Four shows opening on Broadway in April are based on original movies. I thought it a good time to run a poll -- what was the best such show ever? The poll includes some two dozen choices, but you can add your own to the list...and also list it in this thread.
I would say that the greatest Broadway shows adapted from an original movie would be "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Hairspray".
So many movie-to-stage adaptations to me keep trying to recreate the magic that happened with "Hairspray". Some came close, others did not. Only "Kinky Boots" I feel managed to capture the magic that "Hairspray" did.
I mentioned those two based on all the previous posts, questioning the origins of the material. I know they were based on other materials; I'm saying these two were greatly adapted from source material or non-musical/musical. They both are very different from the original "whatever".
I'm not criticizing someone saying Mamma Mia or Christmas Story b/c I got the gist of what they meant. You could say American Psycho to American Psycho to American Psycho (the Musical) ...
I'd have to by far say Hairspray, who knew this little unknown 1988 movie about prejudice in the 1960s would become a showstopping musical and later into an amazing show TO movie adaptation!
Oh and what about Footloose? Not a very good show but its still a movie to show exmaple!
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Posted: 3/25/17 at 8:22pm