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* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' [-(1969, 46th Street Theatre, Broadway/movie)-]: [[Series/BoyMeetsWorld Mr. Feeny]] and the original [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} Judd Fry]] try to get the thirteen American colonies to declare independence from [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]] with help from a flamboyant Virginian [[Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum Miles Gloriosus]]. [[Film/{{Shenandoah}} Charlie Anderson]] causes trouble in the interest of slavery.
** [-(2016, Encores off-Broadway concert)-]: [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Hans]] and [[Series/TheWestWing Lionel Tribbey]] try to get the thirteen American colonies so forth and so on etc. [[Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder Monty Navarro]] causes trouble in the interest of slavery.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM 8: A Play About The Fight For Marriage Equality]]'' [-(2012, Website/YouTube)-]: [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Laurie Strode]] (who used to be all "WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Seriously I think you might be overreacting") and [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit "DA]] LadyDrunk" are a couple (the other couple is [[Series/WhiteCollar a gentleman thief]] and [[Series/{{Glee}} a music teacher]]); [[Series/TheWestWing President Bartlett]] and [[Film/OceansEleven Danny Ocean]] are anti-Prop. 8 lawyers who were [[WorthyOpponent on opposite sides]] of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] V. [[UsefulNotes/AlGore Gore]]; [[Film/{{Heathers}} a school bomber]] is a pro-Prop. 8 lawyer; [[Series/{{Glee}} Sue is an anti-gay marriage advocate and Kurt had to go to de-gaying therapy]] (it didn't take); [[Film/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]] is an incompetent anti-gay expert, as is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Sulu]]; [[Series/ModernFamily Mitchell]] is a more competent pro-gay expert; [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] gets a bit flummoxed. Presiding over all this is (the supremely [[DeadPanSnarker snarktastic]]) Judge [[Film/MoneyBall Billy Beane]]. [[BasedOnATrueStory Based on true court testimony]].
** Broadway version: [[Film/OceansEleven Ms. Sponder]] didn't know what all the fuss over love was about; [[Film/BehindTheCandelabra Liberace's ex-lover]] wants to get married; [[Theatre/TheBookOfMormon Elder McKinley]] had to go to de-gaying therapy; [[Series/AllInTheFamily "Meathead"]] (who helped start the lawsuit in real life) is incompetent; [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Kid Omega]] is slightly more competent, and [[WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis Inspector Pate]] is supremely snarky.
** Plot twist: [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_R._Walker The judge]] was gay!]]
** Epilogue: [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_v._Brown#Aftermath Gay]] WeddingsForEveryone in California!]]
** PS: [[spoiler: the first incompetent anti-gay expert saw the error of his ways and became an equal rights advocate!]]
** Also: [[spoiler: One year later: GAY WEDDINGS FOR '''AMERICA'''!!!!]]
** And just to be on the safe side [[spoiler: Pres. [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Trump]] says "it's the law of the land" so no DiabolusExMachina... hopefully.]]
* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' TheMusical [-(2009 Broadway cast)-]: [[Film/TheProducers Max Bialystock]] and his wife [[Series/{{Cheers}} Dr. Lilith Sternin]] have to deal with their daughter's new boyfriend.
* ''Music/AmericanIdiot'': [[Theatre/SpringAwakening Moritz]] is a very {{angst}}y teen. Again.
** Three Moritzes, in fact!
*** Original Broadway Moritz & Original Broadway Johnny: John Gallagher Jr.
*** Revival (Voice of) Moritz understudy & final Broadway Johnny: Van Hughes.
*** Revival (Voice of) Moritz principal & Broadway understudy Johnny: Alex Boniello.
** His replacement was [[Music/GreenDay a bit of a basket case]].
* ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' [-(1983, Broadway)-]: [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] is a young Austrian prodigy in music composition and at the piano, and it fuels the jealousy of an older composer, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]].
* ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'' [-2013 Almeida Theatre-]: It's TheEighties and [[Series/DoctorWho The Eleventh Doctor]] wants to make a killing.
* ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'' [-(2004 Broadway Revival)-]: [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr.]] [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] interviews a bunch of killers, including [[Series/{{Fringe}} The Observer]], and eventually, is brainwashed into becoming [[GunmanWithThreeNames Lee Harvey Oswald]].
* ''Film/{{Amelie}}: A New Musical''[-(TBA)-]: Mrs. Theatre/{{Hamilton}} is a benevolent [[TheChessmaster manipulator]].
* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' [-(1994, Broadway)-]: [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]] goes looking for her missing father, [[Series/HappyDays Howard Cunningham]], who mistakenly stumbled into a castle inhabited by the French-accented [[Film/TheProducers Roger De Bris]], the stuffy [[Theatre/OnceUponAMattress King Sextimus]], [[Theatre/SweeneyTodd Mrs. Lovett]], and her son [[Theatre/LesMiserables Gavroche]], who have all been turned into normally inanimate objects. It turns out the castle is owned by a reclusive cursed [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Rum Tum Tugger]]. [[Theatre/KissMeKate Fred Graham]] is the villain who wants to marry Rose and later storms Tugger's castle.
* ''Theatre/BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter is a badass president.
* ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'' [-(2011, Broadway)-]: [[Series/TheNewNormal Bryan]] and [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Olaf]] are a pair of [[OddCouple terribly mismatched]] missionaries. With the voice of [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh]].
** [[Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee William Barfee]] is now a Mormon missionary who likes science fiction.
* ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' [-(original 1955 cast)-]: UsefulNotes/AlCapone (and later [[Series/HawaiiFiveO McGarrett]]) won't have sex with [[Series/{{Dallas}} Miss Ellie]] because of what happened to his friend. Things get complicated when they find out that Capone/[=McGarrett's=] father, [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Sam the Snowman]], is dying of cancer.
* ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''
** [-(2013, London)-] [[Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles Albin]] takes five kids and their parents on a tour of his factory. [[Literature/{{Wicked}} The Wizard]] is the main character's grandfather.
** [-(2017, Broadway)-] [[Theatre/SomethingRotten Shakespeare]] takes five kids and their parents on a tour of his factory. Said children include [[Film/FindingNeverland Wendy]] and [[Literature/TuckEverlasting Hugo]]. {{Theatre/Pippin}} is the main character's grandfather.
* ''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein''
** [-(original 1957 cast)-]: Film/MaryPoppins, who is treated cruelly by her stepsisters Kaye Buell and [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Esmerelda]], goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother, [[Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld Monica Crump]].
** [-(1965 cast)-]: [[Film/{{Clue}} Miss Scarlet]], who is treated cruelly by her stepmother [[Film/EastOfEden Kate Trask]] and stepsisters [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] and [[Theatre/{{Carousel}} Carrie]], goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother, [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} Ado Annie]], and falls in love with Prince [[Series/TheChampions Craig Stirling]], son of King [[Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley Gruffydd]] and Queen [[Film/TopHat Dale]].
** [-(1997 RaceLift version)-]: Series/{{Moesha}}'s evil stepmother [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Rita the cat]] won't let her go to the ball at [[Series/{{Alias}} Jack Bristow]] and [[Disney/TheLionKing Shenzi's]] palace, but thanks to her fairy godmother [[Film/TheBodyguard Rachel Marron]], she goes anyway and falls in love with [[Theatre/TheKingAndI the King of Siam]]. [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]] is the royal herald.
* ''Theatre/{{Company}}'' (2013 concert): [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney]], [[Series/TwoAndAHalfMen Alan]], [[Series/MadMen Peggy, Joan]], [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], [[Series/StrangersWithCandy Mr. Noblet]] and more deal with being adults in New York.
** As does '''[[Series/TheColbertReport STE-PHEN! STE-PHEN! STE-PHEN!]]'''
** 2006 edition: [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit ADA Barba]] has some issues with commitment.
* ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' [-(2012, Broadway)-]: [[Literature/RedDragon A sleazy, doomed reporter]] takes his frustration out on his older son, [[Film/TheSocialNetwork Eduardo]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Parker]].
** As do [[Film/TwelveAngryMen Juror #3]] (1949, Broadway), [[Film/{{Patton}} General Patton]] (1974, Broadway), [[Film/TheGraduate Benjamin Braddock]] (1984, Broadway), [[Film/{{Capote}} Truman Capote]] (2012, Broadway), and [[Film/BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Brown]] (2010, Vermont). And Capote's son is [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Spider Man]].
