David Alan Grier

Staying true to the groundbreaking Broadway show that put a vivid urban spin on the land of Oz. Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the original hit Broadway show became a cultural touchstone that also spawned the classic film. Here a Tony-winning creative team has brought together the imaginative acrobats of Cirque du Soleil and a cast of extraordinary singers and dancers to create an exciting new version of the show unlike anything...

"The story of Akeem Sharp, set to be Jamaica's next track and field sensation, [who] hopes a rise will take him to the U.S. so he may reunite with his mother who has supported their family while living as an illegal resident for over a decade. But Akeem's rising star is weighed down by turmoil at home: a volatile father alongside an unruly older brother who integrates himself into Akeem's career as a means of escaping, or enhancing, his scam artist...

The good...the bad...the Twitchy. The sequel finds our heroine, Red (Hayden Panettiere), training with a mysterious covert group called the Sisters of the Hood. But Red is forced to cut her training short when she gets an urgent call from Nicky Flippers (David Ogden Stiers), the head of the super secret Happily Ever After Agency, aka the HEA. A wicked witch (Joan Cusack) has abducted two innocent children, Hansel (Bill Hader) and Gretel (Amy Poehler),...

A live broadcast of the Broadway show A Christmas story: the musical in which Ralphie wishes for nothing more than a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas.

The game will never be the same in this outrageous spoof comedy about a young man named JoJo (Kevin Hart) who finds himself in over his head as he struggles to take over his uncle's "escort" business. JoJo's up against tough competition from Sexy Silk (Clifton Powell), who has already cornered the market, and has to deal with the local police, who just want a piece of the action.

A young girl must deal with a mother who is on drugs, a father who is a pimp, and a home that is always filled with seedy characters, where she must help raise her two younger sisters.

Megan is a suburban teen who has to move to the inner city after her mother's death. Along with the move, Megan loses her dreams of training for a career in professional ballet. She is forced to attend an inner-city high school where she meets Thomas, a young hip-hop dancer from the wrong side of the tracks. With a new crew of friends, this suburban girl with street 'cred' will step up her game and achieve her dreams.

The show bridged the gap between black and white audiences by at once exploiting stereotypes and then proving how ridiculous they could be, without being politically correct or preachy, and never without the aid of top-notch humor. The writing was spectacular, each of the performers were incredibly talented, and the chemistry between them showed. The first season of the comedy show that crossed every line with their crude humor and introduced a new...

A candid portrait of Melvin Van Peeble's struggles as a young, black director during the society-shifting 70's. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin deals with two-faced backers, a rag-tag crew, threatening creditors, and various shades of Hollywood hypocrisy. With everything on the line, his only choice is to stick to his guns and do whatever it takes to get his neo-blaxploitation epic to the audience for which it was envisioned.