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Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

Daug žadantis rašytojas Bertranas, netikėtai įstringa nedideliame Prancūzijos miestelyje. Kamuojamas depresijos ir kūrybinių kančių, jis susipažįsta su paslaptinga ir seksualumu spinduliuojančia Eva. Bertranas atsiduoda likimui ir naujai sutiktai nepažįstamai mūzai, bet jis net neįsivaizduoja į kokį pavojingą žaidimą yra įtraukiamas. Šlovės ir savo egoizmo apakintas, jis negalvodamas paklūsta žaidimo taisyklėms ir visomis išgalėmis stengiasi pats patirti savo naujojo ir šokiruojančio romano siužeto vingius. Pagrindine jo rašomos knygos heroje tampa Eva.

Ne pirmos jaunystės turtuolis, tikras šelmis Haris Sanbornas, kurį tobulai vaidina Jack Nicholson, yra užkietėjęs viengungis, į pasimatymus vaikščiojantis tik su tomis gražuolėmis, kurių amžius nesiekia 30 metų. Kartą Haris nutarė praleisti romantišką savaitgalį su naująja meilute Marina (Amanda Peet) jos mamos namuose ant jūros kranto. Viskas klostėsi sklandžiai, tačiau staiga Haris pajuto skausmus nejauname kūne ir tai netradicinę porelę nejuokais išgąsdino. Laimei, Marinos mama Erika (Diane Keaton), išsiskyrusi, sėkmingai dirbanti dramaturgė, sutinka slaugyti švelnų širdies smūgį patyrusį dukros draugą, su kuriuo susipažįsta gana keistomis aplinkybėmis – aptikdama vyruką vienais apatiniais savo namuose. Haris ir Erika vis dažniau lieka vieni, ir nejučia Sanbornas suvokia, kad per 30 tikrai jau perkopusi Marinos mama jį domina labiau, nei jis, galbūt, to norėtų…

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.

XVI-ojo amžiaus Londonas. Rašant pjesę “Romeo ir Etelė, pirato duktė”, jaunąjį dramaturgą Viljamą Šekspyrą (akt. Joseph Fiennes) ištinka kūrybinė krizė. Negana to, jam nesiseka rasti aktoriaus, kuris atliktų pagrindinį vaidmenį jo naujajame spektaklyje. Vos jis susipažista su vienu idealiai vaidmeniui tinkančiu jaunuoliu, pastarasis dingsta lyg į vandenį. Tačiau jaunojo dramaturgo gyvenimas ima taisytis, kai jis sutinka nepaprasto grožio merginą vardu Viola. Pamilęs ją, Šekspyras sužino, kad jam patikęs aktorius ir yra persirengusi Viola, metusi iššūkį tuometiniam draudimui moterims vaidinti teatre.

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.

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

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.

Jaunas bei talentingas dramaturgas parašo pjesę, tačiau pinigų pastatymui, kaip ir visuomet - nėra. Į pagalbą ateina garsus Niujorko gangsteris, siūlydamas pinigus, tačiau tuo pačiu reikalaudamas, kad pagrindinį vaidmenį atliktų jo nevykėlė draugužė. Pjesės autorius atsiduria prie regis neišsprendžiamą dilemą: yra pinigai - yra nevykusi aktorė. Nėra nevykėlės aktorės - nėra pjesės.

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

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.

Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.

A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belong to her.

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

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.