* ''Theatre/DrivingMissDaisy'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Franchise/StarWars Darth]] [[Disney/TheLionKing Mufasa]] is [[Literature/{{Atonement}} oldest Briony's]] chauffeur.
* ''Theatre/{{Eclipsed}}'' [-(2016, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TwelveYearsASlave Patsy]] [[Film/TheForceAwakens Kanata]] is one of [[ChromosomeCasting many women]] caught in a war. Written by [[Series/TheWalkingDead Michonne]].
* ''Elling'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Series/TrueBlood The King of Mississippi]] and Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle [[TriangRelations both fall]] for [[Film/LegallyBlonde a ditzy manicurist]].
* ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'' [-(2007, Gielgud Theatre, London)-]: [[Film/HarryPotter Uncle Vernon tries to help Harry Potter]] after the latter blinds some horses out of... {{love|MakesYouCrazy}}?
* ''Farragut North'' [-(2009, Geffen Playhouse, LA)-]: [[Film/StarTrek2009 Capt. Kirk]] tries to politically outmaneuver [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mr. Big]].
* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': [[Literature/WatershipDown Kehaar]] (Broadway, 1964) is a poor but honest Orthodox Jewish peasant in a Russian village. That is, when he isn't [[Film/SpiderMan2 Dr. Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus]] (2005, Broadway), who has [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel Berry]] for a daughter.
** In the first village, [[Series/TheGoldenGirls Dorothy]] is the village's matchmaker and Tzeitel marries [[Film/TheMuppetMovie Max]].
* Creator/DannyBoyle[='s=] ''Theatre/{{Frankenstein|2011}}'' [-(2011, London)-]: Series/{{Sherlock}} Holmes and Series/EliStone are alternately a mad scientist and his creation [[spoiler: and whoever's the monster opens the performance nude]].
* ''Theatre/GodOfCarnage'' [-(2009, Bernard B Jacob Theatre,Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]], [[Film/TheMist Mrs. Carmody]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], and [[Literature/HeartsInAtlantis Mrs. Garfield]] (and at one point [[Film/KillBill O-Ren Ishii]])are two sets of parents who meet after their children get in a fight. The civilized meeting quickly turns into the verbal equivalent of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' (considering the two moms are from Creator/StephenKing movies and another is a Yakuza Queen what do you expect?).
** (2008, Gielgud Theatre, London) - The parents include [[Film/HarryPotter Voldemort]], [[Series/GreenWing Dr. Caroline]], [[MaryStuart Mary, Queen of Scots]] and [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia a loyal badger]].
* ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'' [-(2009, Los Angeles)-]: [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Capt. Archer]] lives in GangsterLand.
** [-(1992, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/TheLionKing Timon]] needs to find a spot where he and his gang (including [[Film/{{Whiplash}} Terence Fletcher]]) can gamble without his fiancee, [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] - on Broadway, at least - finding out. And Pumbaa plays with loaded dice.
** [-(2005-2007, London)-]: [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan]] [[Creator/EwanMcGregor Kenobi]] is willing to bet on anything.
** [-(2016, London)-]: [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Bing Bong]] bets [[{{Theatre/Wicked}} Fiyero]] that he can't take a woman to Havana.
* ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''
** [-(1959, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun Annie Oakley]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Series/TheOddCouple Oscar Madison]] is her agent and lover.
** [-(1973, London)-]: [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Mrs. Potts]] is a domineering stage mom.
** [-(1989, Broadway)-]: [[Series/CagneyAndLacey Mary Beth Lacey]] is a domineering stage mom.
** [-(2003, Broadway)-]: [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Rita the cat]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Series/GuidingLight Drew Jacobs]] is her daughter who becomes a famous stripper.
** [-(2008, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/LesMiserables Fantine]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness Elsa Schräder]] (2013 NBC version) is her daughter who becomes a famous stripper.
** [-(2015, London)-]: [[Film/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Series/DoctorWho The Fifth Doctor]] is her agent and lover. [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Irene Adler]] gets naked. Again.
* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': [[Film/MaryPoppinsReturns Jack the lamplighter]] marries (musical) Film/{{Amelie}}.
** [[Theatre/InTheHeights Usnavi]] is our first Secretary of State. Depending on who you see, the king of England is either [[Film/{{Spotlight}} Matt Caroll]], [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Kristoff]], [[Theatre/TheBookOfMormon Elder Price, or Elder McKinley.]]
** [[Theatre/TheLionKing (Broadway) Mufasa is the first President of the United States, and Nala is the oldest Schuyler sister.]]
* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' [-(2008, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon)-]: [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] suspects [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] of murdering his father, and drives [[Franchise/StarWars Sio Bibble's]] daughter mad.
** ([-2009, LA-]): [[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence Gigolo Joe]] suspects [[LateArrivalSpoiler blah blah blah etc.]]
** ([-2010, Sheffield Crucible-]): [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] suspects blah blah blah etc. (No other cast member was announced as of this writing anyways)
** ([-2015, Barbican-]): [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] suspects blah blah blah etc.
* ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'': [[Film/TheBreakfastClub Alison Reynolds]] (off-Broadway), [[Theatre/{{Assassins}} John Wilkes Booth]] (also off-Broadway), [[Series/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Dr. Blowhole]], [[Series/{{Girls}} Elijah]], Series/{{Dexter}}, [[Series/{{Glee}} Blaine]], and [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Benny]] (all Broadway, 2014-15) have been a transsexual German rock star. Some were married to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Countess Coloratura/Rara]].
* ''Herringbone'' [-(2009, Los Angeles)-]: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Captain Shang]], [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Dr. Huang]], [[Series/{{Oz}} Father Mukada]], [[Theatre/MButterfly Song Liling]], and [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Linus Van Pelt]] have issues with a suit. [[spoiler: It's a one-man show]]
* ''Theatre/TheHistoryBoys'' [-(2004, Royal National Theatre, London)-]: [[Film/HarryPotter Uncle Vernon and Madame Maxime]] are professors.
* ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' [-(2011, Broadway)-]: Film/HarryPotter (previously [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba]]) climbs the corporate ladder any way he can.
* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Hawkgirl]] is an travelling dancer who befriends a deformed [[Series/AngerManagement Patrick]] while falling in love with [[Series/{{Elementary}} El Mecanico]].
* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' [-(1987, original Broadway cast)-]: A massive fairytale crossover ensues as a result of a curse [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Rita the cat]] put on Film/HowardTheDuck's family.
* ''It's Only a Play'': [-(2014, Broadway revival)-]: [[Film/TheProducers Max Bialystock, Leo Bloom,]] [[Film/{{Amadeus}} Salieri]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Tammy Swanson]], and movie [[Theatre/{{Grease}} Rizzo]] wait to find out what Ben Brantley thought of the play [[Film/HarryPotter Ron]] directed.
* ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' [-(filmed version)-]: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Captain Li Shang]] (singing voice) is the favorite son of his father [[Film/JurassicPark John Hammond]], so his jealous brothers, including [[Theatre/MammaMia Bill Austin]], [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Beadle Bamford]] and [[Theatre/OnceOnThisIsland Armand Beauxhomme]], sell him into slavery. Egyptian millionaire [[Series/EdgeOfDarkness Harcourt]] buys him, but then throws him into jail after [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Edith Keeler]] tries to seduce him. But in jail, Shang accurately interprets the dreams of [[Film/TheQueen Prince Charles]] and [[Series/IClaudius Nero]], which catches the attention of Pharaoh [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Kurt Martin]], eventually leading to Shang saving all of Egypt and his family from a famine. [[Series/EastEnders Elaine Peacock]] narrates the whole story.
* ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'':
** [-(original 1951 Broadway production)-]: [[Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie Amanda Wingfield]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheTenCommandments Rameses II.]]
** [-(1953 London production)-]: [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein Elizabeth Frankenstein]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Charles Dreyfus.]]
** [-(film version)-]: [[Film/AnAffairToRemember Terry McKay]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheTenCommandments Rameses II.]]
** [-(1977 Broadway revival)-]: [[Film/ShockCorridor Cathy]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with (again) King [[Film/TheTenCommandments Rameses II.]]
** [-(1996 Broadway revival)-]: [[Disney/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/LaBamba Ritchie Valens.]]
** [-(2000 London revival)-]: [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Grizabella]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheJungleBook1994 Mowgli.]]
