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  • Kagero-za

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    A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron’s deceased wife.

  • Prick Up Your Ears

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    When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.

  • Bullets Over Broadway

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    After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick’s girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she’s a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame…

  • Last Summer in the Hamptons

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    Helena Mora, the head of an eccentric theatrical family, has decided to sell her large estate in the Hamptons because of her recent money troubles. Before she completes the sale, she wants to have one last gathering of family and friends, with dramatic performances. Bringing everyone together, though, creates rivalries and tension, especially for Oona,…

  • Chuck & Buck

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    Chuck and Buck are childhood best friends whose lives have taken very different paths. While Chuck moved away and now has a real life, Buck stayed behind and developed a dangerous fixation—on Chuck’s life.

  • Illuminata

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    It’s the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, “Illuminata”. They reject it, saying it’s not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents

  • Shakespeare in Love

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    Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, “Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter,” before it’s even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare’s comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

  • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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    A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the “Yaya sisterhood” – long time friends of the mother.

  • Something’s Gotta Give

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    When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother’s beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry’s sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart…

  • Moliere

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    Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière’s theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise, hilarity ensues.

  • Wet Woman in the Wind

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    Dissipated Tokyo playwright, Kosuke has retreated to the countryside after deciding that he’s done with women, but the indefatigable cat-in-heat Shiori has other ideas, clinging to Kosuke like his shadow.

  • Past Lives

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    Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

  • Blithe Spirit

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    A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.