Movies and TvShows featuring "based-on-a-broadway-musical" theme.

In 1962 Baltimore, Tracy Turnblad, a passionate and optimistic teenager, becomes a sensation after joining a local TV dance show. Through her journey, she challenges racial segregation and fights for integration, inspiring others to embrace equality and acceptance.

Sweeney Todd, a barber wrongly imprisoned, seeks revenge on the judge who took away his wife and child. With the help of Mrs. Lovett, he lures his victims into her pie shop where she bakes them into pies.

National Theatre Live: Follies is a movie that showcases a filmed version of the Broadway musical Follies. The story revolves around the reunion of former showgirls from the fictional Weismann's Follies, held at a crumbling Broadway theater before its demolition. As the characters reminisce and confront their past, the show explores themes of regret, lost love, and the passage of time.

I Married an Angel is a romantic comedy film about a playboy who marries a heavenly angel. The angel, sent to Earth to bring joy and love, transforms the man's life and teaches him the true meaning of happiness.

Lady in the Dark follows the story of a magazine editor, Liza Elliott, who is tormented by high anxiety and complicated personal relationships. Through her sessions with a psychoanalyst, she explores her dreams and past traumas, leading to a profound transformation and resolvement. This surreal musical portrays themes of deception, remorse, redemption, and glamour in the 1940s.