Obupani gledališki producent Max Bialystock in kreativni računovodja Leopold Bloom se domislita nenavadne finančne prevare. Če poiščeta veliko investitorjev za odrsko predstavo, ki ne bo pritegnila nobenih gledalcev, nihče ne bo slutil, da predstava prinaša dobiček. Zmago zavohata, ko najdeta scenarij za muzikal, ki nosi naslov »Hitlerjeva pomlad« in poveličuje nacizem. Pri produkciji zaposlita najslabše kadre in maneta roke nad največjo polomijo vseh časov. Njuni načrti gredo po zlu, ko se polomija izkaže za uspešnico!
Nora in Hae Sung, dve globoko povezana prijatelja iz otroštva, se ločita, potem ko se Norina družina izseli iz Južne Koreje. 20 let pozneje se znova združita v enem usodnem tednu, ko se soočita s predstavami o ljubezni in usodi.
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.
Harry Sanborn (Nicholson) je večni samec, ki hodi na zmenke le z ženskami pod 30. letom. Ko želi preživeti romantični vikend s svojim najnovejšim dekletom Marin (Peet) v hiši njene mame, ga začne boleti v prsih. Marinina mama Erica Berry (Keaton), uspešna in ločena pisateljica, z odporom privoli, da ga bo negovala, dokler ne ozdravi.
Harry na svoje presenečenje ugotovi, da ga Erica privlači. Navkljub njeni začetni sovražnosti do Harryja, se nepričakovano zaljubi vanj. Za Erico se začne zanimati tudi Harryjev očarljivi 30-letni zdravnik, Julian Mercer (Reeves), kar stvari dodatno zaplete.
Ko se Harry postavi na noge, se vrne domov in vse je spet po starem.
Kmalu ugotovi, da čustva do Erice le niso izginila, in da bo moral pošteno spremeniti svoje življenje, če jo bo hotel dobiti nazaj.
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.
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.
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.
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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.
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise.
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 who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.
A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm and becomes obsessed with her.
An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Film, posnet po resničnih dogodkih iz poznih 60. let v Italiji. Pesnik, dramatik in mirmekolog Aldo Braibanti je preganjan in obsojen na zapor zaradi ljubezni, ki si jo deli s svojim komaj polnoletnim učencem in prijateljem Ettorejem. Sredi zbora glasov obtožnikov, podpornikov in večinoma hinavske javnosti se en sam predani novinar loti naloge sestavljanja resnice med tajnostjo in željo, pri tem pa se sooča s sumom in cenzuro.
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
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.