Tales of the City

About Tales of the City

Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.

PBS's Tales of the City is a mystery series. Its one season of 5 episodes aired between September 1993 and October 1993.

Its themes are drug use, true love, miniseries, and LGBT. The series began as a novel. Olympia Dukakis stars as Anna Madrigal, Donald Moffat as Edgar Halcyon, Chloe Webb as Mona Ramsey, and Laura Linney as Mary Ann Singleton.

Halston, The Crowded Room, and Tales of the City make useful companions to Tales of the City, all filed under 1970s and gay theme.