Musical Lists

100+ Musicals Based on Movies – The Full List

Due to life events, finances, location, or lack of time, live theatre isn’t always available to us. But isn’t it amazing that there are also tons of amazing movie-related musical adaptations that we can enjoy in the meantime? Here are some of the best musicals based on movies out there, along with links to the exact ones they’re based on!


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Contents:

Golden Age Musicals Based on Movies

1960s Musicals

1970s Musicals

1980s Musicals

1990s Musicals

2000s Musicals

2010s Musicals

2020s Musicals


Golden Age Musicals (1940-1959)

Destry Rides Again

Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome  Book: Leonard Gershe

Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)

Movie It’s Based On: Destry Rides Again➝


Hazel Flagg

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics: Bob Hilliard  Book: Ben Hecht

Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)

Movie It’s Based On: Nothing Sacred➝


Silk Stockings

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)

Movie It’s Based On: Ninotchka➝


Post-Golden Age Musicals (1960s)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill  Adaptation: Edward Albee

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)

Movie It’s Based On: Breakfast at Tiffany’s➝


Calamity Jane

Music: Sammy Fain  Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster  Adaptation: Ronald Hanmer, Phil Park

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)

Movie It’s Based On: Calamity Jane➝


Carnival!

Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill  Book: Michael Stewart

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)

Movie It’s Based On: Lili➝


Golden Rainbow

Music/Lyrics: Walter Marks  Book: Ernest Kinoy

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)

Movie It’s Based On: A Hole in the Head➝


Henry, Sweet Henry

Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill  Book: Nunnally Johnson

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)

Movie It’s Based On: The World of Henry Orient➝

*This musical is also based on the book, The World of Henry Orient➝.


Illya Darling

Music: Manos Hadjidakis  Lyrics: Joe Darion  Book: Jules Dassin

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)

Movie It’s Based On: Never on Sunday➝


Miracle on 34th Street (Here’s Love)

Music/Lyrics/Book: Meredith Willson

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)

Movie It’s Based On: Miracle on 34th Street➝


Promises, Promises

Music: Burt Bacharach  Lyrics: Hal David  Book: Neil Simon

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)

Movie It’s Based On: The Apartment➝


Sweet Charity

Music: Cy Coleman  Lyrics: Dorothy Fields  Book: Neil Simon

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)

Movie It’s Based On: Nights of Cabiria➝


1970s Musicals

Applause

Music: Charles Strouse  Lyrics: Lee Adams  Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)

Movie It’s Based On: All About Eve➝


Bugsy Malone

Music/Lyrics: Paul Williams  Book: Alan Parker

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)

Movie It’s Based On: Bugsy Malone➝


Carmelina

Music: Burton Lane  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner  Book: Joseph Stein

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)

Movie It’s Based On: Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell➝


Shenandoah

Music: Gary Geld  Lyrics/Book: Peter Udell  Book: Philip Rose, James Lee Barrett

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)

Movie It’s Based On: Shenandoah➝


Sugar

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics: Bob Merrill  Book: Peter Stone

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1972)

Movie It’s Based On: Some Like It Hot➝


1980s Musicals

Fame

Music: Steve Margoshes  Lyrics: Jacques Levy  Book: José Fernandez

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)

Movie It’s Based On: Fame➝


Legs Diamond

Music/Lyrics: Peter Allen  Book: Harvey Fierstein, Charles Suppon

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)

Movie It’s Based On: The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond➝


Little Shop of Horrors

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1982)

Movie It’s Based On: Little Shop of Horrors➝


Meet Me in St. Louis

Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane  Book: Hugh Wheeler

Musical Type: 1944 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1989)

Movie It’s Based On: Meet Me in St. Louis➝


Nine

Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston  Book: Arthur Kopit

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1982)

Movie It’s Based On: 8 1/2➝


Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Music/Lyrics: Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn  Lyrics: Johnny Mercer  Book: Lawrence Kasha, David Landay

Musical Type: 1954 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1982)

Movie It’s Based On: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers➝


Singin’ in the Rain

Music/Lyrics: Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed  Book: Adolph Green, Betty Comden

Musical Type: 1952 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1983)

Movie It’s Based On: Singin’ in the Rain➝


Smile

Music: Marvin Hamlisch  Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1986)

Movie It’s Based On: Smile➝


The Wizard of Oz

Music/Lyrics: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg  Music: Herbert Stothart  Book: L. Frank Baum, John Kane

Musical Type: 1939 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1987)

Movie It’s Based On: The Wizard of Oz➝

* This musical is also based on the book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz➝.


