音乐剧《摇滚红与黑》改编自法国著名作家司汤达脍炙人口的名著《红与黑》。于连（Côme 饰）是维里埃小城一个木匠的儿子，从小希望借助个人的奋斗跻身上流社会。因为精通拉丁文，于连被选入市长家做家庭教师。于连与市长夫人德瑞那（Haylen 饰）互生好感。两人关系败露后，在神学院院长的举荐下，于连成为了侯爵的私人秘书，又与侯爵女儿玛蒂尔德有了私情。但在教会的策划下，德瑞那夫人被迫写了一封信揭发于连，让于连的前途毁于一旦。恼羞成怒的于连开枪打伤了德瑞那夫人因而走上断头台。

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.