein from John Cheever's short story. The tension and sadness behind the veneer of upper-class life in Shady Hill are at the heart of this insightful drama.

The antics of tomboyish Maria, a novice at the abbey in Salzburg, concern the Mother Abbess, who is unsure whether Maria wants to become a nun. To allow the girl to test her feelings, the Mother Abbess sends Maria to be the governess for the seven children of the widowed Baron Georg von Trapp, a retired naval officer. The children are at first hostile to Maria, but she soon wins them over. The baron, who is a strict disciplinarian, leaves to visit Baroness Schraeder, and while he is gone, Maria ...

An apprentice nun tasked with caring for the children of a retired naval officer finds herself falling in love with him as the Nazi invasion of Austria looms on the horizon.

This 1967 program, which preceded The Graduate, clearly demonstrates the early genius of Dustin Hoffman. The past and present co-exist in Maxwell Anderson's 1930's play when a disappointed invnetor unleashes his latest gadget - a "star wagon" - that will return its driver to any desired point in time. The time machine gives him a chance to revamp his life. In an especially vivid characterization, a very young Dustin Hoffman portrays the inventor's muttering stooge. Also stars actor, comedian, an...

1956 Television musical A Christmas Carol.

A lovely gesture - a bouquet of roses - from husband to wife becomes the catalyst for a clash of long-repressed emotion in the movie adaptation of the Tony - and Pulitzer Prize(r)-winning stage hit The Subject Was Roses. Martin Sheen, as the son home from war, and Jack Albertson, Academy Award winner* as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the distant father, both appeared in the Broadway version, where Albertson had already captured a Tony? Award for his powerful work. Patricia Neal play...

A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a TV special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.

Neil Simon wrote this updated version of his 1972 Broadway play about a film agent's efforts to recombine the once famous comedy pair Lewis and Clark, played by Woody Allen and Peter Falk.

1951 film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's 1881 opera. Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine, and features Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina and Ann Ayars. 4K digital restoration by The Film Foundation and the BFI National Archive, in association with STUDIOCANAL, featuring newly rediscovered footage and with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Features: audio commentary from 1992 by Martin Sc...

Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Pertuchio tames his wealthy shrewish wife, Katharina.

In sixteenth century Padua, Hortensio loves Bianca, the youngest daughter of Baptista. But Baptista will not allow the two to get married until his eldest daughter, the extremely headstrong Katherine, is betrothed. This task seems impossible because of Katherine's shrewish demeanor. They believe their prayers have been answered with the arrival from Verona of the lusty Petruchio, whose father has just passed, leaving him to travel the world and marry. Having not yet met her, Petruchio agrees to ...

Prospero, the deposed King of Milan who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer uses his powers to shipwreck his usurper brother on the island

This modernistic fantasy-drama, is about a New York architect Phillip (John Cassavetes), who is fedup with city living. He takes his wife Antonia (Gena Rowlands), an actress, and their daughter, Miranda (Molly Ringwald in her debut), to Greece to a barren island. There he meets a singer and a hermit and others who land on the island when the boat is shipwrecked.

Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda.

Christopher Plummer takes the classical theatrical role of a lifetime to the big screen, starring as Prospero in Shakespeare's culminating masterpiece, performed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Nab the star-studded comedy-adventure that dazzled moviegoers everywhere! It's the action-packed tale of three loyal swordsmen (Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt) who are joined by an eager recruit (Chris O'Donnell) to protect the King of France. Together, the foursome battle enormous odds in their attempt to defeat an evil royal advisor (Tim Curry) and a seductive envoy (Rebecca De Mornay) plotting to overthrow France's crown -- fighting against both time and scores of enemies! You...

William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, giving voice to Saroyan's philosophies as they randomly comment about the impending world war, the beauty of art, and traditional notions of good and evil. At least one of the relationships stands a chance of enduring: a brawny innocent named Tom is falling in love with a vulnerable young ...

This play is based on the tragic true story of the first African-American to graduate from West Point. Assigned to Fort Davis, Texas in 1881, Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper was framed by white officers who accused him of embezzling government funds. The outstanding cast includes Oscar nominees Alfre Woodard (Crooklyn)and Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction).

This play is based on the tragic true story of the first African-American to graduate from West Point. Assigned to Fort Davis, Texas in 1881, Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper was framed by white officers who accused him of embezzling government funds. The outstanding cast includes Oscar nominees Alfre Woodard (Crooklyn)and Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction).

"O hateful hands, to tear such loving words!" -Julia Shakespeare's earliest attempt at romantic comedy, two friends, Valentine and Proteus fall in love with Silvia, who is promised to another. Proteus forgets his old love, Julia and thwarts Valentine's plan to elope with Silvia. Valentine is banished. Silvia follows, with her page, who is Julia in disguise. They all meet in the forest.

Veteran husband-and-wife acting couple, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, reprise their roles from the original Broadway hit, as a couple of workers in a duplicating shop, consigned to spend the rest of their lives there.

