The story of William Putch and his life's work: The Totem Pole Playhouse. A summer theater inconspicuously tucked away in the blue mountains of south central Penna. With a career span of over 30 years and more than 300 productions, Putch brought the experience and culture of professional theater to a rural community known mostly for its farmland.
The story of William Putch and his life's work: The Totem Pole Playhouse. A summer theater inconspicuously tucked away in the blue mountains of south central Penna. With a career span of over 30 years and more than 300 productions, Putch brought the experience and culture of professional theater to a rural community known mostly for its farmland.
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.
A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.