The Wizard of Oz

Music: Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart  Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Yip Harburg, Tim Rice  Book: Jeremy Sams

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: The Wizard of Oz➝

* This musical is also based on the book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz➝.


Woman of the Year

Music: John Kander  Lyrics: Fred Ebb  Book: Peter Stone

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1981)

Movie It’s Based On: Woman of the Year➝


1990s Musicals

Big

Music: David Shire  Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.  Book: John Weidman

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)

Movie It’s Based On: Big➝


Busker Alley

Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman  Book: A.J. Carothers

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)

Movie It’s Based On: St. Martin’s Lane➝


Doctor Dolittle

Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)

Movie It’s Based On: Doctor Dolittle➝


Footloose

Music: Tom Snow  Lyrics/Book: Dean Pitchford  Book: Walter Bobbie

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)

Movie It’s Based On: Footloose➝


High Society

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead  Book: Arthur Kopit

Musical Type: 1956 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1997)

Movie It’s Based On: High Society➝


My Favorite Year

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Joseph Dougherty

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)

Movie It’s Based On: My Favorite Year➝


Passion

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: James Lapine

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1994)

Movie It’s Based On: Passione d’Amore➝

* This musical is also based on the book, Fosca


Reefer Madness

Music/Book: Dan Studney  Lyrics/Book: Kevin Murphy

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)

Movie It’s Based On: Reefer Madness➝


State Fair

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II  Book: Tom Briggs, Louis Mattioli

Musical Type: 1945 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1996)

Movie It’s Based On: State Fair➝

* This musical is also based on the book, State Fair➝


Sunset Boulevard

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1991)

Movie It’s Based On: Sunset Boulevard➝


The Fields of Ambrosia

Music: Martin Silvestri  Lyrics/Book: Joel Higgins

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1993)

Movie It’s Based On: The Traveling Executioner➝


The Goodbye Girl

Music: Marvin Hamlisch  Lyrics: David Zippel  Book: Neil Simon

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1993)

Movie It’s Based On: The Goodbye Girl➝


The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: James Lapine, Peter Parnell

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1999)

Movie It’s Based On: The Hunchback of Notre Dame➝

* This musical is also based on the book, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame➝


The Lion King

Music: Elton John  Lyrics: Tim Rice  Book: Roger Allers, Irene Mecchi

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)

Movie It’s Based On: The Lion King➝


Victor/Victoria

Music: Henry Mancini, Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse  Book: Blake Edwards

Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)

Movie It’s Based On: Victor/Victoria➝


2000s Musicals

9 to 5

Music/Lyrics: Dolly Parton  Book: Patricia Resnick

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Movie It’s Based On: 9 to 5➝


A Catered Affair

Music/Lyrics: John Bucchino  Book: Harvey Fierstein

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Movie It’s Based On: The Catered Affair➝


A Christmas Story

Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul  Book: Joseph Robinette

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Movie It’s Based On: A Christmas Story➝


A Man of No Importance

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)

Movie It’s Based On: A Man of No Importance➝


Billy Elliot

Music: Elton John  Lyrics/Book: Lee Hall

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Movie It’s Based On: Billy Elliot➝


Bubble Boy

Music/Lyrics/Book: Cinco Paul  Book: Ken Daurio

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Movie It’s Based On: Bubble Boy➝


Catch Me If You Can

Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman  Lyrics: Scott Wittman  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Movie It’s Based On: Catch Me If You Can➝

* This musical is also based on the book, Catch Me If You Can➝.


Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman  Adaptations: Jeremy Sams, Ray Roderick

Musical Type: 1968 Film/Contemporary Musical (2002)

Movie It’s Based On: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang➝

* This musical is also based on the book, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang➝


Cry-Baby

Music/Lyrics: Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum  Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Movie It’s Based On: Cry-Baby➝


Dirty Dancing

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Eleanor Bergstein

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Movie It’s Based On: Dirty Dancing➝


Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek  Book: Jeffrey Lane

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Movie It’s Based On: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels➝


Evil Dead

Music/Lyrics/Book: George Reinblatt  Music: Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Movies Based On: The Evil Dead➝, Evil Dead II➝, Army of Darkness➝


Finding Nemo

Music/Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez  Book: Lindsay Anderson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Movie It’s Based On: Finding Nemo➝


Flashdance

Music/Lyrics: Robbie Roth  Lyrics/Book: Robert Cary  Book: Tom Hedley

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Movie It’s Based On: Flashdance➝


Hairspray

Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman  Lyrics: Scott Wittman  Book: Mark O’Donnell, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)

Movie It’s Based On: Hairspray➝


High School Musical

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: David Simpatico

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Movie It’s Based On: High School Musical➝


Legally Blonde

Music/Lyrics: Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe  Book: Heather Hach

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Movie It’s Based On: Legally Blonde➝

* This musical is also based on the book, Legally Blonde➝


Mary Poppins

Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe  Book: Julian Fellowes

Musical Type: 1964 Film/Contemporary Musical (2004)

Movie It’s Based On: Mary Poppins➝

* This musical is also based on the book, Mary Poppins➝


Shrek

Music: Jeanine Tesori  Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Movie It’s Based On: Shrek➝

* This musical is also based on the book, Shrek!➝


Silence!

