While there is nothing like the magic of a live musical onstage, many film adaptations breathe new life into a beloved show, immersing audiences into a piece with a new perspective.
Following the recent release of tick, tick… BOOM!, West Side Story, and more, theatre lovers shared the other works they want added to the film canon, from original musicals to shows that actually began their life as motion pictures. We asked, and you answered: Check out these 47 Broadway musicals theatre fans want adapted into film.
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald in Ragtime.
Catherine Ashmore
Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, and Reeve Carney in Hadestown
Matthew Murphy
Spring Awakening
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Will Roland and cast of Be More Chill
Maria Baranova
Six
The Tap Dance Kid
Kenn Duncan
Anthony Rosenthal, Betsy Wolfe, Tracie Thoms, Christian Borle, Stephanie J. Block, Brandon Uranowitz, and Andrew Rannells
Joan Marcus
Alex Newell, Hailey Kilgore, and the cast
Joan Marcus
Heather Headley in Aida
Joan Marcus
Miss Saigon
Joan Marcus
If/Then
Josh Groban and the cast
Chad Batka
Alan Campbell and Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard (Broadway, 1994)
Joan Marcus
The company in Pippin
Joan Marcus
Assassins
Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Joan Marcus
Company
Matthew Murphy
Parade
Joan Marcus
Cast
Carol Rosegg
John Cariani and Brian d'Arcy James in Something Rotten!
Joan Marcus
Allegiance
Matthew Murphy
On Your Feet!
Mandy Patinkin
Martha Swope/©Billy Rose Theatre Division, NYPL for the Performing Arts
Fun Home
Joan Marcus
Jekyll and Hyde
Carol Rosegg
Corey Cott, Laura Osnes, and the company
Jeremy Daniel
Kristin Stokes, Chris McCarrell, and Jorrel Javier in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Jeremy Daniel
Alex Brightman
Matthew Murphy
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Manuel Harlan
Passion
Joan Marcus
Follies
Jelly's Last Jam
Brent Carver, Chita Rivera, and Anthony Crivello in the original Broadway company of Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Laura Bell Bundy and cast of Legally Blonde
Paul Kolnik
Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley in Side Show
Joan Marcus
Jessie Mueller in Beautiful
Joan Marcus
Hunter Foster and cast
Joan Marcus
Alice Ripley, Aaron Tveit, and J. Robert Spencer in Next to Normal
Joan Marcus
Keala Settle, Jessie Mueller and Kimiko Glenn in Waitress
Joan Marcus
James Naughton, Kay McClelland, and Greg Edelman
Martha Swope
Lisa O'Hare, Bryce Pinkham, and Lauren Worsham
The Drowsy Chaperone
Joan Marcus
Violet
The Secret Garden
Me and My Girl
Nathaniel Kramer
Caroline, or Change
Joan Marcus
Chess
