1993: Crash Test Dummies: “MMM MMM MMM MMM”, director unknown.
1993: Crash Test Dummies: “God Shuffled His Feet”, director unknown.
1994: “Weird Al” Yankovic: “Headline News”, director unknown:
1995: Joan Osborne: “One of Us”, director unknown (not a school play, but relevant):
1996: Smashing Pumpkins: “Tonight, Tonight”, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. (Again, not a school play, but relevant.)
1998: Björk: “Bachelorette”, directed by Michel Gondry:
1999: The Max Fischer Players Present the MTV Movie Awards, directed by Wes Anderson:
2001: The Avalanches: “Frontier Psychiatrist”, directed by Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire:
2001: The Royal Tenenbaums, directed by Wes Anderson: Margot’s play, “The Levinsons in the Trees” (see 6:50–7:00 in the clip below) and the overall aesthetic of the film, are worth noting—indeed, Anderson is probably more responsible than anyone for popularizing the play concept:
2005: HORSE The Band: “Birdo”, directed by Darren Doane:
2005: The Decemberists: “Sixteen Military Wives”, directed by Aaron Stewart:
2006: Danielson: “Did I Step on Your Trumpet?”, directed by Christian Palladino:
2006: My Barbarian: “Unicorns L.A.”, directed by Jim Hansen (also not a school play, but relevant):
2006: The Shins: “Phantom Limb”, directed by Patrick Daughters:
2007: Of Montreal: “Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse”, directed by The Brothers Chaps:
2007: Snow Patrol: “Signal Fire”, directed by Paul McGuigan:
2007: Los Campesinos, “The International Tweexcore Underground”, director unknown:
2007: Mastodon: “Sleeping Giant”, directed by Roboshobo. (Also not a school play, but relevant.)
And more recently:
2009: Fefe Dobson: “Everything”, directed by Chris Robinson:
2009: Lil Wayne: “Prom Queen”, directed by Dave Meyers, Dwayne Carter, Panzervision:
Getting slicker?