Rob Halford
미 동북부에 위치한 코네티컷주 뉴캐넌에 사는 벤(케빈 클라인)과 엘레나(조앤 앨런) 부부. 벤은 이웃에 사는 제이니(시고니 위버)와 불륜의 관계를 지속하고, 엘레나는 남편의 외도와 거짓말에 점점 인내심을 잃어간다. 부모의 방황을 보면서 아이들도 질풍노도의 사춘기를 겪는다. 벤의 딸인 14세의 웬디(크리스티나 리치)는 제이니의 아들 마이키(엘리야 우드)와 샌디(아담 한-바이드)를 상대로 성을 탐구하는 한편, 워터게이트에 관련된 보도를 시청하면서 세상에 대해 냉소어린 시선을 갖고 있다. 30년만의 최악의 눈보라가 동부 해안을 강타한 어느 날 밤, 벤과 엘레나는 이웃의 칵테일 파티에 참가했다가 그것이 서부에서 유행하는 '스와핑'임을 알게 된다. 벤은 술에 취해 쓰러지고 엘레나는 제이니의 남편 짐과 파트너가 되어 함께 나서는데...
Mr. Rumsfelk
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost?
Cinderella's Prince/Wolf
A collection of fairy tale characters head into the woods, and soon learn that fairy tales don't end at "happily ever after." This rendition of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical was recorded on the stage with its original all-star Broadway cast. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season ten, episode one).
Soldier / Alex
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat is one of the great paintings of the world, and in "Sunday in the Park with George," book writer James Lapine and composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim bring a story based on the work brilliantly to life. While the painting depicts people gathered on an island in the Seine, the musical goes beyond simply describing their lives. It is an exploration of art, of love, of commitment. Seurat connected dots to create images; Lapine and Sondheim use connection as the heart of all our relationships. Winner of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season five, episode nineteen).
Bearskin
A soldier can not return home after he leaves the army, and can not find a job. Desperation drives him to make a deal with the Devil, who makes a bet with him. For the next seven years, he will carry a purse of gold that's always full. However, he must wear a bearskin and neither pray nor wash nor cut his hair in all that time. If he survives, he can keep the purse, but if he dies, the Devil gets his soul.
