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Soul Kittens Cabaret (2011)
Cast: Fantasia Barrino, Monifah Carter, Terrell Carter …
Directed by: Nicci Gilbert
Writer-director Nicci Gilbert's stage musical follows seven strong-willed Detroit women who battle various personal issues while pouring their souls into restoring the luster of a…
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And Everything Is Going Fine (2010)
Cast: Spalding Gray
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Spalding Gray, known for his radically minimal solo shows staged on equally spare sets, is the focus of this unconventional documentary that compiles rare footage of what amounts to a…
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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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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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Brave New Voices 2010 (2010)
Cast: Common, Rosario Dawson, Mayda Del Valle …
Common and Rosario Dawson host the finale of the inspiring 2010 National Poetry Slam, in which four teams of imaginative and charismatic young artists from Denver, Albuquerque, the Bay Area…
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After the Storm (2009)
Cast: April Stewart, Gerry McIntyre, James Lecesne …
Directed by: Hilla Medalia
This documentary follows three New York-based actors who journey to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, intent on helping a group of teens reengage their lives by mounting a…
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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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Arias with a Twist: The DocuFantasy (2009)
Cast: Cassandra Peterson, Ann Magnuson, Michael Musto …
Directed by: Bobby Sheehan
Filmmaker Bobby Sheehan directs this documentary that chronicles the creation of "Arias with a Twist," a deliriously provocative stage show from performance artists Joey Arias and Basil Twist…
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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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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton …
Directed by: Charlie Kaufman
After his painter wife (Catherine Keener) leaves him and takes their daughter to Berlin, theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) stages an autobiographical play in a massive…
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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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Pride and Prejudice (2008)
Cast: Anne Flosnik
Jane Austen's classic novel is brought to life with a combination of dramatized narration, colorful illustrations and on-screen text that allows viewers to read along. Independent…
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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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Sounds of Nature (2008)
Cast: Liu Xiaocui, Zhang Teng, Chen Pingping …
Directed by: Fu Yongfan
Zhu Huiqi, Tian Fugui and Zhou Yue'er head up the publicity team of the No. 1 Red Army in the Long March, in which the Red Armies of the Chinese Communist Party fled the Chinese…
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Ling River Shadow Play Practitioners (2008)
Cast: Song Guofeng, Ma Guixiang, Zhang Yuchun …
Directed by: Liu Xiting
Two families who make their living as shadow puppeteers in western Liaoning, near the Ling River, have a long-running feud over their ongoing competition for the Shadow Play King of Rehe in…
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Era: Intersection of Time (2008)
Cast: Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe, Shanghai Circus City
The past and future of Shanghai collide in this eye-popping acrobatic performance, a multimedia combination of traditional Chinese acrobatic arts and state-of-the-art special effects. Tricks…
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Soviet Army Chorus, Band and Dance Ensemble (2008)
Cast: Boris Alexandrov
In a Russian equivalent of the USO, the Soviet Army Chorus, Band and Dance Ensemble traveled the front lines during World War II, entertaining the troops with 200 dancers, acrobats and…
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Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo (2008)
Cast: Mauro Mozzani, Igor Issakov
Directed by: Jocelyn Barnabe
In this addition to the Cirque du Soleil canon, the performers explore the vivid imagination of the Dead Clown (Mauro Mozzani). Picturing his own funeral, the clown fantasizes about a…
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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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Man of Her Dreams (2008)
Cast: Drew Sidora, Jackee Harry, Christopher Williams …
Directed by: Clifton Powell
Marcus (Clifton Powell) seems to have the perfect marriage, but a surprise visit from his long-absent sister-in-law, Louise (Jackee Harry), threatens to disrupt his serene home. Louise brings…
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Cast: Lynda Patton, Bill Plympton, David Patrick Kelly …
Prolific playwright Richard Foreman, founder of New York City's experimental Ontological-Hysteric Theater, is the subject of this documentary that includes a reflective look at the…
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The Awakening of Spring (2008)
Cast: John Aniston, Victoria Tennant, Alex Schemmer …
Directed by: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Based on the 1891 play "Spring Awakening," this filmed stage drama examines the tensions and confusion of young people as their growing sexual awareness conflicts with the repressive social…