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* ''Musical {{The Prince Of Tennis}}'', known by fans as Tenimyu
* ''Rock Musical {{Bleach}}'', known as Burimyu
* ''{{Sailor Moon}}'', known as Seramyu

* ''{{Air Gear}}''

* ''TheAddamsFamily''

* ''Top Hat''

* ''The Goodbye Girl'', Adapted as a musical by Neil Simon himself, who wrote the original screenplay.

* There have been several stage musicals based on ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (the 1939 movie). One was allowed to use the songs from the movie but not any of the dialogue that wasn't in the original book.
** ''The Wizard of Oz'' (2011), an adaptation of the 1939 movie, by AndrewLloydWebber and TimRice.

** ''The Wizard of Oz'' (2011), an adaptation of the 1939 movie with new music written by AndrewLloydWebber and TimRice.

* ''ReeferMadness''

* ''Make a Wish'', A 1951 stage musical co-adapted by Preston Sturges from his screenplay for the 1935 movie The Good Fairy, which in turn was based on the play of the same name.
* ''Whistle Down the Wind"

* And, of course, ''HighSchoolMusical'' (1 and 2 so far).

* Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''Cinderella'' was originally produced for CBS television. Interestingly, the first time it was produced on stage seems to have been a definitely non-standard {{Pantomime}} adaptation which played London in 1958.

It's usually the case that hit plays get turned into movies. But more and more nowadays, the opposite is happening, with films being translated for the stage. It's a sign of the intellectual bankruptcy in theatre. Hollywood has the same problem, but there are a lot more new successful movies in the last two decades than new successful plays. So the stealing ends up being one way.

* ''{{Cry-Baby}}''

* ''[[SingingInTheRain Singin' in the Rain]]''

* There have been several stage musicals based on ''TheWizardOfOz'' (the 1939 movie). One was allowed to use the songs from the movie but not any of the dialogue that wasn't in the original book.

* ''''The Wizard of Oz (2011)'', a adaptation of the 1939 movie with new music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.''

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* Disney started making big Broadway productions out of its [[DisneyAnimatedCanon animated movies]] in the 1990s with ''BeautyAndTheBeast'', but there was a stage production of ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' in the 1970s. Disney has since put several more of its cinematic successes on Broadway by adapting ''TheLionKing'', ''{{Tarzan}}'', and ''TheLittleMermaid''.

* And, of course, ''HighSchoolMusical''.

* Technically it's based on a book but there's enough film adaptations as well to say ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
* "The Lord of the Rings" - technically an adaptation of a book, but only occurred after the Peter Jackson films achieved massive international success; something that can't be said of the musical.

* ''High Society''

* ''Meet Me in St. Louis'': a stock version appeared in the 1960s, and a somewhat different version reached Broadway in 1989.

** Their ''State Fair'' was adapted much later for Broadway in 1996.

* ''Here's Love'', based on ''MiracleOn34thStreet''.

* ''Silk Stockings'', based on ''{{Ninotchka}}''

* ''The Color Purple''

* The musical of ''{{Carrie}}'' is now considered Broadway's biggest flop. A byword for unmitigated failure in Screen-To-Stage Adaptationalizing. SoBadItsGood or SoBadItsHorrible? [[http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3315584 You decide.]] (Buckley still salvaged a song for her album though)

* ''[=~42nd Street~=]''

* ''Twelve Angry Men'': Technically, it was a play before it was a movie. However, it started as a teleplay on CBS' Studio One program.
** Does it count as n adaptation if the two versions have almost exactly the same script? The movie has an extra, very short, intro scene and that's about it.