In 1865, after President Lincoln's assassination Ford's
Theater in Washington D.C. closed for 103 years. It reopened in 1968 with an all-star television gala. Tonight, another gala marks the 10th anniversary of its rebirth.
The scheduled highlights presented in this special are excerpts from plays produced at Ford's, featuring the stars who appeared in them...one-man shows with James Whitmore as Will Rogers and Vincent Price as Oscar Wilde; Billy Dee Williams as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in "I Have a Dream"; Patti LuPone, Mary Joan Negro and Mary Lou Rosato in Chekhov's "Three Sisters"; Linda Hopkins, singing "A Good Man's Hard to Find," in "Bessie and Me"; and the cast of "Oh Coward!"-Roderick Cook, Jamie Ross and Barbara Cason-singing "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" and "Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington."
Lorne Green is the host; Alexis Smith, John Houseman and Henry Fonda are scheduled to introduce the segments.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. This was the first broadcast of the series. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. This was the final broadcast of the series. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
The program's staff and production crew join the Osmonds and Johnny Dark for an inside look at what goes into the making of a variety show. Included is a tour of the TV studio conducted by Jay, scenes of rehearsals and rewrite sessions, and outtakes of bloopers and pratfalls from earlier programs.
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