Broadway Theatre Archive Movies

  • 1973
    The Glass Menagerie

    The Glass Menagerie

    The Glass Menagerie

    7.61973HD

    An aging Southern belle's preoccupation with her past and her dreams for her children's futures threaten to smother her painfully shy daughter and...

    The Glass Menagerie
  • 1966
    Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    5.91966HD

    Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play.

    Death of a Salesman
  • 1980
    The Pirates of Penzance

    The Pirates of Penzance

    The Pirates of Penzance

    6.11980HD

    This Pirates of Penzance is primarily a historical document, part of the Broadway Theater Archive television series. It presents, with some...

    The Pirates of Penzance
  • 1960
    The Iceman Cometh

    The Iceman Cometh

    The Iceman Cometh

    7.11960HD

    Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this...

    The Iceman Cometh
  • 1973
    Steambath

    Steambath

    Steambath

    5.41973HD

    Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the...

    Steambath
  • 1972
    Home

    Home

    Home

    7.81972HD

    David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.

    Home
  • 1976
    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    6.91976HD

    San Francisco's prize-winning American Conservatory Theater's rowdy commedia dell'arte production incorporates slapstick, pratfall and earthy humor...

    The Taming of the Shrew
  • 1966
    The Human Voice

    The Human Voice

    The Human Voice

    7.21966HD

    A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.

    The Human Voice
  • 1978
    The Trial of the Moke

    The Trial of the Moke

    The Trial of the Moke

    5.51978HD

    Henry Flipper is the first black West Point graduate. Assigned to serve at Fort Davis in Texas, Flipper becomes the object of a conspiracy by his...

    The Trial of the Moke
  • 1982
    Working

    Working

    Working

    4.31982HD

    This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a...

    Working
  • 1970
    The Andersonville Trial

    The Andersonville Trial

    The Andersonville Trial

    6.71970HD

    A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.

    The Andersonville Trial
  • 1982
    Alice at the Palace

    Alice at the Palace

    Alice at the Palace

    5.51982HD

    Meryl Streep stars as Alice in this production of Elizabeth Swados' musical, which was adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the...

    Alice at the Palace
  • 1982
    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

    101982HD

    The powerful tales of seven diverse African-American women are woven together in this 1982 performance of Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning...

    For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
  • 1983
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    81983HD

    From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.

    Alice in Wonderland
  • 1973
    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    51973HD

    Don Pedro and his men (Teddy Roosevelt Roughriders) have returned from the wars. After Beatrice turns down his proposal, Don Pedro decides to...

    Much Ado About Nothing
  • 1976
    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    81976HD

    The tale of a lonely Southern woman's longing for her handsome next-door neighbor. At once tragic and romantic, the story is a reworking of the...

    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
  • 1976
    Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

    Six Characters in Search of An Author

    61976HD

    A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for...

    Six Characters in Search of An Author
  • 1983
    The Skin of Our Teeth

    The Skin of Our Teeth

    The Skin of Our Teeth

    101983HD

    Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys,...

    The Skin of Our Teeth
  • 1972
    Scarecrow

    Scarecrow

    Scarecrow

    81972HD

    Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil, and brings a scarecrow to life as...

    Scarecrow
  • 1960
    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    71960HD

    Several different accounts of the same incident tell quite different stories about what happened.

    Play of the Week: Rashomon