“Here’s to the fools who dream.”
In 2026, Arts Center Lake Placid celebrates the Movie Musical on the Annex screen! From timeless classics to modern favorites, from stage-to-screen and back again, we’re showcasing the very best of the genre. Broadway goes to Hollywood!
La La Land (2016)
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone star in this soaring, toe-tapping modern musical about love, ambition, and the highs and lows of chasing your dreams in the City of Stars.
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Directed by Damien Chazelle
Written by Damien Chazelle
Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and Rosemarie DeWitt
Runtime: 128 minutes
Rated PG-13
