A History of Broadway Proshots and Screen Adaptations
What is a pro-shot and how is it different than an adapted film? Pro-shot is an abbreviation for professionally shot, denoting a stage play that was captured in its native habitat: a theatre.
Uncommon Women and Others on Video – 1978
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein's first play. A t a reunion seven years after their graduation from Mount Holyoke College, five former classmat es assess whether they have achieved their youthful goals. In a flashback, the women, all part of a group dubbed "uncommon"--because they were expected to be "amazing" before they reached 30 --relive their senior year and examine the influences that shaped them. "A remarkable first pla y by Wendy Wasserstein." --The New York Post. With Meryl Streep, Jill Eikenberry, Swoos ie Kurtz, Ann McDonough, and Alma Cuervo.
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Meryl Streep - Leilah
Swoosie Kurtz - Rita Altabel
Jill Eikenberry - Kate Quin
Ellen Parker - Muffet DiNicola
Ann McDonough - Samantha Stewart
Alma Cuervo - Holly Kaplan
Josephine Nicholas - Mrs. Plumm
Cynthia Herman - Susie Friend
Anna Levine - Carter
Alexander Scourby - Narrator
Studio: PBS
Filmed: 1978 - Released: 1978
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