Molly is an uneducated, poor, mountain girl who leaves her mountain cabin in search of a wealthy husband, respect and a better life.

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed. (Source: Dave Kocsis for IMDB.com)

D.H. Lawrence's "The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd" is a naturalistic drama drwn from Lawrence's memories of his parents' turbulent marriage. Set in pre-World War I England, the play centers on the conflict between a coarse, blustering coal miner and his refined, working-class wife. Stars Oscar-nominee Geraldine Fitzgerald (Wuthering Heights, Arthur).

This DVD, just released to the public in 2014, captures the motion picture filming of a live stage performance of the 1996 Off-Broadway production of "THE WILDE SPIRIT," the critically-acclaimed and award-winning one-man play with music, based upon the life and works of Oscar Wilde. With Book, Music and Lyrics written by and starring Kerry Ashton in the performance of a lifetime as Oscar Wilde, this DVD features a version of the play that was restaged by Kerry Ashton at Theatre-Off-Park in N...

West End production of the new musical by Julian Fellowes and George Stiles & Anthony Drewe. Rufus Hound, Simon Lipkin, Craig Mather, Neil McDermott, Denise Welch, and Gary Wilmot.

Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine's prospects to pursue justice. After defeat in the military court of appeals, Arthur and Catherine go to Sir Robert Morton, a brilliant, cool barrister and M.P., who examines Ronnie and sugges...

King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life. (Source: Kathy Li for IMDB.com)

William Shakespeare's play as performed by the Barbican Theater in 1999.

An adaption of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African American experience.

When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, The Wizard of Oz didn't start out as the perennial classic it has since become. The film did respectable business, but it wasn't until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar. And while Oz's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home video has made this lively musical a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films. Young Dorothy Gale (Jud...

Be careful what you say in private. It could become a movie. Some gossip overheard by Clare Boothe Luce in a nightclub powder room inspired her Broadway hit that's wittily adapted for the screen in The Women. George Cukor directs an all-female cast in this catty tale of battling and bonding that paints its claws Jungle Red and shreds the excesses of pampered Park Avenue princesses. Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine, Mary Boland and Paulette Goddard are among the array of husband sna...

Mothers, daughters, wives, friends: These are the women of The Women. Based on Clare Boothe Luce's Broadway success and the hit 1939 movie, this sparkling update (from Murphy Brown creator Diane English) set in Manhattan and featuring an all-star, all-female cast says a lot about what it means to be today's woman and all of it's funny! The story starts with beautiful, smart, accomplished Mary Haines (Meg Ryan) discovering her husband is cheating on her. It's a time when friends are needed, so Ma...

A pedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.

Recording of the 1960 TV broadcast directed by Don Richardson and starring Zero Mostel.

Frank Chin's play attacks the comfortable stereotypes of the Asian Amerian. Stars George Takei, Pat Suzuki.

1957 telecast has a cast led by Celeste Holm, Alfred Drake, Barbara Cook, Bill Hayes, & Henry Calvin. At the time of its airing, The New York Times praised the opulent production, which was a joy to see and hear. Contributing to the success of the telecast was the "masterful" direction by George Schaefer and Franz Allers' rich musical direction. Live telecast, April 10, 1957. 79 min.

Jacques Demy followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac), dream of big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape. With its jazzy Michel Legrand score, pastel paradise of costumes, and divine supporting cast (...

They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern-day New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point. Dr. Watson follows Holmes across Manhattan and is, against her better judgment, drawn into the master detective's world of intrigue and danger. This is a sweet, goofy and fairly romantic film that asks the questions "Whose reality is right...and...

Directed by George Roy Hill. Starring Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, John Gavin, Beatrice Lillie. New 4k restoration of the roadshow edition of the film completed by Universal Pictures; New audio commentary by author/critic Lee Gambin and art historian Ian McAnally; two theatrical trailers (newly restored in 2K); optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. 1

Redgrave plays British journalist Charleston in the decade before WWII., where he witnesses the onslaught of fascism.

Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.

The five cast members portray a myriad of character types drawn from American society during the age of ragtime, including Teddy Roosevelt, Emma Goldman, and Anna Held, evoking the pride, nostalgia, suffering and optimism felt by Americans at the start of the last century.

Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange ignite the screen in a strikingly original "coup de cinema" (The New York Times). "Titus" is a "wild ride" (Chicago Tribune) - a shocking journy into the depths of the human heart - a place where vengeance and passion reign supreme. A film by Julie Taymor, acclaimed creator and director of Broadway's "The Lion King."

"Hear me, grave fathers! Noble tribunes, stay!" -Titus Andronicus Set in late Roman times, this tragedy draws on mythology for brutal tales, such as a banquet where a mother is served the flesh of her sons. Titus Andronicus is created as a commanding figure of bravery with a flawed sense of honor, a concern for the reputation of nobility than for its substance.

A classic and intense horror/drama about the all consuming nature of revenge.