Broadway Theatre Archive Movies

  • 1980
    The Pirates of Penzance

    The Pirates of Penzance

    The Pirates of Penzance

    6.61980HD

    As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st...

    The Pirates of Penzance
  • 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

    8.51982HD

    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
  • 1990
    William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    William Shakespeare's Hamlet

    01990HD

    A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.

    William Shakespeare's Hamlet
  • 1979
    O Youth and Beauty!

    O Youth and Beauty!

    O Youth and Beauty!

    91979HD

    Cash Bentley and his wife Louise lead an average upper-middle-class life in suburbia, with a nice home and two fine children. But Cash grows...

    O Youth and Beauty!
  • 1978
    Tartuffe

    Tartuffe

    Tartuffe

    71978HD

    Donald Moffat stars in Moliere's classic comedy about lovable scoundrel Tartuffe, who befriends the wealthy Orgon and then attempts to seduce both...

    Tartuffe
  • 1982
    Alice at the Palace

    Alice at the Palace

    Alice at the Palace

    6.21982HD

    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
  • 1981
    The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

    The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

    The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

    01981HD

    Three Irwin Shaw short stories are dramatized. In "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" a young married couple stop for a drink on a Sunday morning in...

    The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
  • 1969
    Let Me Hear You Whisper

    Let Me Hear You Whisper

    Let Me Hear You Whisper

    81969HD

    A scrub-woman attempts to rescue a dolphin who will talk to no one but her from a research laboratory.

    Let Me Hear You Whisper
  • 1966
    Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

    6.41966HD

    Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's...

    Death of a Salesman
  • 1960
    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    81960HD

    Set in ancient Japan, Rashomon follows the aftermath of a bandit’s attack on a warrior and his wife, as the bandit, the wife, the husband, and...

    Play of the Week: Rashomon
  • 1974
    June Moon

    June Moon

    June Moon

    91974HD

    In this rousing satire a native upstate New York clerk comes to 1920s Manhattan with dreams of making in big on Tin Pan Alley.

    June Moon
  • 1972
    Another Part of the Forest

    Another Part of the Forest

    Another Part of the Forest

    101972HD

    A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of greedy, ruthless individuals.

    Another Part of the Forest
  • 1970
    The Andersonville Trial

    The Andersonville Trial

    The Andersonville Trial

    6.31970HD

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

    The Andersonville Trial
  • 1975
    Beyond the Horizon

    Beyond the Horizon

    Beyond the Horizon

    101975HD

    On a Connecticut farm, James Mayo's two sons both love Ruth Atkins. Robert, the younger son, is sickly and dreams of escaping to a romantic life...

    Beyond the Horizon
  • 1975
    The Year of the Dragon

    The Year of the Dragon

    The Year of the Dragon

    9.51975HD

    Frank Chin's edgy story breaks down the stereotypes of Asian Americans and centers on San Francisco Chinatown tour operator Fred Eng. Eng hides his...

    The Year of the Dragon
  • 1975
    The Rules of the Game

    The Rules of the Game

    The Rules of the Game

    81975HD

    Dramatist Luigi Pirandello's mordant comedy of manners tells the tale of upper-crust Italians Silia Gala and her sneering spouse, Leone, who finds...

    The Rules of the Game
  • 1976
    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    The Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    8.21976HD

    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
    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

    01976HD

    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln depicts the final seventeen years of Mary Todd Lincoln's life, following her husband's assassination.

    The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
  • 1978
    The Trial of the Moke

    The Trial of the Moke

    The Trial of the Moke

    61978HD

    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
  • 1975
    A Moon for the Misbegotten

    A Moon for the Misbegotten

    A Moon for the Misbegotten

    6.51975HD

    A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer and passes a soul-baring night of...

    A Moon for the Misbegotten