Forever Plaid (2009)

Shrek The Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation's film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek! It was nominated for 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical.

가난한 예술가들이 모여 사는 뉴욕 이스트 빌리지에 열정과 젊음의 에너지가 가득한 8명의 영혼들이 있다. 바로 로저, 미미, 마크, 머레인, 조엔느, 엔젤, 콜린스, 베니. 이들은 사회가 정한 규칙 보다는 자신만의 예술을 추구하며 각자가 원하는 삶을 살고 있다. 집세가 밀리고 건물이 철거 당할 위기에 놓인 그들은 집주인 베니에게 머레인의 건물 철거 반대 시위 공연을 막아주면 집세를 면제 해주겠다는 제안을 받게 된다. 하지만 그것만으로 이들의 열정과 우정, 사랑을 막기엔 역부족. 머레인을 사랑하는 마크와 룸메이트 로저는 그의 제안을 거절하며 베니의 방해 공작에도 불구하고 머레인의 변호사 조엔느와 함께 공연을 성공적으로 이끈다. 공연이 끝난 후 파티를 열고 있는 이들을 찾은 베니는 자신이 미미와 옛 애인 사이였다는 것을 이용해 파티를 엉망으로 만든다. 결국 로저와 미미는 헤어져 뉴욕을 떠나고, 모두들 각자의 길을 찾아 떠나는데...

가난한 탄광촌에서 파업시위에 열성인 아버지와 형 그리고 치매증세가 있는 할머니와 함께 살고 있는 소년 ‘빌리’는 아버지의 강요로 하게 된 권투 수업 중 중 우연히 본 발레 교실을 통해 본능적으로 춤에 이끌리는 자신을 발견한다. ‘빌리’는 자신의 능력을 알아본 ‘윌킨슨’ 선생의 가르침 아래 본격적으로 발레를 배우기 시작하지만 체육관에 갑작스레 들이닥친 아버지 ‘재키’의 눈에 발각되어 더 이상 발레수업을 들을 수 없게 된다. 하지만 우연히 ‘빌리’의 춤을 목격하게 된 아버지는 그의 천재성을 인정하게 되고 발레만이 탄광촌에서 벗어날 수 있는 유일한 탈출구라는 사실을 깨닫게 된다. 한편 ‘윌킨슨’ 선생은 ‘빌리’에게 런던 최고 명문의 로얄발레학교 입학 오디션을 제안하고, 아버지 ‘재키’는 ‘빌리’의 오디션비용을 마련하기 위해 다시 탄광촌으로 발걸음을 옮기는데...

파리의 오페라 하우스에서 자취를 감췄던 팬텀. 10년이 지난 지금 코니 아일랜드에 크리스틴을 초대하고 그녀는 남편 라울, 아들 구스타프와 함께 팬텀의 세계에 오게 된다. 그 곳에서 다시 한번 영원한 사랑을 고백하는 팬텀과 갈등하는 크리스틴, 그녀를 빼앗길 수 없는 라울, 그리고 팬텀을 오랫동안 남몰래 사랑해온 멕 지리.. 펜텀은 크리스틴에게 새로운 노래 'LOVE NEVER DIES'를 건네주고, 그녀가 무대에 서며 팬텀의 사랑을 받아 들일 것인지 무대를 떠나 라울을 선택할 것인지, 지금 그들의 사랑은 다시 한번 선택 앞에 놓이게 되는데.. ‘오페라의 유령’ 그 후의 감춰졌던 이야기가 스크린에서 생생하게 펼쳐진다!

Tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner, but discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others. A musical based on the novel and the film of the same name.

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.

Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to get a job. The act is a hit in a local nightclub, but things get complicated when a gangster and nightclub owner from Chicago, King Marchan, falls in love with "him." Filmed live on Broadway, 1995.

The stage musical Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby has toured the world to great acclaim. An adaptation of the famous 1954 musical directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Mary Martin, this new version is lasting proof that J.M. Barrie's tale of the boy who would never grow up is one of the kingpins of family entertainment. All the elements are in good form for this video production shot at the Mirada Theater in 2000 for the A&E Network. Some new songs have been added to the fabulous Moose Charlap-Carolyn Leigh score (which includes "Tender Shepherd," "I Gotta Crow," "I'm Flying," and "I Won't Grow Up"). But the biggest asset to this production are the spectacular flying sequences: Peter even soars over the audience at times. Martin was a stronger actress in a close-up, but Rigby is magical with her athleticism and spark, most notably in a percussion-filled song and dance number "Ugh-a-Wug.".

The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance troupe, led by a Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning and significance. In 1981, a stage production of Pippin was videotaped for Canadian television. The stage production was directed by Kathryn Doby, Bob Fosse's dance captain for the original Broadway production, and David Sheehan directed the video adaptation, with Roger O. Hirson in charge of the music. Ben Vereen returned for the role of Leading Player, while William Katt played the role of Pippin. However, this version was a truncated adaptation and several sections of the play were cut. An extended version running 135 minutes is also available.

