Crash Course Theater and Drama

Národní divadlo: Mýtus a realita

July 2025 •Czech

Semafor atd.

July 2025 •Czech

Národní divadlo, jak je neznáte

July 2025 •Czech

Broadway: The American Musical

July 2025 •English

This six part documentary miniseries presents the evolution of the Broadway musical from its inception in 1893 to current day 2004. It presents those influential players both on stage and behind the scenes, as well as a variety of influential Broadway shows, a handful which are known to have transformed the musical into what the audience knows it to be today.

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

July 2025 •German

"The Century of the Theater" - From the "birth of the director" to the "heroes of modernity" - an overview of the world of theater - illuminates the interaction with the history of the past hundred years is also shown.

Mierda Mierda, la función debe continuar

July 2025 •Spanish

Documentary series that takes a nostalgic journey through decades of Chilean theater and its history.

In Search of Shakespeare

July 2025 •English

Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action interviews and specially shot documentary and live action sequences with the RSC on the road. A history series - it focuses not on the plays, but on the history and sets the life of the poet in the extraordinary times in which he lived. We are introduced to the dark world of Queen Elizabeth's police state - a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. We are reminded that Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, the colonisation of the New World and the beginnings of British power in America. But most importantly Shakespeare also lived through England’s Cultural Revolution: an enforced split with the old medieval English spirit world which was to lead the English people into a brave new Protestant future.

Larga vida al teatro

July 2025 •Spanish

Musical Comedy Time

July 2025 •English

Musical Comedy Time is a series of live hour-long adaptations of Broadway musical comedies and standard operettas that aired on NBC from October 2, 1950 to March 19, 1951.

BEASTARS

July 2025 •Japanese

In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.

Act of Faith

July 2025 •English

"Act of Faith" is a musical comedy series about the chaos that ensues in the community around a religious youth theatre organization when one of the company's administrative employees is outed as a gay man.

Love for Ten: Generation of Youth

July 2025 •Korean

Romantic story where Gi Eok, without love experience, wants to give his heart to his college princess Min A.

The Best of Broadway

July 2025 •English

The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute television anthology series telecast live on CBS from 1954 to 1955 for a total of 9 episodes.

Hairspray: The School Musical

July 2025 •English

One unsuspecting London high school is presented with the challenge of a lifetime: to audition, rehearse and perform a West End worthy performance of 'Hairspray' in one summer holiday.

Un paso adelante

July 2025 •Spanish

Un Paso Adelante was a Spanish TV drama similar to the American 1980’s TV series Fame. It was originally broadcast on Spanish channel Antena 3 from 2002 to 2005. It has also been a huge success in Spanish-speaking countries, in Germany, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro and in France. It began airing on Séries+ in Canada in 2011.

Tsuyokiss

July 2025 •Japanese

Sunao Konoe is very lively high school student who dreams of becoming a professional actress. After changing schools, she wants to establish a drama club in order to follow the path of acting, but she is constantly denied by the student council president.

Legally Blonde – The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods

July 2025 •English

Legally Blonde — The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods is an MTV program created in order to cast an actress to replace Laura Bell Bundy in the role of Elle Woods in the Broadway production of Legally Blonde – The Musical. The show debuted on June 2, 2008. The winner of the show, Bailey Hanks, in addition to being cast in the role, was given the opportunity to record her own single of the musical's first-act closer, "So Much Better". The show concluded on July 21, 2008. Autumn Hurlbert was the runner up. She served as Hanks' understudy and performed in the ensemble of the show. Bundy's last performance in the musical was on July 20, 2008. Hanks began performances on July 23, 2008 and remained with the show until it closed on October 19, 2008. Two other show finalists — Rhiannon Hansen and Lauren Zakrin, performed in the Legally Blonde National tour. Hansen played Margot in the musical and Zakrin performed in the ensemble as well serving as understudy to Becky Gulsvig as Elle Woods. The show began with 15 contestants. All except the winner were eliminated over nine episodes, in which they performed songs and faced other challenges. A three-judge panel made the elimination decisions. Most episodes involved a small prize for the winner of the challenge.

Complete Works

July 2025 •English

Comedy series set in the world of a collegiate Shakespeare competition. Hal, a Shakespeare-obsessed Midwesterner, makes it to the finals only to discover that the road to victory is often paved with douchebag-ery.

Karaoke

July 2025 •English

Daniel Feeld, writer of the film Karaoke, starts to believe that his characters are coming alive.

The Stage Door

July 2025 •English

The Stage Door is an American drama series that aired live on CBS Tuesday night from 9:00 pm to 9:30 eastern time from February 7, 1950 to March 28, 1950. Based on the play The Stage Door by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman.