• 1986
  • 1h 30m

Episode list

American Masters
Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote
Sun, Sep 20, 1987
  • S2.E8
  • Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote
Throughout his career, Truman Capote remained one of America's most controversial and colorful authors, combining literary genius with a penchant for the glittering world of high society.
8.8 /10
The Negro Ensemble Company
Sun, Sep 13, 1987
  • S2.E7
  • The Negro Ensemble Company
Prior to the 1960s, there were virtually no outlets for the wealth of black theatrical talent in America. Playwrights writing realistically about the black experience could not get their work produced.
8.4 /10
George Gershwin Remembered
Sun, Aug 23, 1987
  • S2.E5
  • George Gershwin Remembered
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in 1898, the second of four children from a close-knit immigrant family. He began his musical career as a song-plugger on Tin Pan Alley, but was soon writing his own pieces.
8 /10
Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis: Nik and Murray

S2.E4 ∙ Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis: Nik and Murray

Sun, Jul 26, 1987
The modern dance choreographers Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis jointly and individually led many companies. The two developed the Nikolais/Louis dance technique together. In 1999 the dance companies representing their work were phased out
0 /10
George Gershwin Remembered

S2.E5 ∙ George Gershwin Remembered

Sun, Aug 23, 1987
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in 1898, the second of four children from a close-knit immigrant family. He began his musical career as a song-plugger on Tin Pan Alley, but was soon writing his own pieces.
8 /10
Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa

S2.E6 ∙ Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa

Sun, Aug 30, 1987
Best known for, "Where the Wild Thins Are", Maurice Sendak has spent the past fifty years bringing to life a world of fantasy and imagination. His unique vision is loved around the globe by both young and old.
0 /10
The Negro Ensemble Company

S2.E7 ∙ The Negro Ensemble Company

Sun, Sep 13, 1987
Prior to the 1960s, there were virtually no outlets for the wealth of black theatrical talent in America. Playwrights writing realistically about the black experience could not get their work produced.
8.4 /10
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