** [-(2015 Broadway revival)-]: [[Theatre/SouthPacific Nellie Forbush]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheLastSamurai Katsumoto.]]
* ''[[Music/BillieHoliday Lady Day]] at Emerson's Bar and Grill'' [-(Broadway 2015, Creator/{{HBO}} 2016)-]: [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet The Beggar Woman]] [[LadyDrunk drunkenly]] reveals ''way'' too much information about her life in one of her last performances.
* ''Theatre/{{Lazarus}}'' [-(2015, don't bother it's already sold out)-]: Series/{{Dexter}} is an alien who's really old, really bored, and really [[JukeboxMusical sounds a lot like]] Music/DavidBowie.
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables''
** [-(1985, London)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Opera]] (1989 Toronto) adopts [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine]], the orphaned daughter of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Yellow Diamond]], while police inspector [[Series/GameOfThrones Illyrio Mopatis]] pursues him. Christine falls in love with [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} Edna Turnblad]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar Judas Iscariot]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/StarlightExpress Dinah the Dining Car]], daughter of the villainous [[Series/NewTricks Brian Lane]] and [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Jellylorum]].
** [-(1987, Broadway)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom]] adopts Disney/{{Pocahontas}}, the orphaned daughter of [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Golde]], while police inspector [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast]] pursues him. Pocahontas falls in love with [[Theatre/{{Amadeus}} Mozart]] (Broadway understudy), who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/ALittleNightMusic Carl-Magnus]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/StarlightExpress Dinah]], daughter of the villainous [[Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist Apostle Nathaniel]]. [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast LeFou]] is another revolutionary.
** [-(2006 Broadway revival)-]: Ex-convict [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} King George III]] (Chicago version) adopts [[Theatre/WestSideStory Maria]], the orphaned daughter of [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Mimi Marquez]], while police inspector [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]] pursues him. Maria falls in love with [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Aladdin]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/TheLightInThePiazza Fabrizio]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee Olive Ostrovsky]], daughter of the villainous [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Lumiere]] and [[Film/MaryPoppins Mrs. Brill]].
** [-(2014 Broadway revival)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/LoveNeverDies Phantom of ''Love Never Dies'']] adopts [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine]] (instead of being her baby-daddy), the orphaned daughter of [[Theatre/Frozen2018 Queen Elsa]], while police inspector [[Theatre/{{Hair}} Berger]] pursues him. Christine falls in love with [[Series/{{Smash}} Kyle Bishop]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Literature/TheColorPurple Harpo]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/TheBookOfMormon Nabulungi]], daughter of the villainous [[WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom Sawyer the zombie]].
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables 10th Anniversary Concert'': Disney/{{Pocahontas}} falls for the guy [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Princess Jasmine]] (who is also Disney/{{Mulan}}) secretly loves. With special guest [[Series/IronChef Chairman Kaga]] (he can sing French... in Japanese)!
** 25th Anniversary Concert: Eponine/Mulan is a surprise Fantine while Gavroche ([[Music/TheJonasBrothers Nick Jonas]]) is now Marius.
* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' [-(2007, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/LoveNeverDies Christine Daae]] is a mermaid and [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] is Prince Eric's advisor. Hmm...
* ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Mrs. Potts]] and [[Film/{{Chicago}} Velma Kelly]] star.
* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' [-(2003 Broadway revival)-]: [[Theatre/{{Urinetown}} Bobby Strong]] is a nerdy employee in a run-down flower shop owned by his foster father [[Theatre/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]] and secretly in love with his co-worker [[Film/{{Hairspray}} Penny Pingleton]]. His life changes when he discovers [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Louis the alligator]] and shows him off to the public, bringing the shop new fame and fortune. But to fuel his success, and to save Penny from her abusive boyfriend [[Theatre/TheScarletPimpernel Sir Percy Blakeney]], he's forced to indulge Louis' nonstop craving for human flesh.
* ''Lombardi'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: A [[Series/TheWonderYears tough dad]] leads a legendary football team while his wife, an [[Series/UglyBetty upperclass mom]], keeps him steady and a [[RunningGag short]] [[Series/ThePacific marine]] writes about them both.
* ''Theatre/LookBackInAnger'' [-(1989, BBC)]: [[Literature/HarryPotter Madame Trelawney is ironing a shirt while Gilderoy Lockhart is reading a newspaper and discussing politics...]]
* ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' (RSC 1979): [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]] hands the Scottish crown over to [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]].
* ''Theatre/MButterfly'': [[spoiler: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Capt. Shang]] is a French dude's ([[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]] in the movie-version) idealized Oriental woman.]]
* ''Film/MaryPoppins'': [-(2004, London)-] [[Film/SweeneyTodd Lucy Barker]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], straightens out the lives of the broken family.
** [-(2006, Broadway)-] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], she straightens out the lives of the broken family.
* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' [-(2018 stage version)-]: [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Enjolras]] meets [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Angelica Schuyler]], who works as a courtesan in a night club run by [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Tevye]], and falls in love with her. He woos her with the help of Music/FelaKuti and his friends, while trying to keep the jealous and clingy [[Theatre/LesMiserables Javert]] away from her.
* ''TheMotherfuckerWithTheHat'' [-(2012, Broadway)-]: [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Marty the Zebra]] is a parole officer.
* ''Film/TheProducers'' [-(2001, St James Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba and Timon]] hatch a BatmanGambit to make money with a [[ThoseWackyNazis sure-fire failure]], but things get complicated when they [[SpringtimeForHitler unexpectedly succeed]]. With added [[Film/BatmanAndRobin Poison Ivy]], a brief glimpse of [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack]] and a dropped cameo by [[Disney/TheLionKing Pumbaa]] in TheMovie.
** West End 2004: It's [[Film/MouseHunt Ernie and Lars Smuntz's]] turn.
** Hollywood Bowl 2012: [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Molt the grasshopper]] and [[Series/ModernFamily Mitchell]] (who hooks up with [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Mystique]]) find a sure-fire failure starring [[Film/MysteryMen the Waffler]].
* ''Promises, Promises'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Galinda]] and [[Series/WillAndGrace Jack]] are a couple.
** The original movie: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Shirley the Loon's]] [[PunnyName namesake]] and the schlubby half of Theatre/TheOddCouple are a couple.
** The original musical: [[Franchise/LawAndOrder Detective]] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Lumiere]] and not [[Film/HomeAlone Mrs. MacAllister]] are a couple.
* ''Theatre/{{Rhinoceros}}'' [-(1961 New York version)-]: [[Theatre/TheRoseTattoo Alvaro Mangiacavallo]] witnesses all of his friends transforming into rhinoceri.
* ''Theatre/SixDegreesOfSeparation'' [-(2017 New York)-]: [[Series/TheWestWing C.J. Clegg]] and her husband befriend [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton Dr. Dre]].
* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' [-(2013 TV version)-]: [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Tiffany]] (late of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Bennett's]] abbey) meets [[Series/TrueBlood Bill Compton]] and his adorable children.
** [-(original 1959 Broadway production)-]: [[Theatre/PeterPan1954 Peter Pan]] (late of [[Theatre/TheKingAndI Lady Thiang's]] abbey) meets [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Tevye]] and his adorable children.
** [-(1998 Broadway revival)-]: [[Theatre/MaryPoppins Winifred Banks]] (late of [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine Daaé's]] abbey) meets [[Theatre/TheFrogs William Shakespeare]] and his adorable children.
* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/Hellboy2004 Abe Sapien]], [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Lord Farquaad]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].
** In the current LA run, [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} J. Peterman]] is WhiteHairBlackHeart King Arthur.
* ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'': [[Series/{{Glee}} Jesse St. James]], [[Music/AmericanIdiot Jesus of Suburbia]] and [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel Berry]] go through a ton of perfectly justified {{angst}} (and an unusual amount of [[SoundtrackDissonance awesome rock music]]) in 19th century Germany.
** In the revival: Directed by [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]]. [[Theatre/LesMiserables Marius Pontmercy]] has a masturbation scene. The cast also includes [[Series/{{Glee}} Betty Pillsbury]], [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]], [[Series/{{Smash}} Ana Vargas]], [[Series/GhostWhisperer Delia Banks]], [[Series/SwitchedAtBirth Melody Bledsoe, and Matthew.]]
