Here we've displayed a list of the best Theater Production films : All About Eve(1950), Every Little Step(2008), The Producers(1968), The Last Metro(1980), Looking for Richard(1996), Moulin Rouge(1952), Strike Up the Band(1940), The Boy Friend(1971), The Last Impresario(2013), Room Service(1938), Prince of Players(1955), Those Lips, Those Eyes(1980) ... ...
Drama
USA
1950
138 Minutes
Bette Davis Anne Baxter Celeste Holm George Sanders Gary Merrill Hugh Marlowe Thelma Ritter Marilyn Monroe Gregory Ratoff Barbara Bates Walter Hampden
actress critic producer writer director witty crafty stage restaurant new york city dressing room household ambition theater production show business quest rivalry 1950s
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Documentary, Music
USA
2008
96 Minutes
Adam Del Deo Candy Ann Brown Michelle Liu Coughlin Mara Davi Natascia Diaz Tyce Diorio Rick Faugno
actor actress dancer singer producer inspiring creative theater backstage stage show business theater production quest 1970s
Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
Comedy
USA
1968
88 Minutes
Zero Mostel Gene Wilder Dick Shawn Kenneth Mars Estelle Winwood Christopher Hewett Andreas Voutsinas Lee Meredith Renee Taylor Frank Campanella
producer accountant playwright actor director hippie hilarious cheeky charming office theater courtroom prison broadway theater theater production nazism scams shady dealings quest fall
A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.
Drama
France
1980
130 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Gérard Depardieu Jean Poiret Heinz Bennent Andréa Ferréol Paulette Dubost Sabine Haudepin Jean-Louis Richard Maurice Risch
theater owner director actress actor designer critic uneasy emotional engaging paris theater montmartre world war ii german occupation love triangle theater production secret performance discovery temptation
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Documentary
USA
1996
109 Minutes
Al Pacino Harris Yulin Penelope Allen Alec Baldwin Kevin Spacey Estelle Parsons Winona Ryder Aidan Quinn
actor al pacino shakespearean scholar richard iii charming offbeat positive engaging backstage theater new york city stage street actors theater production acting william shakespeare quest rise rivalry
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Biography
UK
1952
123 Minutes
Jose Ferrer Zsa Zsa Gabor Colette Marchand Suzanne Flon Katherine Kath Claude Nollier Muriel Smith Georges Lannes Walter Crisham Mary Clare Harold Kasket
poet courtesan duke toulouse-lautrec emotional powerful uplifting paris illness forbidden love theater production death love discovery quest 1890s
Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
120 Minutes
drummer singer band leader teen girl father love interest charming lighthearted high school chicago stage contest theater production school band aspirations daunting task illness quest rise 1940s
Jimmy Connors and his girl-friend want to take part in Paul Whiteman's high-school bands contest, but they cannot afford the fare. But per chance they meet Paul Whiteman in person and are ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA
1971
136 Minutes
Twiggy Christopher Gable Max Adrian Moyra Fraser Bryan Pringle Catherine Willmer Murray Melvin Georgina Hale Sally Bryant Vladek Sheybal Tommy Tune
director actor stage manager chorus girl spectacular campy england small town stage theater production stardom ambition movies song and dance underdog love 1920s
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.
Biography
Australia|UK|USA|France
2013
85 Minutes
actor guest interviewee amusing engaging inspiring positive profound united kingdom documentary filmmaking theater theater production biography discovery adventure 21st century
The most famous person you have never heard of
Comedy
USA
1938
79 Minutes
Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Lucille Ball Ann Miller Frank Albertson Donald MacBride Cliff Dunstan Philip Loeb Philip Wood Alexander Asro
theatrical producer director manager playwright hotel manager detective unrestrained witty hotel new york city ballroom show business broadway theater production debt deception quest pursuit 1930s
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
Biography
USA
1955
102 Minutes
Richard Burton Maggie McNamara John Derek Raymond Massey Charles Bickford Elizabeth Sellars Eva Le Gallienne Bill Walker
actor john wilkes booth alcoholic actress abolitionist wife sad emotional touching maryland san francisco new york city theater graveyard edwin booth theater production tragic death assassination historical events abraham lincoln
A tragic and sentimental story that depicts the early career of the 19th century American actor, Edwin Booth with some mention of the events leading to the assassination of President ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1980
107 Minutes
Frank Langella Glynnis O'Connor Thomas Hulce Kevin McCarthy Jerry Stiller Herbert Berghof Joseph Maher George Morfogen Marshall Colt Anthony Mannino Rose Arrick
actor young man dancer father mother lighthearted emotional ohio theater stage backstage acting theater production romance mentorship love growing up discovery 1950s
Cleveland 1951. Pre-med student Artie Shoemaker dreams not so much of a medical career but a life in the theater, against the wishes of his working class parents. Despite having no ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1960
118 Minutes
Marilyn Monroe Yves Montand Tony Randall Frankie Vaughan Wilfrid Hyde-White David Burns Michael David Mara Lynn Dennis King Jr. Joe Besser Madge Kennedy
billionaire actress beautiful woman publicist amusing playful theater new york city mistaken identity deception romance song and dance wealth theater production love transformation 1960s
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.
