Category Archives: Musical
The Princess and the Frog
Release 2009
Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Writers: Ron Clements, John Musker, Rob Edwards, Greg Erb, Jason Oremland, Don Hall, E.D. Baker, Chris Ure, Jared Stern, Dean Wellins, Will Csaklos, Ralph Eggleston
Stars: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780521/
A fairy tale set in Jazz Age-era New Orleans and centered on a young woman named Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again.
Tangled
Release 2010
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Writers: Dan Fogelman, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Dean Wellins
Stars: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, M.C. Gainey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/
The magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
Shrek the Musical
Release 2013
Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Michael John Warren, Jason Moore
Writers: William Steig, David Lindsay-Abaire
Stars: Brian d'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber, Daniel Breaker, John Tartaglia
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3070936/
Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek!
Burlesque
Release 2010
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Director: Steve Antin
Stars: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1126591/
A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
The Muppets
Release 2011
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Director: James Bobin
Writers: Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller, Jim Henson
Stars: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Steve Whitmire
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204342/
With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon.
Metallica Through the Never
Release 2013
Genre Musical
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Director: Nimród Antal
Writers: Nimród Antal, Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich
Stars: Dane DeHaan, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2172935/
Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.
The Help
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical
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Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Tate Taylor, Kathryn Stockett
Stars: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454029/
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Sleeping Beauty
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Casper Van Dien
Writers: R. Dessertine, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Casper Van Dien
Stars: Michael York, Finn Jones, Grace Van Dien, Catherine Oxenberg, Casper Van Dien
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3343136/
When a young Prince and his trusted aid learn of a beautiful Princess's cursed eternal slumber, they embark on a journey to rescue her. They must battle an evil queen and legions of undead monsters before she will be free.
Frozen
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Writers: Jennifer Lee, Hans Christian Andersen, Chris Buck, Shane Morris, Dean Wellins
Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Rio
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
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Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Carlos Saldanha, Earl Richey Jones, Todd R. Jones, Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, J.R. Ventimilia, Sam Harper
Stars: Karen Disher, Jason Fricchione, Sofia Scarpa Saldanha, Leslie Mann, Kelly Keaton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1436562/
When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.