During the last week of December 1982, HBO Theatre presented a different play each day. Each was shot in front of a live audience and the production was shown only on Home Box Office (HBO). On December 25: "Camelot" starring Richard Harris; on December 26: "Barefoot in the Park" starring Richard Thomas and Bess Armstrong; on December 27: "The Rainmaker" starring Tuesday Weld and Tommy Lee Jones; on December 28: "The Deadly Game" starring George Segal, Trevor Howard and Robert Morley; on December 29: "Wait Until Dark" starring Katharine Ross and Stacy Keach; on December 30: "Bus Stop" starring Margot Kidder and Tim Matheson; and on December 31: "Plaza Suite" starring Lee Grant and Jerry Orbach.
Also in the cast: Jeffrey Haddow as Bellhop (Act 1) and Borden Hubley (Act 3); Randy Rocca as Waiter (Acts 1 and 2); Julie Garfield as Jean McCormack (Act 1) and Mimsey Eisler (Act 3).