The Stage on Screen

Looking for a good flick for the cast party? Try one of these with your friends and see if you can resist singing along!

Camp (2003)

Students find their home at a performing arts summer camp, performing a new play every two weeks, and discover themselves while helping a washed-up playwright to rediscover his voice.
 

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

Lindsay Lohan stars in this adaptation of Dyan Sheldon's novel about a dramatic teen girl transplanted to the suburbs of New Jersey, where she competes with the local popular girl for the lead in the school play.

Fame (1982), also a TV series (1982-87)

The original classic, with a TV spinoff and a 2009 remake. Students at a NYC performing art school face both the pressures of real life and the difficulties of making it big.

High School Musical (2006)

The first in the Disney channel movie series, Troy and Gabriella abandon their previous social circles to compete against the reigning Drama Queen Sharpay and her brother Ryan for parts in the high school musical.