Keyword: filmed theater

Peter Pan

7.6

1960

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In this magical tale about the boy who refuses to grow up, Peter Pan and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of Wendy, Michael, and John Darling.

Gilda Live

7

1980

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A filmed version of the Broadway show starring comedienne Gilda Radner, complete with the characters she made famous on the TV show Saturday Night Live.

Pippin

7.6

1981

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At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples lifes pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life.

A Moon for the Misbegotten

8.2

1975

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A televised version of the Broadway revival of Eugene ONeills play. A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer and passes a soul-baring night of guilt-ridden confessions, tenderness, and absolution.

Sunday in the Park with George

8.3

1986

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Video production of the Pulitzer-prize winning musical stage production. In the first act, \George\, a fictionalized Georges Seurat paints his lover, Dot, and \A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Le Grande Jatte.\ Characters who become figures and vice versa walk through the story. In Act 2, Georges descendant, a sculptor, comes to terms with his grandmother, Life, and Art.

Hamlet

6.5

2015

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From its sell-out run at Manchesters Royal Exchange Theatre comes a film version of this unique and critically acclaimed production of Hamlet with BAFTA-nominee Maxine Peake in the title role. This ground-breaking stage production, directed by Sarah Frankcom, was the Royal Exchanges fastest-selling show in a decade.

King John (Stratford Festival)

7.5

2015

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A filmed version of the Shakespeare play as put on by the Stratford Festival. The much unloved 12th century King John fought battles on several fronts including with his own barons.

Nutcracker: The Motion Picture

7

1986

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The colorful holiday classic is brought to the big screen, designed by famed childrens story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written to be as close to the original story. Based on the Pacific Northwest Ballets original production.

Purlie

7

1981

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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.\r 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.

Indecent

7.2

2018

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TV production of the Tony Award-winning play, based on the story of a Broadway acting troupe arrested for indecency for performing Sholem Aschs God of Vengeance and their fight against censorship.

If I Forget

6.6

2017

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A play about the stories we choose to believe, the compromises we cant avoid and the hurt only our nearest and dearest can inflict.