Genre: Theatrical Performances
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Les Miserables (2010)
Cast: Alfie Boe, Nick Jonas, Norm Lewis …
Directed by: Nick Morris
An all-star cast celebrates the 25th anniversary performance of the legendary stage adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the French Revolution. Among those providing their voices to the…
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My Trip to Al-Qaeda (2010)
Cast: Lawrence Wright
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Journalist Lawrence Wright brings his multilayered one-man play to the screen as he discusses how a reporter remains objective while covering highly charged issues such as 9/11, Al-Qaeda,…
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When the Lights Go Out (2010)
Cast: Wendy Raquel Robinson, Keith Robinson, Clifton Powell …
Directed by: Alvin Moore Jr.
Musician Gary hopes to further his career, but problems with his wife, Sheila, and daughter, Alicia, threaten to derail him. Due to Sheila's lukewarm attitude, Gary regrets losing his…
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Macbeth (2010)
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Kate Fleetwood, Suzanne Burden …
Directed by: Rupert Goold
Maintaining the gripping tone of director Rupert Goold's acclaimed stage adaptation, this modernized version of the Shakespearean tragedy stars Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood as the…
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family: The Play (2010)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Chandra Currelley-Young, Cassi Davis …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Shirley (Chandra Currelley-Young) wants to tell her family about a big development, but rounding up five grown children with as many different lifestyles requires divine intervention -- or…
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There's a Stranger in My House (2009)
Cast: Angell Conwell, Clifton Powell, Vivica A. Fox …
Directed by: Clifton Powell
Filmed live before an audience at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, this song-filled comedy from playwright Donald Gray follows the misadventures of a young woman who allows…
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King Lear (2009)
Cast: Ian McKellen, Romola Garai, Monica Dolan …
Directed by: Trevor Nunn, Chris Hunt
In this 2008 Royal Shakespeare Company production of the bard's enduring tragedy, Ian McKellen (in an Emmy-nominated role) stars as the world-weary title character, a doting father who…
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You Don't Tell I Won't Tell (2009)
Cast: Don "D.C." Curry, Angela Cooper, Gary Jenkins …
Directed by: Lenore Faith
Big secrets beget comedy in this production of director-playwright Lenore Faith's gospel stage play about a married couple (Shawn Smith and Mahalia Jackson), their mutual friend, Skeeter…
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Vera: Life of a Diva (2009)
Cast: Ira Siff, Philip Koch, Keith Jurosko …
Experience the extraordinary life of fictitious soprano Vera Galupe-Borszkh (Ira Siff) in this outrageous cross-dressing opera spoof, which showcases hilarious scenes from the singer's…
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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)
Cast: Will Chase, Shaun Earl, Eden Espinosa …
This program captures the final Broadway stage performance of Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical "Rent," filmed live in Manhattan's Nederlander Theatre, where…
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Dunhuang, My Dream (2008)
Cast: Liu Zhen, Hu Huaibei, Tian Qing …
Follow the story of Mo Gao, a young painter who goes looking for inspiration at the Dunhuang Caves but finds love instead. After the beautiful Yue Ya rescues Mo Gao in the desert, the two…
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More Passa Passa (2008)
Cast: Maxwell Grant, Cleve Warren, Leo Parkins …
Get ready for another riotous go-round of lying, stealing and "mix up and blender" in this follow-up to the roots play "Passa Passa." Picking up four years after the original story, the play…
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Forever Tango with Luis Bravo: Live from Teatro Coliseo Podesta (2008)
Cast: Luis Bravo
Luis Bravo's internationally renowned dance troupe presents a brand-new production captured on film at the Teatro Coliseo Podesta in Buenos Aires, Argentina, featuring a stellar cast of…
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Till the Walls Fall (2008)
Cast: Dawn Pruszkowski, Tasheba Davis, Solid Foundation …
Martha Munizzi's uplifting tune "Till the Walls Fall" becomes a spellbinding dance in this volume of "Worship Steps." The program begins with Solid Foundation's high-energy live…
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Peaches (2008)
Cast: Wendy Raquel Robinson, Dorien Wilson, Kimberly Bailey …
Dorien Wilson headlines this comical cautionary tale as Ronald Sams, a happily married executive who willingly turns his entire life upside when he is offered the chance to be with the woman…
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Cirque du Soleil: Delirium: A Live Music Concert (2008)
Blending stunning visual effects with spellbinding vocals and gravity-defying acrobatics, this dazzling Cirque du Soleil remix delivers a multimedia feast for the senses and pushes the…
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Shaolin in the Wind (2008)
Cast: Tang Chenglong, Wang Zihan, Henan Zhengzhou Song and Dance Troupe …
After his lover Su Shui is kidnapped by bandits, scholar Tian Yuan goes to a Shaolin Temple, where he trains relentlessly in the martial arts so he can confront the criminals. But when he…
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One, Two, Three, Go (2008)
In this children's comedy from China National Classic Stage Arts, young An Xiaohua travels from her remote mountain village to Suzhou City, accompanied by her teacher, who gets sick when…
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Blue Man Group: How to Be a Megastar Live! (2008)
Cast: Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group's live rock show is a satirical how-to about creating the perfect live rock 'n' roll show, deconstructing and poking fun at most every element of the rock star…
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Chinese Acrobatics (2008)
Well-respected and talented acrobatic troupes from regions all across China, including Beijing, Zunyi, Shenyang, Tianjin and Guangzhou, perform challenging acrobatic routines that demonstrate…
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Champion Acrobats of China: Flying Lotus (2008)
With astonishing precision and jaw-dropping agility, a championship troupe of Chinese acrobats delivers a spectacular performance built on stunts of tremendous skill and daring. During the…
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Cyrano De Bergerac (2008)
Cast: Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner, Daniel Sunjata …
Directed by: David Leveaux
Kevin Kline (in his first Emmy-nominated role) and Jennifer Garner star in this 2008 Broadway revival of Edmond Rostand's classic romance. Poetic Cyrano de Bergerac (Kline) pines for the…
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Shang Yang (2008)
Cast: Yi Jushen, Tu Chenguang, Lou Jichen …
Directed by: Chen Xinyi
Set during China's Warring States period (403-221 B.C.), this drama tells the story of young scholar Shang Yang, a member of the Wei kingdom who tries to seek shelter in Qin country,…
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Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun (2008)
Cast: Benjamin McKenzie, Matty Ferraro, Meredith Kendall …
Directed by: Rowan Joseph
Based on the novel by blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, this stage production stars Ben McKenzie ("The O.C.") in an explosive one-man performance. Wounded on the last day of World War…
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Walden: Ballad of Thoreau (2008)
Cast: Adam Lucky, Eric Johnson, Jesse Rose Pennington …
Directed by: Doug Smart
Adam Lucky stars as American author-philosopher Henry David Thoreau -- best known for his influential Walden -- in this live staging of an original play about the writer's life, penned…