Stage on Screen
Overview:
Stage on Screen is a series broadcast on public television PBS affiliate Thirteen WNET New York, which presents American theatrical productions that consist of cinematic and made-for-TV adaptations, live broadcasts, and documentaries that relate to the process of staging theatrical performances. Among the features presented by this program are Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 and Clare Boothe Luce's comedy The Women.
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