Cynthia Haymon

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.