** Also involved [[Theatre/NextToNormal Natalie]], [[Series/{{Weeds}} Silas Botwin]], [[Series/{{Degrassi}} Craig Manning]], [[Series/{{Misfits}} Simon]], and [[Series/{{Glee}} Tina Cohen-Chang]] at various times.
* ''A Steady Rain'' [-(2009, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, LA)-]: [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Wolverine]] and [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 James Bond]] [[TheyFightCrime are cops]].
* ''Theatre/AStreetCarNamedDesire'' [-(2009, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Theatre)-]: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Galadrial]] has to depend on the kindness of strangers (and a purportedly weak cast).
* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' [-(1979, Uris Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Series/MurderSheWrote Jessica Fletcher]] is a LethalChef in several definitions of the word.
** Concert production [-(2001, Avery Fisher Hall, New York)-] : [[Music/{{Evita}} Eva Peron]] isn't a very good caregiver to [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]].
** Concert production [-(2014 Lincoln Center, New York)-]: [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prof. Trelawney]] is a terrible cook and not very nice to poor old beggar-woman [[Theatre/PorgyAndBess Bess]].
** [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Mrs. Potts?]] What HAPPENED to you!?!?
** 2012 West End revival: [[Theatre/LesMiserables Marius Pontmercy]] slashes English throats instead of shoots at Frenchmen, and [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] sells human pies.
* ''Theatre/TheTeahouseOfTheAugustMoon'' [-1954 London and Broadway production-]: [[Theatre/AndroclesAndTheLion Spintho]] is an Okinawan.
* ''Terre Haute'' [-(2010, Los Angeles)-]: [[Series/{{Mash}} B.J. Honeycutt]] and [[Series/TrueBlood Hoyt Fortenberry]] are [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer-friendly]] versions of Gore Videl and Timothy [=McVeigh=].
* ''ThatChampionshipSeason'' [-(2011, New York)-]: [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mr. Big]], [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit a father of multiples]], and [[Film/TheLostBoys two vampire delinquents]] (one of whom became a [[Series/TwentyFour secret agent]]) reunite with their ill coach, [[Film/X2XMenUnited Col. Stryker]]. Written by (the son of?) Film/TheExorcist (the younger one).
** 1982 film version: [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons the real Seymour Skinner]], [[Film/AmericanHistoryX a racist]], [[Franchise/JurassicPark Ellie's]] real-life dad, and [[Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera Rotti Largo]] reunite with their ill coach, [[Film/TheNightOfTheHunter Harry Powell]].
** TV movie version: [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Det. Goren]], Det. Series/{{Monk}}, and [[Series/{{CSINY}} Det. Taylor]] reunite with their ill coach, Rotti Largo.
* ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'' [-(2018 stage version)-]: [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Prince Hans]] masquerades as a woman.
* ''A View From The Bridge'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Sabertooth]] has [[IncestIsRelative uncomfortable feelings]] for his cousin [[Film/IronMan2 Black Widow]], but can you blame him?
* ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' [-(2009,Theatre Royal Haymarket, London)-]: [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Xavier and Magneto]] wait for someone who never arrives.
** [-(1988, Lincoln Center Theater, New York)-]: [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Orin Scrivello]] and [[Film/TheFisherKing Parry]] wait for someone who never arrives.
** [-(1956, original Broadway production)-]: [[Film/TheWizardOfOz The Cowardly Lion]] and [[Film/TwelveAngryMen Juror #4]] wait for someone who never arrives.
** [-(1961, live American telecast)-]: [[Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum Pseudolus]] and [[Series/Batman1966 the Penguin]] wait for someone who never arrives.
* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' [-(2003, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Queen Elsa]] learns to accept her uniqueness and is best frienemies with [[Series/{{Glee}} April Rhodes]], while revolting against the totalitarian [[Theatre/{{Cabaret}} Emcee]].
* ''WomenOnTheVergeOfANervousBreakdown'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Literature/{{Ragtime}} Coalhouse Walker]] and [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Mrs. Lovett]] star.
** So do [[Series/Supergirl2015 Alura Zor-El]] and [[Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone Aldolfo]].
* ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'' [-(1999, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Mark Cohen]] and [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Glinda]] are siblings (made even more bizarre by the fact that [[Creator/IdinaMenzel Maureen is Elphaba]]), [[Film/YoungFrankenstein Dr. Frederick Frankenstein]] is their dog, and their friends include a Beethoven-loving [[Theatre/TheLionKing Banzai the hyena]], a crabby [[Film/FailureToLaunch yoga teacher]], and her security blanket-toting brother [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Captain Li Shang.]]
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* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' [-(1969, 46th Street Theatre, Broadway/movie)-]: [[Series/BoyMeetsWorld Mr. Feeny]] and the original [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} Judd Fry]] try to get the thirteen American colonies to declare independence from [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]] with help from a flamboyant Virginian [[Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum Miles Gloriosus]]. [[Film/{{Shenandoah}} Charlie Anderson]] causes trouble in the interest of slavery.
** [-(2016, Encores off-Broadway concert)-]: [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Hans]] and [[Series/TheWestWing Lionel Tribbey]] try to get the thirteen American colonies so forth and so on etc. [[Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder Monty Navarro]] causes trouble in the interest of slavery.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM 8: A Play About The Fight For Marriage Equality]]'' [-(2012, Website/YouTube)-]: [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Laurie Strode]] (who used to be all "WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Seriously I think you might be overreacting") and [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit "DA]] LadyDrunk" are a couple (the other couple is [[Series/WhiteCollar a gentleman thief]] and [[Series/{{Glee}} a music teacher]]); [[Series/TheWestWing President Bartlett]] and [[Film/OceansEleven Danny Ocean]] are anti-Prop. 8 lawyers who were [[WorthyOpponent on opposite sides]] of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] V. [[UsefulNotes/AlGore Gore]]; [[Film/{{Heathers}} a school bomber]] is a pro-Prop. 8 lawyer; [[Series/{{Glee}} Sue is an anti-gay marriage advocate and Kurt had to go to de-gaying therapy]] (it didn't take); [[Film/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]] is an incompetent anti-gay expert, as is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Sulu]]; [[Series/ModernFamily Mitchell]] is a more competent pro-gay expert; [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] gets a bit flummoxed. Presiding over all this is (the supremely [[DeadPanSnarker snarktastic]]) Judge [[Film/MoneyBall Billy Beane]]. [[BasedOnATrueStory Based on true court testimony]].
** Broadway version: [[Film/OceansEleven Ms. Sponder]] didn't know what all the fuss over love was about; [[Film/BehindTheCandelabra Liberace's ex-lover]] wants to get married; [[Theatre/TheBookOfMormon Elder McKinley]] had to go to de-gaying therapy; [[Series/AllInTheFamily "Meathead"]] (who helped start the lawsuit in real life) is incompetent; [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Kid Omega]] is slightly more competent, and [[WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis Inspector Pate]] is supremely snarky.
** Plot twist: [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughn_R._Walker The judge]] was gay!]]
** Epilogue: [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_v._Brown#Aftermath Gay]] WeddingsForEveryone in California!]]
** PS: [[spoiler: the first incompetent anti-gay expert saw the error of his ways and became an equal rights advocate!]]
** Also: [[spoiler: One year later: GAY WEDDINGS FOR '''AMERICA'''!!!!]]
** And just to be on the safe side [[spoiler: Pres. [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Trump]] says "it's the law of the land" so no DiabolusExMachina... hopefully.]]
* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' TheMusical [-(2009 Broadway cast)-]: [[Film/TheProducers Max Bialystock]] and his wife [[Series/{{Cheers}} Dr. Lilith Sternin]] have to deal with their daughter's new boyfriend.
* ''Music/AmericanIdiot'': [[Theatre/SpringAwakening Moritz]] is a very {{angst}}y teen. Again.
** Three Moritzes, in fact!
*** Original Broadway Moritz & Original Broadway Johnny: John Gallagher Jr.
*** Revival (Voice of) Moritz understudy & final Broadway Johnny: Van Hughes.
*** Revival (Voice of) Moritz principal & Broadway understudy Johnny: Alex Boniello.
** His replacement was [[Music/GreenDay a bit of a basket case]].
* ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' [-(1983, Broadway)-]: [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] is a young Austrian prodigy in music composition and at the piano, and it fuels the jealousy of an older composer, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]].
* ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'' [-2013 Almeida Theatre-]: It's TheEighties and [[Series/DoctorWho The Eleventh Doctor]] wants to make a killing.
* ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'' [-(2004 Broadway Revival)-]: [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr.]] [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] interviews a bunch of killers, including [[Series/{{Fringe}} The Observer]], and eventually, is brainwashed into becoming [[GunmanWithThreeNames Lee Harvey Oswald]].
* ''Film/{{Amelie}}: A New Musical''[-(TBA)-]: Mrs. Theatre/{{Hamilton}} is a benevolent [[TheChessmaster manipulator]].
* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' [-(1994, Broadway)-]: [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]] goes looking for her missing father, [[Series/HappyDays Howard Cunningham]], who mistakenly stumbled into a castle inhabited by the French-accented [[Film/TheProducers Roger De Bris]], the stuffy [[Theatre/OnceUponAMattress King Sextimus]], [[Theatre/SweeneyTodd Mrs. Lovett]], and her son [[Theatre/LesMiserables Gavroche]], who have all been turned into normally inanimate objects. It turns out the castle is owned by a reclusive cursed [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Rum Tum Tugger]]. [[Theatre/KissMeKate Fred Graham]] is the villain who wants to marry Rose and later storms Tugger's castle.
* ''Theatre/BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter is a badass president.
* ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'' [-(2011, Broadway)-]: [[Series/TheNewNormal Bryan]] and [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Olaf]] are a pair of [[OddCouple terribly mismatched]] missionaries. With the voice of [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stan Marsh]].
** [[Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee William Barfee]] is now a Mormon missionary who likes science fiction.
* ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' [-(original 1955 cast)-]: UsefulNotes/AlCapone (and later [[Series/HawaiiFiveO McGarrett]]) won't have sex with [[Series/{{Dallas}} Miss Ellie]] because of what happened to his friend. Things get complicated when they find out that Capone/[=McGarrett's=] father, [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Sam the Snowman]], is dying of cancer.
* ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''
** [-(2013, London)-] [[Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles Albin]] takes five kids and their parents on a tour of his factory. [[Literature/{{Wicked}} The Wizard]] is the main character's grandfather.
** [-(2017, Broadway)-] [[Theatre/SomethingRotten Shakespeare]] takes five kids and their parents on a tour of his factory. Said children include [[Film/FindingNeverland Wendy]] and [[Literature/TuckEverlasting Hugo]]. {{Theatre/Pippin}} is the main character's grandfather.
* ''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein''
** [-(original 1957 cast)-]: Film/MaryPoppins, who is treated cruelly by her stepsisters Kaye Buell and [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Esmerelda]], goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother, [[Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld Monica Crump]].
** [-(1965 cast)-]: [[Film/{{Clue}} Miss Scarlet]], who is treated cruelly by her stepmother [[Film/EastOfEden Kate Trask]] and stepsisters [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] and [[Theatre/{{Carousel}} Carrie]], goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother, [[Theatre/{{Oklahoma}} Ado Annie]], and falls in love with Prince [[Series/TheChampions Craig Stirling]], son of King [[Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley Gruffydd]] and Queen [[Film/TopHat Dale]].
** [-(1997 RaceLift version)-]: Series/{{Moesha}}'s evil stepmother [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Rita the cat]] won't let her go to the ball at [[Series/{{Alias}} Jack Bristow]] and [[Disney/TheLionKing Shenzi's]] palace, but thanks to her fairy godmother [[Film/TheBodyguard Rachel Marron]], she goes anyway and falls in love with [[Theatre/TheKingAndI the King of Siam]]. [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} George Costanza]] is the royal herald.
* ''Theatre/{{Company}}'' (2013 concert): [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney]], [[Series/TwoAndAHalfMen Alan]], [[Series/MadMen Peggy, Joan]], [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], [[Series/StrangersWithCandy Mr. Noblet]] and more deal with being adults in New York.
** As does '''[[Series/TheColbertReport STE-PHEN! STE-PHEN! STE-PHEN!]]'''
** 2006 edition: [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit ADA Barba]] has some issues with commitment.
* ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'' [-(2012, Broadway)-]: [[Literature/RedDragon A sleazy, doomed reporter]] takes his frustration out on his older son, [[Film/TheSocialNetwork Eduardo]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Parker]].
** As do [[Film/TwelveAngryMen Juror #3]] (1949, Broadway), [[Film/{{Patton}} General Patton]] (1974, Broadway), [[Film/TheGraduate Benjamin Braddock]] (1984, Broadway), [[Film/{{Capote}} Truman Capote]] (2012, Broadway), and [[Film/BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Brown]] (2010, Vermont). And Capote's son is [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Spider Man]].
* ''Theatre/DrivingMissDaisy'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Franchise/StarWars Darth]] [[Disney/TheLionKing Mufasa]] is [[Literature/{{Atonement}} oldest Briony's]] chauffeur.
* ''Theatre/{{Eclipsed}}'' [-(2016, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TwelveYearsASlave Patsy]] [[Film/TheForceAwakens Kanata]] is one of [[ChromosomeCasting many women]] caught in a war. Written by [[Series/TheWalkingDead Michonne]].
* ''Elling'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Series/TrueBlood The King of Mississippi]] and Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle [[TriangRelations both fall]] for [[Film/LegallyBlonde a ditzy manicurist]].
* ''Theatre/{{Equus}}'' [-(2007, Gielgud Theatre, London)-]: [[Film/HarryPotter Uncle Vernon tries to help Harry Potter]] after the latter blinds some horses out of... {{love|MakesYouCrazy}}?
* ''Farragut North'' [-(2009, Geffen Playhouse, LA)-]: [[Film/StarTrek2009 Capt. Kirk]] tries to politically outmaneuver [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mr. Big]].
* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': [[Literature/WatershipDown Kehaar]] (Broadway, 1964) is a poor but honest Orthodox Jewish peasant in a Russian village. That is, when he isn't [[Film/SpiderMan2 Dr. Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus]] (2005, Broadway), who has [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel Berry]] for a daughter.
** In the first village, [[Series/TheGoldenGirls Dorothy]] is the village's matchmaker and Tzeitel marries [[Film/TheMuppetMovie Max]].
* Creator/DannyBoyle[='s=] ''Theatre/{{Frankenstein|2011}}'' [-(2011, London)-]: Series/{{Sherlock}} Holmes and Series/EliStone are alternately a mad scientist and his creation [[spoiler: and whoever's the monster opens the performance nude]].
* ''Theatre/GodOfCarnage'' [-(2009, Bernard B Jacob Theatre,Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]], [[Film/TheMist Mrs. Carmody]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], and [[Literature/HeartsInAtlantis Mrs. Garfield]] (and at one point [[Film/KillBill O-Ren Ishii]])are two sets of parents who meet after their children get in a fight. The civilized meeting quickly turns into the verbal equivalent of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' (considering the two moms are from Creator/StephenKing movies and another is a Yakuza Queen what do you expect?).
** (2008, Gielgud Theatre, London) - The parents include [[Film/HarryPotter Voldemort]], [[Series/GreenWing Dr. Caroline]], [[MaryStuart Mary, Queen of Scots]] and [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia a loyal badger]].
* ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'' [-(2009, Los Angeles)-]: [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Capt. Archer]] lives in GangsterLand.
** [-(1992, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/TheLionKing Timon]] needs to find a spot where he and his gang (including [[Film/{{Whiplash}} Terence Fletcher]]) can gamble without his fiancee, [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] - on Broadway, at least - finding out. And Pumbaa plays with loaded dice.
** [-(2005-2007, London)-]: [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan]] [[Creator/EwanMcGregor Kenobi]] is willing to bet on anything.
** [-(2016, London)-]: [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Bing Bong]] bets [[{{Theatre/Wicked}} Fiyero]] that he can't take a woman to Havana.
* ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''
** [-(1959, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun Annie Oakley]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Series/TheOddCouple Oscar Madison]] is her agent and lover.
** [-(1973, London)-]: [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Mrs. Potts]] is a domineering stage mom.
** [-(1989, Broadway)-]: [[Series/CagneyAndLacey Mary Beth Lacey]] is a domineering stage mom.
** [-(2003, Broadway)-]: [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Rita the cat]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Series/GuidingLight Drew Jacobs]] is her daughter who becomes a famous stripper.
