| Director: | Kirk Browning Jerry Zaks |
| Starring: | Swoosie Kurtz John Mahoney Christine Baranski Julie Hagerty Ben Stiller Richard Portnow |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | Alfred Müller |
| Runtime: | 113 minutes |
| Network: | PBS |
The House of Blue Leaves is a 1987 television play adapted from the John Guare play of the same title.
The telefilm is set in Sunnyside, Queens in 1965, the day of Pope Paul VI's visit to New York City. The black comedy focuses on Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper who dreams of making it big in Hollywood as a songwriter, and his wife Bananas, a schizophrenic destined for the institution that provides the play's title. Artie wants to take his girlfriend Bunny with him to Hollywood. The story features nuns eager to see the Pope, a political bombing, and Ronnie, Artie's son, a GI headed for Vietnam who goes AWOL.
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The telefilm was directed by Kirk Browning and Jerry Zaks, and was filmed on-stage before a live audience at the Plymouth Theatre. The telefilm was broadcast in May 1987 on the PBS series American Playhouse.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]