The American Playhouse television presentation of A RAISIN IN THE SUN, broadcast on February 1, 1989, was a production of Robert Nemiroff/Jaki Brown/Toni Livingston/Josephine Abady Productions, Fireside Entertainment Corporation, and KCET/Los Angeles in association with WNET/New York.
CAST
(in order of appearance)
| RUTH YOUNGER | Starletta DuPois |
| WALTER LEE YOUNGER | Danny Glover |
| TRAVIS YOUNGER | Kimble Joyner |
| BENEATHA YOUNGER | Kim Yancey |
| LENA YOUNGER | Esther Rolle |
| JOSEPH ASAGAI | Lou Ferguson |
| GEORGE MURCHISON | Joseph C. Phillips |
| MRS. JOHNSON | Helen Martin |
| KARL LINDNER | John Fiedler |
| BOBO | Stephen Henderson |
| MOVING MEN | Ron O.J. Parson, Charles Watts |
Directed by Bill Duke
Produced by Chiz Schultz
Executive Producer Robert Nemiroff
| Co-Producer | Production Design |
| Steven S. Schwartz | Thomas Cariello |
| Lighting Design | Costume Design |
| Bill Klages | Celia Bryant and Judy Dearing |
| Music | Edited by |
| Ed Bland | Gary Anderson |
Camerawork
Greg Cook, Gregory Harms, Kenneth A. Patterson
(Based on the 25th Anniversary Stage
Production
Directed by Harold Scott
Produced by The Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
[Gene Feist/Todd Haimes] and Robert Nemiroff)
Produced for American
Playhouse with funds from Public Television Stations, the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the
Arts, and the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. American
Playhouse is presented by KCET, SCETV,
WGBH, and WNET; Executive
Director David M. Davis, Executive Producer Lindsay
Law, Director of Program Development Lynn Holst.
For KCET: Executive
Producer Ricki Franklin, Supervising Producer Samuel
J. Paul, Executive in Charge Phylis Geller; with
additional funds from the Ambassador International Foundation.
For WNET: Executive
Producer David Loxton.
A RAISIN IN THE SUN was first presented by Philip Rose and David J. Cogan at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, March 11, 1959, with the following cast:
(In order of appearance)
| RUTH YOUNGER | Ruby Dee |
| TRAVIS YOUNGER | Glynn Turman |
| WALTER LEE YOUNGER (BROTHER) | Sidney Poitier |
| BENEATHA YOUNGER | Diana Sands |
| LENA YOUNGER (MAMA) | Claudia McNeil |
| JOSEPH ASAGAI | Ivan Dixon |
| GEORGE MURCHISON | Louis Gossett |
| KARL LINDNER | John Fiedler |
| BOBO | Lonne Elder III |
| MOVING MEN | Ed Hall, Douglas Turner Ward |
Directed by Lloyd Richards
Designed and Lighted by Ralph Alswang
Costumes by Virginia Volland