Judy at the Palace. Sinatra at Carnegie Hall. Streisand at the Garden. Stritch on Broadway. Legendary performances come along so rarely. Elaine Stritch At Liberty is an autobiographical one-woman show written by Elaine Stritch and John Lahr. The show consists of spoken monologues from Stritch following her life and career, interspersed with showtunes and pop standards which compliment her stories. Many of these songs had been originated by Stritch in major Broadway productions, such as "The Ladies Who Lunch" from Company and "Civilization" from Angel In The Wings. Her experiences and relationship with show business are focal points, but she also explores more intimate, personal themes like her alcoholism and romantic relationships.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat is one of the great paintings of the world, and in "Sunday in the Park with George," book writer James Lapine and composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim bring a story based on the work brilliantly to life. While the painting depicts people gathered on an island in the Seine, the musical goes beyond simply describing their lives. It is an exploration of art, of love, of commitment. Seurat connected dots to create images; Lapine and Sondheim use connection as the heart of all our relationships. Winner of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season five, episode nineteen).

Forever Plaid is an affectionate musical homage to the close-harmony 'guy groups' that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s. This quartet of high-school chums, and their earnest dreams of recording an album, ended (symbolically, and even literally) in death, when their cherry red '54 Mercury collided with a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles' American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The girls were fine. The play begins with the wondrous and wondering Plaids returning from the afterlife for one final chance at musical glory.

Catharine Holly, a poor relation of a prominent New Orleans family, seems to be insane after her cousin Sebastian dies under mysterious circumstances on a trip to Europe. Sebastian's mother, Violet Venable, trying to cloud the truth about her son's homosexuality and death, threatens to lobotomize Catharine for her incoherent utterances relating to Sebastian's demise. Under the influence of a truth serum, Catharine tells the gruesome story of Sebastian's death by cannibalism at the hands of locals whose sexual favors he sought, using Catharine as a device to attract the young men (as he had earlier used his mother).

Smokey Joe's Cafe, Broadway's longest-running musical revue, highlights the best songs by the legendary song-writing duo, Leiber and Stoller. Included numbers are "Neighborhood", "Fools Fall In Love", "Yakety Yak", "Charlie Brown", "Jailhouse Rock", "Hound Dog", "Love Potion #9" and "Stand By Me".

A collection of fairy tale characters head into the woods, and soon learn that fairy tales don't end at "happily ever after." This rendition of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical was recorded on the stage with its original all-star Broadway cast. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season ten, episode one).

Based on Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious (which was later translated into the 1963 film Gone Are the Days! and which included all of the original Broadway cast, including Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, and Godfrey Cambridge), Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld. It won two Tony Awards and was also nominated for Best Musical. This 1981 television adaptation is directed by Rudi Goldman and stars Broadway cast members Guillaume, Moore, Hemsley, and Hopkins, with Brandon Maggart as Cotchipee, Clarice Taylor as Idilla, and Don Scardino as Charlie. The production won a CableACE Award.

Val Kilmer, master of reinvention, becomes Mark Twain, in a funny, moving, contemporary and reflective performance, based on the life of the man who was Samuel Clemens and on his writings as Mark Twain: his thoughts on politics, his family, his faith and God… Twain shows the greatness of his incomparable wit.

Cole Porter's beloved classic receives "Another Op'nin, Another Show", in this masterful 1999 London revival of the Tony Award winning musical Kiss Me, Kate! When the egotistical Fred Graham mounts a musical adaptation of The Taming of The Shrew (with himself as director, producer, and star) he’s got the perfect leading lady in mind: his movie star ex-wife! The fireworks both onstage and off between the two seem destined to explode the entire production…or will a romantic flame that’s Too Darn Hot be rekindled? With backstage shenanigans, gangsters brushing up their Shakespeare, and a collection of Porter tunes that any Tom, Dick, or Harry will love, Kiss Me, Kate remains an all-time favorite of musical fans from Padua to Peoria.

Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story was adapted from Ettore Scola's film Passione d'Amore. Central themes include love, sex, obsession, illness, passion, beauty, power and manipulation. Set in 19th century Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by the obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel's homely, ailing cousin.

Relive the dazzling show stopping songs, dances and production numbers from some of your favorite Broadway musicals. Great Broadway Musical Moments from The Ed Sullivan Show brings you legendary musical entertainment performed by a galaxy of great Broadway stars like Ethel Merman in "Annie Get Your Gun," John Raitt in "Oklahoma!," Julie Andrews in "Camelot," and more! This exciting event includes exclusive interviews with legends Shirley Jones, Joel Grey, and Rex Reed.