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Language
English
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
2) Fences
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A black garbage collector named Troy Maxson in 1950s Pittsburgh is bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues, Maxson is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
3) Being Julia
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
London, 1938. Julia is a true West End diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy, and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brilliant career - but after years of the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearance on radio, W.C. Fields created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines. In these ten films, see W.C. Fields at his best.
5) Burlesque
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. After Ali finally makes her way from the bar to the stage, things take a dramatic turn when her larger than life voice causes a charismatic entrepreneur to make...
6) Stage fright
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In this genre-bending "Glee"-meets-"Rocky Horror" musical comedy- a starry-eyed teenager wants to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a Broadway diva but instead, she's stuck working in the kitchen of her step-father's snobby performing arts camp. Determined to change her destiny, she sneaks in to audition for the summer showcase landing the lead role. However, just as rehearsals begin, blood stars to spill, and Camilla finds herself terrorized...
7) On Broadway
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
As live performances on Broadway start up again after an unprecedented absence of eighteen months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway theater came back from the brink. On Broadway shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen, including Hugh Jackman, Helen Mirren, Christine...
Series
Criterion collection volume 141
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012].
Language
Français
Description
"Poetic realism reached sublime heights with Children of Paradise, widely considered one of the greatest French films of all time. This nimble depiction of nineteenth-century Paris's theatrical demimonde, filmed during World War II, follows a mysterious woman (Arletty) loved by four different men (all based on historical figures): an actor, a criminal, a count, and, most poignantly, a mime (Jean-Louis Barrault), in a longing-suffused performance for...
11) Critic's choice
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A New York critic, Parker Ballantine, writes pointed reviews that close insufferably lousy plays. But there's a new play in town by his wife, Angela. Is it bad? Will Parker grind it up in his typewriter? If he does, he may find he's married for "bitter" and for worse!
13) The producers
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck theatrical producer is forced to produce a sure-fire flop play in a money-making scheme, only to have it succeed and the backers demand their money.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans (Tisdale) sets off for the bright lights of NYC, convinced instant fame and fortune are in the bag ... But the theatre's a dog-eat-dog world, as she and Boi discover when they encounter the devious owner of a pampered pooch named 'Countess' and a scheming Broadway starlet who will do anything to crush the competition. Fortunately, Sharpay also meets Peyton...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
For over three decades, there's been one singular sensation: A Chorus Line. This groundbreaking hit musical inspired by the emotional lives of dancers during the audition process. Now the story comes full circle and offers a revealing, unprecedented look at the auditions for the Broadway revival of the perennial classic. The music, the moves and the real-life drama, bringing you closer to the footlights than you ever thought possible.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For me and my gal: Musical comedy about a vaudeville song-and-dance team who buck tough times and World War I on their way to success in show business.
The Harvey girls: Susan meets a cheery group of young women traveling out to open a 'Harvey House' restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travelers.
In the good old summertime: A musical version of "The shop around the corner" tells the story...
17) Restaurant
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the comings and goings of the interracial staff of waiters, waitresses, bartenders, cooks and managers as they work together in a bar and grill in Hoboken, New Jersey. They are all waiting for their big breaks into the theater scene.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, 1959
Language
English
Description
When one of New York's top drama critics pans a good friend's show and its leading lady's performance, war is declared by both. The reviewer, his wife, four bratty kids, and their English sheepdog move to the country, but it does not solve the reviewer's problems.
Publisher
Time Life Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
This special 75th Anniversary DVD features all the best-loved performances of the Rockettes, including: The Dance of the Nutcracker, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers; Santa's Toy Headquarters, the Living Nativity and the arrival of Santa.
20) Judy Garland
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
For me and my gal: Musical comedy about a vaudeville song-and-dance team who buck tough times and World War I on their way to success in show business.
In the good old summertime: A musical version of "The shop around the corner" tells the story of a salesgirl correspondence through a dating service with a man who turns out to be the manager she detests.
Summer stock: Romance blooms during the summer in New England when Jane Falbury's sister shows...
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