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Plot Summary:
Live From Lincoln Center is an ongoing series of musical performances produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Thirteen/WNET in New York City. A series of concerts, ballets, operas, and recitals telecast, as the title says, live from Lincoln Center, it was created and developed by Executive Producer John Goberman and premiered on January 30, 1976 with a concert featuring André Previn and Van Cliburn. It is aired by PBS stations nationwide periodically rather than on a regular schedule. It has presented historic performances by such artists as Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Sir James Galway, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Audra McDonald, the New York City Ballet, the Mark Morris Dance Group, the American Ballet Theatre, the New York Philharmonic, and the New York City Opera to millions of home viewers. It has won thirteen Emmy Awards and fifty-three Emmy Award nominations, as well as two George Foster Peabody Awards. Two recordings made from concerts presented on the show have won Grammy awards. Announcer Martin Bookspan was with the program from its premiere in 1976 until his 2006 retirement, when Fred Child, announcer for NPR's Performance Today, took over. Several personalities, among them Dick Cavett, Hugh Downs, Sam Waterston, Garrick Utley, Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, and Beverly Sills, have served as host for the series, with Downs staying the longest. Ms. Sills was the host from 2000 until two months before her death in 2007. In recent years the host position has been filled by artists such as Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Lesley Stahl. The program was principally directed by Kirk Browning from its inception in 1976 until 2008. Since 2008 Alan Skog has been primary director.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: anthology, serious, captivating, realistic
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Kylie Minogue: Aphrodite Les Folies Live in London (2011)
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For three decades, Kylie Minogue has been one of the world’s most successful music stars. Now, the queen of pop’s most extravagant stage show to date comes to Sky 1 HD and Sky 3D in Kylie Live In 2011: Aphrodite Les Folies on Sunday 19 June. Recorded at London’s O2 Arena in April 2011, Aphrodite Les Folies is a spectacle to behold. Featuring performance of tracks from the star’s latest album, Aphrodite, including Get Outta My Way, Closer and Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love), as well as classic anthems such as Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, On a Night Like This and Better The Devil You Know, this live concert sees Minogue at her best.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: concert film
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
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The Chinese consider the lion a symbol of good luck, so it's a half-dragon, half-lion – a dralion – that is the symbol of the East-meets-West fusion of this performance in which 36 Chinese acrobats join the renowned Canadian troupe. Celebrating the four elements as represented in four colours – blue (air), green (water), red (fire) and ochre (earth) – Dralion combines ancient Chinese circus traditions with Cirque du Soleil's usual stunning elements: the techno-oriented single ring; the multicoloured lights and costumes; the music that mixes rock, New Age and various world influences (though not Chinese); and the madcap clowns that pull a victim out of the audience.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, stylized
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Music
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, game show, sexy, humorous, realistic, not serious
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IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating
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IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
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Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: realistic, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, gloomy, period drama, iconic
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: stylized, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
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IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Musical
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
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IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: stylized, lyrical, sexy, clever, captivating, emotional, cult classic, sincere, touching, humorous
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 29 min
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Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, serious, semi serious
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
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An extensive biopic of one of the most famous entertainers of the 20th century - Frank Sinatra. The only thing that could engage the public more than his songs and films was his sometimes controversial private life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 250 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, iconic, nostalgic
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
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Plot Summary:
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
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