Music/Lyrics: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan  Book: Hunter Bell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Movie It’s Based On: The Silence of the Lambs➝


Sister Act

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Glenn Slater  Book: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Movie It’s Based On: Sister Act➝


Spamalot

Music: John Du Prez  Music/Lyrics/Book: Eric Idle

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Movie It’s Based On: Monty Python and the Holy Grail➝


Summer of ’42

Music/Lyrics: David Kirshenbaum  Book: Hunter Foster

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

Movie It’s Based On: Summer of ’42➝

* This musical is also  based on the book, Summer of ’42➝


Sweet Smell of Success

Music: Marvin Hamlisch  Lyrics: Craig Carnelia  Book: John Guare

Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)

Movie It’s Based On: Sweet Smell of Success➝

* This musical is also based on the novella, Sweet Smell of Success.


Tarzan

Music/Lyrics: Phil Collins  Book: David Henry Hwang

Musical Type: 1999 Film/Contemporary Musical (2006)

Movie It’s Based On: Tarzan➝


The Color Purple

Music/Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray  Book: Marsha Norman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Movie It’s Based On: The Color Purple➝ 

* This musical is also based on the book, The Color Purple➝.


The Full Monty

Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

Movie It’s Based On: The Full Monty➝


The Producers

Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks  Book: Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Movie It’s Based On: The Producers➝


The Spitfire Grill

Music/Book: James Valcq  Lyrics/Book: Fred Alley

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Movie It’s Based On: The Spitfire Grill➝


The Wedding Singer

Music: Matthew Sklar  Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin  Book: Tim Herlihy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Movie It’s Based On: The Wedding Singer➝


White Christmas

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: David Ives, Paul Blake

Musical Type: 1954 Film/Contemporary Musical (2000)

Movie It’s Based On: White Christmas➝


Xanadu

Music/Lyrics: Jeff Lynne, John Farrar  Book: Douglas Carter Beane

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Movie It’s Based On: Xanadu➝


Young Frankenstein

Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks  Book: Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Movie It’s Based On: Young Frankenstein➝


2010s Musicals

Aladdin

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin  LyricsTim Rice, Howard Ashman

Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: Aladdin➝


Amélie

Music/Lyrics: Daniel Messé  Lyrics: Nathan Tysen  Book: Craig Lucas

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Movie It’s Based On: Amélie➝


An American in Paris

Music/Lyrics: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin  Book: Craig Lucas

Musical Type: 1951 Film/Contemporary Musical (2014)

Movie It’s Based On: An American in Paris➝


Anastasia

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Movie It’s Based On: Anastasia➝


Beetlejuice

Music/Lyrics: Eddie Perfect  Book: Scott Brown, Anthony King

Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)

Movie It’s Based On: Beetlejuice➝


Bend It Like Beckham

Music: Howard Goodall  Lyrics: Charles Hart  Book: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Movie It’s Based On: Bend It Like Beckham➝


Betty Blue Eyes

Music: George Stiles  Lyrics: Anthony Drewe  Book: Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: A Private Function➝


Big Fish

Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa  Book: John August

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Movie It’s Based On: Big Fish➝


Bring It On

Music: Tom Kitt  Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda  Lyrics: Amanda Green  Book: Jeff Whitty

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: Bring It On➝


Calendar Girls

Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow  Book: Tim Firth

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Movie It’s Based On: Calendar Girls➝


Cinderella

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II  Book: Douglas Carter Beane

Musical Type: 1957 Film/Contemporary Musical (2013)

Movie It’s Based On: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella➝

* This musical is also based on the classic fairy tale.


Dogfight

Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul  Book: Peter Duchan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Movie It’s Based On: Dogfight➝


Elf

Music: Matthew Sklar  Lyrics: Chad Beguelin  Book: Bob Martin, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Movie It’s Based On: Elf➝


Finding Neverland

Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy  Music: Scott Frankel  Lyrics: Michael Korie  Book: Allan Knee, James Graham

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Movie It’s Based On: Finding Neverland➝


Freaky Friday

Music: Tom Kitt  Lyrics: Brian Yorkey  Book: Bridget Carpenter

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Movies Based On: The Freaky Friday Disney films.