** [-(2008, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/LesMiserables Fantine]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic Baroness Elsa Schräder]] (2013 NBC version) is her daughter who becomes a famous stripper.
** [-(2015, London)-]: [[Film/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]] is a domineering stage mom. [[Series/DoctorWho The Fifth Doctor]] is her agent and lover. [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Irene Adler]] gets naked. Again.
* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': [[Film/MaryPoppinsReturns Jack the lamplighter]] marries (musical) Film/{{Amelie}}.
** [[Theatre/InTheHeights Usnavi]] is our first Secretary of State. Depending on who you see, the king of England is either [[Film/{{Spotlight}} Matt Caroll]], [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Kristoff]], [[Theatre/TheBookOfMormon Elder Price, or Elder McKinley.]]
** [[Theatre/TheLionKing (Broadway) Mufasa is the first President of the United States, and Nala is the oldest Schuyler sister.]]
* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' [-(2008, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon)-]: [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] suspects [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] of murdering his father, and drives [[Franchise/StarWars Sio Bibble's]] daughter mad.
** ([-2009, LA-]): [[Film/AIArtificialIntelligence Gigolo Joe]] suspects [[LateArrivalSpoiler blah blah blah etc.]]
** ([-2010, Sheffield Crucible-]): [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]] suspects blah blah blah etc. (No other cast member was announced as of this writing anyways)
** ([-2015, Barbican-]): [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] suspects blah blah blah etc.
* ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'': [[Film/TheBreakfastClub Alison Reynolds]] (off-Broadway), [[Theatre/{{Assassins}} John Wilkes Booth]] (also off-Broadway), [[Series/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Dr. Blowhole]], [[Series/{{Girls}} Elijah]], Series/{{Dexter}}, [[Series/{{Glee}} Blaine]], and [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Benny]] (all Broadway, 2014-15) have been a transsexual German rock star. Some were married to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Countess Coloratura/Rara]].
* ''Herringbone'' [-(2009, Los Angeles)-]: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Captain Shang]], [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Dr. Huang]], [[Series/{{Oz}} Father Mukada]], [[Theatre/MButterfly Song Liling]], and [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Linus Van Pelt]] have issues with a suit. [[spoiler: It's a one-man show]]
* ''Theatre/TheHistoryBoys'' [-(2004, Royal National Theatre, London)-]: [[Film/HarryPotter Uncle Vernon and Madame Maxime]] are professors.
* ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' [-(2011, Broadway)-]: Film/HarryPotter (previously [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba]]) climbs the corporate ladder any way he can.
* ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Hawkgirl]] is an travelling dancer who befriends a deformed [[Series/AngerManagement Patrick]] while falling in love with [[Series/{{Elementary}} El Mecanico]].
* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' [-(1987, original Broadway cast)-]: A massive fairytale crossover ensues as a result of a curse [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Rita the cat]] put on Film/HowardTheDuck's family.
* ''It's Only a Play'': [-(2014, Broadway revival)-]: [[Film/TheProducers Max Bialystock, Leo Bloom,]] [[Film/{{Amadeus}} Salieri]], [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Tammy Swanson]], and movie [[Theatre/{{Grease}} Rizzo]] wait to find out what Ben Brantley thought of the play [[Film/HarryPotter Ron]] directed.
* ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' [-(filmed version)-]: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Captain Li Shang]] (singing voice) is the favorite son of his father [[Film/JurassicPark John Hammond]], so his jealous brothers, including [[Theatre/MammaMia Bill Austin]], [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Beadle Bamford]] and [[Theatre/OnceOnThisIsland Armand Beauxhomme]], sell him into slavery. Egyptian millionaire [[Series/EdgeOfDarkness Harcourt]] buys him, but then throws him into jail after [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Edith Keeler]] tries to seduce him. But in jail, Shang accurately interprets the dreams of [[Film/TheQueen Prince Charles]] and [[Series/IClaudius Nero]], which catches the attention of Pharaoh [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Kurt Martin]], eventually leading to Shang saving all of Egypt and his family from a famine. [[Series/EastEnders Elaine Peacock]] narrates the whole story.
* ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'':
** [-(original 1951 Broadway production)-]: [[Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie Amanda Wingfield]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheTenCommandments Rameses II.]]
** [-(1953 London production)-]: [[Film/BrideOfFrankenstein Elizabeth Frankenstein]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Charles Dreyfus.]]
** [-(film version)-]: [[Film/AnAffairToRemember Terry McKay]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheTenCommandments Rameses II.]]
** [-(1977 Broadway revival)-]: [[Film/ShockCorridor Cathy]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with (again) King [[Film/TheTenCommandments Rameses II.]]
** [-(1996 Broadway revival)-]: [[Disney/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/LaBamba Ritchie Valens.]]
** [-(2000 London revival)-]: [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Grizabella]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheJungleBook1994 Mowgli.]]
** [-(2015 Broadway revival)-]: [[Theatre/SouthPacific Nellie Forbush]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheLastSamurai Katsumoto.]]
* ''[[Music/BillieHoliday Lady Day]] at Emerson's Bar and Grill'' [-(Broadway 2015, Creator/{{HBO}} 2016)-]: [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet The Beggar Woman]] [[LadyDrunk drunkenly]] reveals ''way'' too much information about her life in one of her last performances.
* ''Theatre/{{Lazarus}}'' [-(2015, don't bother it's already sold out)-]: Series/{{Dexter}} is an alien who's really old, really bored, and really [[JukeboxMusical sounds a lot like]] Music/DavidBowie.
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables''
** [-(1985, London)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Opera]] (1989 Toronto) adopts [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine]], the orphaned daughter of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Yellow Diamond]], while police inspector [[Series/GameOfThrones Illyrio Mopatis]] pursues him. Christine falls in love with [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} Edna Turnblad]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar Judas Iscariot]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/StarlightExpress Dinah the Dining Car]], daughter of the villainous [[Series/NewTricks Brian Lane]] and [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Jellylorum]].
** [-(1987, Broadway)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom]] adopts Disney/{{Pocahontas}}, the orphaned daughter of [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Golde]], while police inspector [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast The Beast]] pursues him. Pocahontas falls in love with [[Theatre/{{Amadeus}} Mozart]] (Broadway understudy), who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/ALittleNightMusic Carl-Magnus]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/StarlightExpress Dinah]], daughter of the villainous [[Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist Apostle Nathaniel]]. [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast LeFou]] is another revolutionary.
** [-(2006 Broadway revival)-]: Ex-convict [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} King George III]] (Chicago version) adopts [[Theatre/WestSideStory Maria]], the orphaned daughter of [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Mimi Marquez]], while police inspector [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid King Triton]] pursues him. Maria falls in love with [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Aladdin]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/TheLightInThePiazza Fabrizio]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee Olive Ostrovsky]], daughter of the villainous [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Lumiere]] and [[Film/MaryPoppins Mrs. Brill]].
** [-(2014 Broadway revival)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/LoveNeverDies Phantom of ''Love Never Dies'']] adopts [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine]] (instead of being her baby-daddy), the orphaned daughter of [[Theatre/Frozen2018 Queen Elsa]], while police inspector [[Theatre/{{Hair}} Berger]] pursues him. Christine falls in love with [[Series/{{Smash}} Kyle Bishop]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Literature/TheColorPurple Harpo]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/TheBookOfMormon Nabulungi]], daughter of the villainous [[WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom Sawyer the zombie]].
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables 10th Anniversary Concert'': Disney/{{Pocahontas}} falls for the guy [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Princess Jasmine]] (who is also Disney/{{Mulan}}) secretly loves. With special guest [[Series/IronChef Chairman Kaga]] (he can sing French... in Japanese)!
** 25th Anniversary Concert: Eponine/Mulan is a surprise Fantine while Gavroche ([[Music/TheJonasBrothers Nick Jonas]]) is now Marius.
* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' [-(2007, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/LoveNeverDies Christine Daae]] is a mermaid and [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] is Prince Eric's advisor. Hmm...
* ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Mrs. Potts]] and [[Film/{{Chicago}} Velma Kelly]] star.
* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' [-(2003 Broadway revival)-]: [[Theatre/{{Urinetown}} Bobby Strong]] is a nerdy employee in a run-down flower shop owned by his foster father [[Theatre/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]] and secretly in love with his co-worker [[Film/{{Hairspray}} Penny Pingleton]]. His life changes when he discovers [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Louis the alligator]] and shows him off to the public, bringing the shop new fame and fortune. But to fuel his success, and to save Penny from her abusive boyfriend [[Theatre/TheScarletPimpernel Sir Percy Blakeney]], he's forced to indulge Louis' nonstop craving for human flesh.
* ''Lombardi'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: A [[Series/TheWonderYears tough dad]] leads a legendary football team while his wife, an [[Series/UglyBetty upperclass mom]], keeps him steady and a [[RunningGag short]] [[Series/ThePacific marine]] writes about them both.
* ''Theatre/LookBackInAnger'' [-(1989, BBC)]: [[Literature/HarryPotter Madame Trelawney is ironing a shirt while Gilderoy Lockhart is reading a newspaper and discussing politics...]]
* ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' (RSC 1979): [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]] hands the Scottish crown over to [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]].
* ''Theatre/MButterfly'': [[spoiler: [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Capt. Shang]] is a French dude's ([[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]] in the movie-version) idealized Oriental woman.]]
* ''Film/MaryPoppins'': [-(2004, London)-] [[Film/SweeneyTodd Lucy Barker]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], straightens out the lives of the broken family.
** [-(2006, Broadway)-] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], she straightens out the lives of the broken family.
* ''Film/MoulinRouge'' [-(2018 stage version)-]: [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Enjolras]] meets [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Angelica Schuyler]], who works as a courtesan in a night club run by [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Tevye]], and falls in love with her. He woos her with the help of Music/FelaKuti and his friends, while trying to keep the jealous and clingy [[Theatre/LesMiserables Javert]] away from her.
* ''TheMotherfuckerWithTheHat'' [-(2012, Broadway)-]: [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Marty the Zebra]] is a parole officer.
* ''Film/TheProducers'' [-(2001, St James Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/TheLionKing Simba and Timon]] hatch a BatmanGambit to make money with a [[ThoseWackyNazis sure-fire failure]], but things get complicated when they [[SpringtimeForHitler unexpectedly succeed]]. With added [[Film/BatmanAndRobin Poison Ivy]], a brief glimpse of [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Captain Jack]] and a dropped cameo by [[Disney/TheLionKing Pumbaa]] in TheMovie.
** West End 2004: It's [[Film/MouseHunt Ernie and Lars Smuntz's]] turn.
** Hollywood Bowl 2012: [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Molt the grasshopper]] and [[Series/ModernFamily Mitchell]] (who hooks up with [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Mystique]]) find a sure-fire failure starring [[Film/MysteryMen the Waffler]].
* ''Promises, Promises'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Galinda]] and [[Series/WillAndGrace Jack]] are a couple.
** The original movie: [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Shirley the Loon's]] [[PunnyName namesake]] and the schlubby half of Theatre/TheOddCouple are a couple.
** The original musical: [[Franchise/LawAndOrder Detective]] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Lumiere]] and not [[Film/HomeAlone Mrs. MacAllister]] are a couple.
* ''Theatre/{{Rhinoceros}}'' [-(1961 New York version)-]: [[Theatre/TheRoseTattoo Alvaro Mangiacavallo]] witnesses all of his friends transforming into rhinoceri.
* ''Theatre/SixDegreesOfSeparation'' [-(2017 New York)-]: [[Series/TheWestWing C.J. Clegg]] and her husband befriend [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton Dr. Dre]].
* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' [-(2013 TV version)-]: [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Tiffany]] (late of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Bennett's]] abbey) meets [[Series/TrueBlood Bill Compton]] and his adorable children.
** [-(original 1959 Broadway production)-]: [[Theatre/PeterPan1954 Peter Pan]] (late of [[Theatre/TheKingAndI Lady Thiang's]] abbey) meets [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof Tevye]] and his adorable children.
** [-(1998 Broadway revival)-]: [[Theatre/MaryPoppins Winifred Banks]] (late of [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine Daaé's]] abbey) meets [[Theatre/TheFrogs William Shakespeare]] and his adorable children.
* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/Hellboy2004 Abe Sapien]], [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Lord Farquaad]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].
** In the current LA run, [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} J. Peterman]] is WhiteHairBlackHeart King Arthur.
* ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'': [[Series/{{Glee}} Jesse St. James]], [[Music/AmericanIdiot Jesus of Suburbia]] and [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel Berry]] go through a ton of perfectly justified {{angst}} (and an unusual amount of [[SoundtrackDissonance awesome rock music]]) in 19th century Germany.
** In the revival: Directed by [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]]. [[Theatre/LesMiserables Marius Pontmercy]] has a masturbation scene. The cast also includes [[Series/{{Glee}} Betty Pillsbury]], [[Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Frollo]], [[Series/{{Smash}} Ana Vargas]], [[Series/GhostWhisperer Delia Banks]], [[Series/SwitchedAtBirth Melody Bledsoe, and Matthew.]]
** Also involved [[Theatre/NextToNormal Natalie]], [[Series/{{Weeds}} Silas Botwin]], [[Series/{{Degrassi}} Craig Manning]], [[Series/{{Misfits}} Simon]], and [[Series/{{Glee}} Tina Cohen-Chang]] at various times.
* ''A Steady Rain'' [-(2009, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, LA)-]: [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Wolverine]] and [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 James Bond]] [[TheyFightCrime are cops]].
* ''Theatre/AStreetCarNamedDesire'' [-(2009, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Theatre)-]: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Galadrial]] has to depend on the kindness of strangers (and a purportedly weak cast).
* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' [-(1979, Uris Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Series/MurderSheWrote Jessica Fletcher]] is a LethalChef in several definitions of the word.
** Concert production [-(2001, Avery Fisher Hall, New York)-] : [[Music/{{Evita}} Eva Peron]] isn't a very good caregiver to [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]].
** Concert production [-(2014 Lincoln Center, New York)-]: [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prof. Trelawney]] is a terrible cook and not very nice to poor old beggar-woman [[Theatre/PorgyAndBess Bess]].
** [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Mrs. Potts?]] What HAPPENED to you!?!?
** 2012 West End revival: [[Theatre/LesMiserables Marius Pontmercy]] slashes English throats instead of shoots at Frenchmen, and [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] sells human pies.
* ''Theatre/TheTeahouseOfTheAugustMoon'' [-1954 London and Broadway production-]: [[Theatre/AndroclesAndTheLion Spintho]] is an Okinawan.
* ''Terre Haute'' [-(2010, Los Angeles)-]: [[Series/{{Mash}} B.J. Honeycutt]] and [[Series/TrueBlood Hoyt Fortenberry]] are [[LawyerFriendlyCameo lawyer-friendly]] versions of Gore Videl and Timothy [=McVeigh=].
* ''ThatChampionshipSeason'' [-(2011, New York)-]: [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mr. Big]], [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit a father of multiples]], and [[Film/TheLostBoys two vampire delinquents]] (one of whom became a [[Series/TwentyFour secret agent]]) reunite with their ill coach, [[Film/X2XMenUnited Col. Stryker]]. Written by (the son of?) Film/TheExorcist (the younger one).
** 1982 film version: [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons the real Seymour Skinner]], [[Film/AmericanHistoryX a racist]], [[Franchise/JurassicPark Ellie's]] real-life dad, and [[Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera Rotti Largo]] reunite with their ill coach, [[Film/TheNightOfTheHunter Harry Powell]].
** TV movie version: [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Det. Goren]], Det. Series/{{Monk}}, and [[Series/{{CSINY}} Det. Taylor]] reunite with their ill coach, Rotti Largo.
* ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'' [-(2018 stage version)-]: [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Prince Hans]] masquerades as a woman.
* ''A View From The Bridge'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Sabertooth]] has [[IncestIsRelative uncomfortable feelings]] for his cousin [[Film/IronMan2 Black Widow]], but can you blame him?
* ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' [-(2009,Theatre Royal Haymarket, London)-]: [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Xavier and Magneto]] wait for someone who never arrives.
** [-(1988, Lincoln Center Theater, New York)-]: [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Orin Scrivello]] and [[Film/TheFisherKing Parry]] wait for someone who never arrives.
** [-(1956, original Broadway production)-]: [[Film/TheWizardOfOz The Cowardly Lion]] and [[Film/TwelveAngryMen Juror #4]] wait for someone who never arrives.