Drama
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Adolphe Menjou C. Aubrey Smith Mary Duncan Don Alvarado Richard Carle Tyler Brooke Geneva Mitchell
actress theatrical producer diva uplifting moving manhattan small town theater stage fame aspirations theater production broadway performance transformation rise 1930s
When a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.
Comedy
UK
2008
96 Minutes
Burt Reynolds Camilla Arfwedson Ty Davies Charles Durning Peter Gunn Derek Jacobi Tony Jayawardena Gemma Lawrence Alistair Petrie Kelly Price Michael Wildman
movie star agent client actor actress landlady amusing witty england countryside bed and breakfast theater barn culture clash arrogance life lessons theater production failing career show business fall
A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1941
81 Minutes
Arthur Askey Richard Murdoch Lily Morris Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Peter Gawthorne Kathleen Harrison Felix Aylmer
entertainer agent cook socialite patron singer amusing madcap melodramatic london office air-raid shelter music hall estate underground theater production class distinctions world war ii assumed identity fundraising
Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.
Comedy
UK
1952
81 Minutes
Robert Morley Margaret Rutherford Olive Sloane Kay Kendall Joan Rice Michael Medwin Charlotte Mitchell Liam Gaffney
author wealthy woman theatrical producer actor actress director charming hilarious creative playful england provincial town theater theater theater production acting rehearsal discovery rise transformation
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 »
Musical
USA
1944
114 Minutes
George Murphy Ginny Simms Charles Winninger Gloria DeHaven Nancy Walker Ben Blue Lena Horne Eddie Anderson
producer actress vaudevillian daughter dancer amusing spectacular spirited new york city theater theater production family feud broadway song and dance quest rivalry 1940s
A reluctantly retired vaudevillian clashes with his producer son who thinks his father's entertainment is passe and audiences need something more sophisticated. Meanwhile the producer's father and sister secretly produce their own show.
Comedy
USA
2003
98 Minutes
Alan Rosenberg Stephen Tobolowsky Jillian Armenante Morgan Nagler Ann Hearn Maury Sterling Linda Klein
director actress actor husband wife emotional passionate california stage household marital problems romance theater production acting jealousy love discovery 2000s
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 »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
92 Minutes
William Powell Betsy Drake Mark Stevens Adolphe Menjou Randy Stuart Lloyd Corrigan Hope Emerson Walter Catlett Don Beddoe
actor actress studio head assistant publicist airy lighthearted los angeles hollywood, calif. new york city theater movie studio grauman's chinese theatre fame redemption reconciliation filmmaking comeback theater production fall
Conceited actor Emery Slade, on a mission to recruit a Broadway star for Fox, picks unknown Julie Clarke instead.
Mystery & Thriller
1982
100 Minutes
playwright actress director producer understudy intricate suspenseful crafty new york city broadway theater murder cover-up theater production suicide investigation revenge mystery 1980s
A Broadway playwright (Robert Preston) solves his fiancee's (Lynn Redgrave) death by having suspects read, onstage, the drama of their lives.
Documentary
2003
87 Minutes
Woody Harrelson Cheech Marin Nick Nolte Sean Penn Sheila Tousey
playwright nick nolte sean penn woody harrelson calm moving fascinating san francisco theater backstage theater production sam shepard father/son relationship writer's block performance adventure discovery 2000s
Drama
1975
230 Minutes
Eva Kotamanidou Vangelis Kazan Aliki Georgouli Maria Vassiliou Petros Zarkadis Yannis Firios Nina Papazaphiropoulou Kyriakos Katrivanos Alekos Boubis
actor actress brother sister mother father melodramatic intricate greece island stage theater production traveling performers mother/daughter relationship deception fascism resistance revenge pursuit 1950s
In World War II Greece, a woman (Eva Kotamanidou) and her lover betray her husband, the leader of an acting troupe, then his son avenges him.
Drama
1967
115 Minutes
Ian Richardson Patrick Magee Glenda Jackson Clifford Rose Michael Williams Freddie Jones Hugh Sullivan Jonathan Burn
crazy person writer mental patient director marquis de sade disturbing emotional tense unrestrained mental institution france mental illness social change performance theater production discovery underdog 1800s
The Marquis de Sade (Patrick Magee) directs the patients of Charenton mental hospital in a play about the life of Jean-Paul Marat (Ian Richardson).
History, Drama
2008
120 Minutes
Gérard Jugnot Clovis Cornillac Kad Merad Nora Arnezeder Pierre Richard Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Maxence Perrin François Morel Élisabeth Vitali Christophe Kourotchkine Eric Naggar
singer stage manager landlord son wife radical amusing spectacular charming nightclub paris apartment café neighborhood france music eviction father/son relationship theater production world war ii
In 1936 Paris, three out-of-work friends (Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad) create a musical, struggling with their lack of experience and with a local thug, and they depend on the production raising enough money to buy the theater.