* This musical is also based on the book, Freaky Friday➝


Frozen

Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez  Book: Jennifer Lee

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Movie It’s Based On: Frozen➝


Ghost

Music/Lyrics: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard  Lyrics/Book: Bruce Joel Rubin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: Ghost➝


Groundhog Day

Music/Lyrics: Tim Minchin  Book: Danny Rubin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Movie It’s Based On: Groundhog Day➝


Heathers

Music/Lyrics/Book: Laurence O’Keefe, Kevin Murphy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Movie It’s Based On: Heathers➝


Holiday Inn

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Movie It’s Based On: Holiday Inn➝


Honeymoon in Vegas

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown  Book: Andrew Bergman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Movie It’s Based On: Honeymoon in Vegas➝


Kinky Boots

Music/Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper  Book: Harvey Fierstein

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Movie It’s Based On: Kinky Boots➝


Leap of Faith

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Glenn Slater  Book: Janus Cercone, Warren Leight

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Movie It’s Based On: Leap of Faith➝


Love Story

Music/Lyrics: Howard Goodall  Lyrics/Book: Stephen Clark

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Movie It’s Based On: Love Story➝

* This musical is also based on the book, Love Story➝


Made in Dagenham

Music: David Arnold  Lyrics: Richard Thomas  Book: Richard Bean

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Movie It’s Based On: Made in Dagenham➝


Mean Girls

Music: Jeff Richmond  Lyrics: Nell Benjamin  Book: Tina Fey

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Movie It’s Based On: Mean Girls➝


Mrs Henderson Presents

Music: George Fenton, Simon Chamberlain  Lyrics: Don Black  Book: Terry Johnson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Movie It’s Based On: Mrs. Henderson Presents➝


Nativity!

Music/Lyrics: Nicky Ager  Lyrics/Book: Debbie Isitt

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Movie It’s Based On: Nativity!➝


Newsies

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Jack Feldman  Book: Harvey Fierstein

Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: Newsies➝


Once

Music/Lyrics: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová  Book: Enda Walsh

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: Once➝


Pretty Woman

Music/Lyrics: Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance  Book: Garry Marshall, J.F. Lawton

Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)

Movie It’s Based On: Pretty Woman➝


Rocky

Music:  Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Thomas Meehan, Sylvester Stallone

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Movie It’s Based On: Rocky➝


School of Rock

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Glenn Slater  Book: Julian Fellowes

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Movie It’s Based On: School of Rock➝


Sing Street

Music/Lyrics: Gary Clark, John Carney  Book: Enda Walsh

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Movie It’s Based On: Sing Street➝


The Band’s Visit

Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek  Book: Itamar Moses

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Movie It’s Based On: The Band’s Visit➝


The Bodyguard

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Alexander Dinelaris

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Movie It’s Based On: The Bodyguard➝


The Prince of Egypt

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Philip LaZebnik

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Movie It’s Based On: The Prince of Egypt➝


Tootsie

Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek  Book: Robert Horn

Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)

Movie It’s Based On: Tootsie➝


Top Hat

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Matthew White, Howard Jacques

Musical Type: 1935 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)

Movie It’s Based On: Top Hat➝


Waitress

Music/Lyrics: Sara Bareilles  Book: Jessie Nelson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Movie It’s Based On: Waitress➝


War Paint

Music: Scott Frankel  Lyrics: Michael Korie  Book: Doug Wright

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Movie It’s Based On: The Powder and the Glory➝

* This musical is also based on the book, War Paint➝


Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek  Book: Jeffrey Lane

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Movie It’s Based On: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown➝


2020s Musicals

Back to the Future

Music/Lyrics: Alan Silvestri, Glen Ballard  Book: Bob Gale

Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)

Movie It’s Based On: Back to the Future➝


Days of Wine and Roses

Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel  Book: Craig Lucas

Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)

Movie It’s Based On: Days of Wine and Roses➝


Here We Are

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: David Ives

Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)

Movies Based On: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie➝, The Exterminating Angel➝


Some Like It Hot

Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman  Lyrics: Scott Wittman  Book: Matthew López, Amber Ruffin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)

Movie It’s Based On: Some Like It Hot➝


The Outsiders

Music/Lyrics/Book: Justin Levine  Music/Lyrics: Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance  Book: Adam Rapp

Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)

Movie It’s Based On: The Outsiders➝

* This musical is also based on the book, The Outsiders➝.


The Visitor

Music: Tom Kitt  Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey  Book: Kwame Kwei-Armah

Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)

Movie It’s Based On: The Visitor➝


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Stacy Karyn, Author of Musicals Based on Movies.
Author: Stacy Karyn

Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.


 

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