** [-(1961, live American telecast)-]: [[Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum Pseudolus]] and [[Series/Batman1966 the Penguin]] wait for someone who never arrives.
* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' [-(2003, Broadway)-]: [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Queen Elsa]] learns to accept her uniqueness and is best frienemies with [[Series/{{Glee}} April Rhodes]], while revolting against the totalitarian [[Theatre/{{Cabaret}} Emcee]].
* ''WomenOnTheVergeOfANervousBreakdown'' [-(2010, Broadway)-]: [[Literature/{{Ragtime}} Coalhouse Walker]] and [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Mrs. Lovett]] star.
** So do [[Series/Supergirl2015 Alura Zor-El]] and [[Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone Aldolfo]].
* ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'' [-(1999, Broadway)-]: [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Mark Cohen]] and [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} Glinda]] are siblings (made even more bizarre by the fact that [[Creator/IdinaMenzel Maureen is Elphaba]]), [[Film/YoungFrankenstein Dr. Frederick Frankenstein]] is their dog, and their friends include a Beethoven-loving [[Theatre/TheLionKing Banzai the hyena]], a crabby [[Film/FailureToLaunch yoga teacher]], and her security blanket-toting brother [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Captain Li Shang.]]
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** [-(1961, live American telecast)-]: [[Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum Pseudolus]] and [[Series/{{Batman}} the Penguin]] wait for someone who never arrives.

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** [-(1961, live American telecast)-]: [[Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum Pseudolus]] and [[Series/{{Batman}} [[Series/Batman1966 the Penguin]] wait for someone who never arrives.
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** [-(1985, London)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Opera]] (1989 Toronto) adopts [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine]], the orphaned daughter of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Yellow Diamond]], while police inspector [[Theatre/HenryIV Falstaff]] pursues him. Christine falls in love with [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} Edna Turnblad]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar Judas Iscariot]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/StarlightExpress Dinah the Dining Car]], daughter of the villainous [[Series/NewTricks Brian Lane]] and [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Jellylorum]].

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** [-(1985, London)-]: The ex-convict [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Opera]] (1989 Toronto) adopts [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine]], the orphaned daughter of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Yellow Diamond]], while police inspector [[Theatre/HenryIV Falstaff]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Illyrio Mopatis]] pursues him. Christine falls in love with [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} Edna Turnblad]], who belongs to a group of revolutionaries led by [[Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar Judas Iscariot]], and who is also loved by [[Theatre/StarlightExpress Dinah the Dining Car]], daughter of the villainous [[Series/NewTricks Brian Lane]] and [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Jellylorum]].
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** [-(2000 London revival)-]: [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Grizabella]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheJungleBook Mowgli.]]

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** [-(2000 London revival)-]: [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Grizabella]] comes to Siam to educate the royal children and develops a complex relationship with King [[Film/TheJungleBook [[Film/TheJungleBook1994 Mowgli.]]
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* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Abe Sapien]], [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Lord Farquaad]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].

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* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/{{Hellboy}} [[Film/Hellboy2004 Abe Sapien]], [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Lord Farquaad]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].
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* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': [[Literature/WatershipDown Kehaar]] (Broadway, 1964) is a poor but honest Orthodox Jewish peasant in a Russian village. That is, when he isn't [[Film/SpiderMan Dr. Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus]] (2005, Broadway), who has [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel Berry]] for a daughter.

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* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': [[Literature/WatershipDown Kehaar]] (Broadway, 1964) is a poor but honest Orthodox Jewish peasant in a Russian village. That is, when he isn't [[Film/SpiderMan [[Film/SpiderMan2 Dr. Otto Octavius/Dr. Octopus]] (2005, Broadway), who has [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel Berry]] for a daughter.
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* ''Film/{{Cinderella}}''

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* ''Film/{{Cinderella}}''''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein''
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM 8: A Play About The Fight For Marriage Equality]]'' [-(2012, Website/YouTube)-]:[[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Laurie Strode]] (who used to be all "WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Seriously I think you might be overreacting") and [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit "DA]] LadyDrunk" are a couple (the other couple is [[Series/WhiteCollar a gentleman thief]] and [[Series/{{Glee}} a music teacher]]); [[Series/TheWestWing President Bartlett]] and [[Film/OceansEleven Danny Ocean]] are anti-Prop. 8 lawyers who were [[WorthyOpponent on opposite sides]] of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] V. [[UsefulNotes/AlGore Gore]]; [[Film/{{Heathers}} a school bomber]] is a pro-Prop. 8 lawyer; [[Series/{{Glee}} Sue is an anti-gay marriage advocate and Kurt had to go to de-gaying therapy]] (it didn't take); [[Film/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]] is an incompetent anti-gay expert, as is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Sulu]]; [[Series/ModernFamily Mitchell]] is a more competent pro-gay expert; [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] gets a bit flummoxed. Presiding over all this is (the supremely [[DeadPanSnarker snarktastic]]) Judge [[Film/MoneyBall Billy Beane]]. [[BasedOnATrueStory Based on true court testimony]].

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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgM 8: A Play About The Fight For Marriage Equality]]'' [-(2012, Website/YouTube)-]:[[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Website/YouTube)-]: [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Laurie Strode]] (who used to be all "WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove Seriously I think you might be overreacting") and [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit "DA]] LadyDrunk" are a couple (the other couple is [[Series/WhiteCollar a gentleman thief]] and [[Series/{{Glee}} a music teacher]]); [[Series/TheWestWing President Bartlett]] and [[Film/OceansEleven Danny Ocean]] are anti-Prop. 8 lawyers who were [[WorthyOpponent on opposite sides]] of [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] V. [[UsefulNotes/AlGore Gore]]; [[Film/{{Heathers}} a school bomber]] is a pro-Prop. 8 lawyer; [[Series/{{Glee}} Sue is an anti-gay marriage advocate and Kurt had to go to de-gaying therapy]] (it didn't take); [[Film/{{Chicago}} Amos Hart]] is an incompetent anti-gay expert, as is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Mr. Sulu]]; [[Series/ModernFamily Mitchell]] is a more competent pro-gay expert; [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]] gets a bit flummoxed. Presiding over all this is (the supremely [[DeadPanSnarker snarktastic]]) Judge [[Film/MoneyBall Billy Beane]]. [[BasedOnATrueStory Based on true court testimony]].
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* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': [[Film/MaryPoppins Jack the lamplighter]] marries (musical) Film/{{Amelie}}.

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* ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' [-(1983, Broadway)-]: [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] is a young Austrian prodigy in music composition and at the piano, and it fuels the jealousy of an older composer, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]].
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* ''Farragut North'' [-(2009, Geffen Playhouse, LA)-]: [[Film/StarTrek Capt. Kirk]] tries to politically outmaneuver [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mr. Big]].

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* ''Farragut North'' [-(2009, Geffen Playhouse, LA)-]: [[Film/StarTrek [[Film/StarTrek2009 Capt. Kirk]] tries to politically outmaneuver [[Series/SexAndTheCity Mr. Big]].
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* ''Film/{{Tootsie}}'' [-(2018 stage version)-]: [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Prince Hans]] masquerades as a woman.
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* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Abe Sapien]], [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Lord Farquaad]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].

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* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Abe Sapien]], [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Lord Farquaad]] Farquaad]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].
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* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Abe Sapien]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].

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* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' [-(2005,Shubert Theatre, Broadway)-]: [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]], [[Film/{{Hellboy}} Abe Sapien]], [[Theatre/ShrekTheMusical Lord Farquaad]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Moe the bartender]] (who was temporarily replaced by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Wash]]) search for the Holy Grail with the help of [[Series/GreysAnatomy Dr. Callie Torres]].
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* ''Film/MaryPoppins'': [-(2004, London)-] [[Film/SweeneyTodd Lucy Barker]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], straightens out the lives of the broken family.
** [-(2006, Broadway)-] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], she straightens out the lives of the broken family.

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* ''Film/MaryPoppins'': [-(2004, London)-] [[Film/SweeneyTodd Lucy Barker]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical [[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], straightens out the lives of the broken family.
** [-(2006, Broadway)-] [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] arrives at an English household and, with the help of [[[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical [[Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical Squidward]], she straightens out the lives of the broken family.

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