Movies like Curtain Up

20 movies like Curtain Up, ordered by similarity : The Producers(1968), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014), A Bunch of Amateurs(2008), Let's Make Love(1960), The Royal Family of Broadway(1930), Kiss Me Kate(1953), Ready, Willing and Able(1937), Show People(1928), Dancing in the Dark(1949), Synecdoche, New York(2008), The Taste of Others(2000), Give a Girl a Break(1953) ...

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Curtain Up

In a small town in the 1950s, a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's ... See full summary »

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The Producers

A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.

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A Bunch of Amateurs

A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.

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Let's Make Love

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

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The Royal Family of Broadway

Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her ... See full summary »

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Kiss Me Kate

An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.

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Ready, Willing and Able

Two songwriters want to cast a British star in their new show.

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Show People

A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.

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Dancing in the Dark

Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.

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Synecdoche, New York

A theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

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The Taste of Others

The lives of 6 people over 35 in Rouen, France, and their relationship to each other.

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Give a Girl a Break

The star of an upcoming Broadway production, Janet Hallson, walks out during rehersals. The producers of the show, Ted Sturgis, Leo Belney and Bob Dowdy begin to search a replacement. After... See full summary »

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The Disaster Artist

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

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First a Girl

Elizabeth dreams of being a music-hall singer. She gets to know Victor, that quite unexpectedly gets a female part in a music-hall number. He unfortunately finds himself voiceless, so, why wouldn't Elizabeth replace him in it?

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The Matinee Idol

A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.

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Mrs. Henderson Presents

Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.

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Frankie and Johnny Are Married

Television director and producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife, Lisa Chess. But their attempts to stage the play and work... See full summary »

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The Dresser

Rattled by World War II, an English actor (Albert Finney) could not go on without his fussy valet (Tom Courtenay).

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Gold Diggers of 1933

A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.

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Star Dust

Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »

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