Movies and TvShows featuring "based-on-stage-musical-based-on-stage-play" theme.

Two rival gangs in New York City, the Jets and the Sharks, engage in a fight set to music. Amidst the conflict, Tony and Maria, members of the rival gangs, fall in love. However, their love is threatened by the animosity between their friends, leading to a tragic outcome.

In 1890s New York, matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi is hired to find a wife for wealthy merchant Horace Vandergelder. Along the way, she meddles with the lives of others and finds herself falling in love.

Kiss Me Kate follows the story of a divorced duo of stage actors who find themselves entangled in a romantic and professional mess while performing a musical version of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. As tensions rise and old feelings resurface, the pair must navigate through backstage drama and comedic mishaps to deliver a successful show.

Cabaret is a 1993 musical film based on the stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novella 'Goodbye to Berlin'. The film takes place in 1931 Berlin, where an American cabaret singer and an English academic find themselves drawn into the wild and unpredictable world of the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightclub presided over by the enigmatic Master of Ceremonies.

In Mame, a young boy named Patrick goes to live with his wealthy and influential aunt, Mame, in 1930s New York City. Mame is a free-spirited and eccentric woman who introduces Patrick to a world of adventure and excitement. Together, they navigate the ups and downs of life during the Great Depression, experiencing everything from department store escapades to fox hunts. Mame's unconventional lifestyle and unbreakable spirit leave a lasting impact on Patrick as he grows up in a world full of snobs and social conventions.

A love triangle unfolds in the Oklahoma territory as a cowboy and a farmhand compete for the affections of a young woman.

Purlie is set in the American South and follows a minister who poses as a sharecropper and leads a group of African-American residents in their fight against racial injustice. The film is based on a stage musical and explores themes of prejudice, identity, and the power of redemption.

In this backstage musical comedy, a divorced couple who are both performers in a Broadway show must pretend to be in love to save their careers. Chaos ensues as they navigate their personal and professional lives, with hilarious and heartwarming results.

A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as "escorts" for the weekend. Complications ensue when the husbands show up unexpectedly.