American theatre
Explore our diverse collection celebrating American theatre, with a mix of iconic works by great American playwrights and contemporary hits set across the United States.
With historical dramas such as The Grapes of Wrath, the Broadway phenomenon Waitress: The Musical and gripping stories of social conflict such as Best of Enemies. These plays bring the heart of American storytelling to the stage.
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Waitress: The Musical
Movie + 10 extras
Waitress: The Musical brings the Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon to National Theatre at Home. Featuring composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles as Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage.
When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a c...
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Trouble in Mind
Movie + 9 extras
Watch the National Theatre play Trouble in Mind with National Theatre at Home.
In 1950s America, protests for racial equality erupt in the face of voter suppression.
On Broadway, Wiletta Mayer, a talented black actress, begins rehearsals for a new play about racism – written and directed by t...
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The Grapes of Wrath
Movie + 12 extras
The great American novel reimagined.
Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new life in California.
Their story is one of false hopes, wrong turns and broken dreams, but also a hymn to huma...
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Blues for an Alabama Sky
Movie + 10 extras
Stream The National Theatre play Blues for an Alabama Sky with a theatre subscription from National Theatre at Home.
‘To realise our dreams, we must wake up.’
New York, 1930. Following a decade of creative explosion, the Harlem Renaissance is starting to feel the bite of the Great Depression....
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A View from the Bridge
Movie + 9 extras
Watch A View From The Bridge, a play by Arthur Miller streamed by National Theatre at Home.
What is A View From The Bridge about?
In Brooklyn, Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom come...
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Best of Enemies
Movie + 9 extras
Stream theatre online and watch Best of Enemies the play with Zachary Quinto and David Harewood.
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become th...
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All My Sons
Movie + 10 extras
Watch All My Sons the play with a theatre subscription from National Theatre at Home.
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business.
But nothing lasts forever, and...
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All About Eve
Movie + 10 extras
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Gillian Anderson (A Streetcar Name Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia!) lead in All About Eve.
Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always... -
Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches
Movie + 10 extras
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, six New Yorkers with interconnected lives grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell.
The Angels in America cast includes Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Denise Gough and Russell To...
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Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
Movie + 11 extras
Watch Andrew Garfield in the play Angels in America part two with National Theatre at Home.
This is part two of the part one play.
As the play continues, Part Two picks up the threads of our six New Yorkers whose relationships are in tatters and fates are rapidly intertwining.
Prior, Joe, ...
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie + 9 extras
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Watch Cat on a Hot Tin Roof the stage play with National Theatre at Home.
A Mississippi family gather at their country property to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The...
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Ugly Lies the Bone
Movie + 11 extras
Watch Ugly Lies The Bone online with National Theatre at Home.
‘Beauty is but skin deep, ugly lies the bone; beauty dies and fades away, but ugly holds its own.’
After three tours in Afghanistan, Jess finally returns to Florida. In a small town on the Space Coast, as the final shuttle is abo... -
Red
Movie + 10 extras
Under the watchful gaze of his young assistant, and the threatening presence of a new generation of artists, Mark Rothko takes on his greatest challenge yet: to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.
Michael Grandage directs the first West End revival of the multi-Tony Award win...
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The Crucible
Movie + 15 extras
Watch The Crucible play online with National Theatre at Home.
What is The Crucible about?
Speak of the devil and he appears.
A witch hunt is beginning in Salem.
Raised to be seen and not heard, a group of young women suddenly find their words have a terrible power.
As a climate of fear spre...