Filmed Stage Plays

All seven of the multitalented author's plays are featured here, including MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION, MADEA GOES TO JAIL, I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF, WHY DID I GET MARRIED?, MEET THE BROWNS, DIARY OF a MAD BLACK WOMAN, and MADEA'S CLASS REUNION. Director...

One of the most legendary musicals of the American musical theater, LADY IN THE DARK - with a book by Moss Hart, music by Kurt Weill, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin - premiered on Broadway in 1941. This critically acclaimed TV production was praised by The...

Thea Sharrock's irresistible new production of Shakespeare's popular romantic comedy stirs wit, sentiment, intrigue and love into a charming confection which challenges the traditional rules of romance. At it's heart, a feisty but feminine Rosalind...

This 1998 Metropolitan Opera production conducted by James Levine stars Placido Domingo, Olga Borodina, and Sergei Leiferkus. Features include superb picture quality, improved audio quality and two Surround Sound options, PCM Stero/Dolby Digital 5.1/DTS.

This timeless Shakepeare comedy focuses on marital fidelity.

The thrilling new Irish dance drama is based on the Celtic Legends' most passionate and enduring love story.

In this play, a father is so infatuated with his step-daughter, that he promises her up to half his kingdom if she performs the libidinous "Dance of the Seven Veils" for him.

A rare opportunity to see Beriosova on film - a combination of story, melodrama and ballet sets the stage for some of Stravinsky's most brilliant music. Sir Robert Helpmann, with his talent for mime, dance and acting was the natural choice to play the...

In June 2001, this South African company's first production, THE MYSTERIES opened at Wilton's Music Hall in London and within a day of the first reviews both productions had sold out. Over the next twelve months THE MYSTERIES became an international hit,...

Experience the event of a lifetime with this spectacular 25th anniversary celebration of one of the most popular musicals ever written, LES MISIRABLES. Honoring 25 years of this incredible show, this momentous film captures the excitement of two...

Performed by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway, this production of Playboy of the Western World was heralded as possibly the most definitive version of Synge's masterpiece. The play is set in a remote inn on the west coast of Ireland at the turn of the...

Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' is regarded as a central work in the canon of American drama. Written in response to the Congressional investigations into American Communism in the 1950's, it is a semi-fictional dramatic play intended to parallel the...