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see all genres ›Movies quickly replaced stage performance as the world's most popular entertainment form over a century ago but the two media still cross paths today in diverse and fascinating ways.
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Chekhov for Children
CHEKHOV FOR CHILDREN tells the inspiring story of an ambitious undertaking: the 1979 staging on Broadway of "Uncle Vanya" by New York City 5th and 6th graders, directed by the celebrated writer Phillip Lopate. Using a wealth of never-before-screened student documentary videos and dramatic super 8mm films...Start your free trial to watch
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The Fantasticks
Eight times a week, from 1960 to 2002, the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City’s Greenwich Village played midwife to a musical theater ritual that attracted theatergoers from across the globe. That show was the legendary and beloved "Fantasticks" and for 42 years and 17,162 performances, a legion of performers,...Start your free trial to watch
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Life After Tomorrow
LIFE AFTER TOMORROW reunites more than forty women who played orphans in the Broadway production of ANNIE and reveals the highs and lows of their experiences as child actresses in a cultural phenomenon. Once the curtain came down, many found it could be a hard-knock-life, fraught with out-of-control stage...Start your free trial to watch
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Making the Boys
Crayton Robey's MAKING THE BOYS explores the enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. Beloved by some for breaking new ground and condemned by others for reinforcing gay stereotypes, THE BOYS IN THE BAND sparked heated controversy that endures to...Start your free trial to watch
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Making War Horse
MAKING WAR HORSE is the story of how Michael Morpurgo's children's novel became one of the most popular and acclaimed productions in the National Theatre's history. From its early development in the National Theatre Studio, see how Handspring Puppet Company created the groundbreaking techniques that...Start your free trial to watch
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Play in the Gray
PLAY IN THE GRAY is a penetrating, and at times vulnerably raw, portrait of the work, art and emotional lives of the members of All the Kings Men. All the Kings Men is a drag and cabaret inspired theater troupe based out of Boston. Behind the scenes, Katie, Maria, Julee, Karin, Jill and Leighsa, the...Start your free trial to watch
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Project 798
One of the most comprehensive and original movies about the Chinese Contemporary Art scene. Shot on location in '798' Beijing's unique Art District where it all took shape. PROJECT 798 explores Chinese society and culture along with different forms of artistic expression, ranging from oil painting to cutting-edge performance...Start your free trial to watch
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Shakespeare High
Executive produced by Kevin Spacey, SHAKESPEARE HIGH is an inspiring documentary that follows a diverse group of California high school students as they prepare for and compete in an annual Shakespeare Festival, a program that counts many of Hollywood's biggest stars among its alumni.Start your free trial to watch
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Terezin: Resistance and Revival
Hitler used their art, music and creative spirit in an attempt to hide the Holocaust, but in the end, he created a memorial to the very people he despised. This is their true story. Terezin to the Czechs. Theresienstadt to Germans. It was a Nazi concentration camp where some of the world's greatest...Start your free trial to watch