Musicals & Performing Arts

Music & Musicals Essentials: Modern Musicals

Whether they made their way to the big screen via Broadway, The Disney Channel, the greatest rock and roll band of our time or an earnest Irish indie rocker, these modern musicals might be as far from Rodgers & Hammerstein as you can imagine, but they'll still make you want to sing along into your remote control. Check out our list of Essential Modern Musicals on DVD, including:

• Across the Universe
• High School Musical
• Once

›Essential Modern Musical DVDs

Another Cinderella Story on DVD or Blu-ray

Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) and Drew Seeley (High School Musical: The Concert) sing and dance up a storm in Another Cinderella Story, a modern take on a classic tale. It's available now on DVD or Blu-ray.

Rodgers & Hammerstein Musicals

It's always a beautiful morning with the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein, the terrific twosome responsible for such favorites as The Sound of Music and Oklahoma! Treat yourself to many enchanted evenings.

›Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals

From Broadway to Big Screen: Musicals on DVD

With Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, and other movies now on DVD, it's time to look at your favorite movie musicals that originated on the Great White Way.

• DVD, including The Sound of Music and Grease
• Blu-ray, including The Phantom of the Opera and Rent