History for TheMusical/Theatre

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* ''Theatre/{{Thirteen}}''
* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix''
* ''Theatre/SeventeenEightyNine''
* ''Theatre/TwentyOneChumpStreet''
* ''Theatre/TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee''
* ''[[Theatre/ThirtyFiveMillimeterAMusicalExhibition 35MM: A Musical Exhibition]]''
* ''Theatre/TheAddamsFamily''
* ''Theatre/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer''
* ''Theatre/{{Aida|JohnRice}}'', based on Verdi's [[Theatre/AidaVerdi opera of the same name]]
* ''Theatre/AKBKagekidanInfinity'' (Music/AKB48)
* ''Theatre/{{Aladdin}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Alice}}''
* ''Theatre/AliceByHeart''
* ''Theatre/{{Allegiance}}''
* ''Theatre/AllShookUp''
* ''Theatre/AltarBoyz''
* ''Theatre/TheAltos''
* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho''
* ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}''
* ''Theatre/AnneOfGreenGables''
* ''Theatre/{{Ani}}''
* ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers''
* ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'', based on the classic [[ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie newspaper comic strip]].
* ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun''
* ''Theatre/AnyoneCanWhistle''
* ''Theatre/AnythingGoes''
* ''[[Theatre/ArtusExcalibur Artus - Excalibur]]''
* ''Theatre/AspectsOfLove''
* ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Atlantis}}''
* ''Theatre/AvenueQ''
* ''Theatre/BackToTheEighties''
* ''Theatre/BackToTheFuture''
* ''Theatre/{{Baddy}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Bandstand}}''
* ''Theatre/BareAPopOpera''
* ''Theatre/BatBoyTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/BatmanTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/BatOutOfHell''
* ''Theatre/TheBeatlesLOVE''
* ''Theatre/{{Beetlejuice}}''
* ''Theatre/BellsAreRinging''
* ''Theatre/BeMoreChill''
* ''Theatre/BigBad''
* ''Theatre/TheBlackCrook''
* ''Theatre/BloodBrothers''
* ''Theatre/BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson''
* ''[[Literature/TheBonesettersDaughter The Bonesetter's Daughter]]'', the (Chinese/American) opera.
* ''Theatre/BonnieAndClyde'', which was ''not'' adapted from the well-known [[Film/BonnieAndClyde film]].
* ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon''
* ''[[Toys/MonsterHigh Boo York, Boo York! A Monsterrific Musical]]''
* ''Theatre/TheBoyFriend''
* ''[[Literature/TheBoyFromOz The Boy from Oz]]''
* ''[[Theatre/TheBoysFromSyracuse The Boys from Syracuse]]''
* ''Theatre/BranNueDae''
* ''Theatre/TheBridgesOfMadisonCounty''
* ''Theatre/{{Brigadoon}}''
* ''Theatre/BrightStar''
* ''Theatre/ABronxTale''
* ''Theatre/BulletsOverBroadway''
* ''Theatre/ButImACheerleader''
* ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie''
* ''Theatre/ByJeeves''
* ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''
* ''Theatre/CanCan''
* ''Theatre/{{Carrie}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}''
* ''Theatre/TheCatAndTheFiddle''
* ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'', until 2006 the longest-running show on Broadway.
* ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''
** As well as the film ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''
* ''Music/{{Chess|1984}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}''
* ''Theatre/ChildrenOfEden''
* ''Theatre/AChorusLine''
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' has at least three, including ''Film/{{Scrooge 1970}}'', ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', and the 1994 Madison Square Garden musical, which recieved a TV film adaptation in 2004 ''Film/AChristmasCarolTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein''
* ''Theatre/CityOfAngels''
* ''Theatre/CloserThanEver''
* ''Theatre/TheCocoanuts''
* ''Literature/TheColorPurple''
* ''Theatre/ComingOutOfTheirShells''
** ''Theatre/GettinDownInYourTown''
* ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]''
* ''Theatre/ComeFromAway''
* ''[[Theatre/CrazyForYou Crazy for You]]''
* ''Theatre/DamnYankees''
* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen''
* ''Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical'', composed by none other than Creator/FrankWildhorn.
* ''Theatre/{{Disaster}}''
* ''Theatre/DiscoInferno''
* ''Theatre/DisneyDreamsAnEnchantedClassic''
* ''Theatre/DisneysBelieve''
* ''Theatre/{{Dogfight}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Dracula|2001}}'', the Frank Wildhorn musical.
* ''Theatre/DraculaALoveStrongerThanDeath''
* ''Theatre/DraculaEntreLamourEtLaMort''
* ''Theatre/DraculaTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/{{Drakula}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Drood}}''
* ''Theatre/TheDrowsyChaperone''
* ''Theatre/ADzsungelKonyve''
* ''Theatre/{{Ebenezer}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}''
* ''Theatre/EverybodysTalkingAboutJamie''
* ''Theatre/{{Eugenius}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Falsettos}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Fangirls}}''
* ''Theatre/TheFantasticks'', off-Broadway but tops both ''Cats'' and ''Phantom'' with its 42-year run.
* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''
* ''Theatre/{{Finale}}''
* ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow''
* ''Theatre/{{Fiorello}}''
* ''Theatre/TheFix''
* ''Theatre/{{Florodora}}''
* ''Literature/FlowerDrumSong''
* ''Theatre/FlyByNightMusical''
* ''Theatre/{{Follies}}''
* ''Theatre/ForbiddenBroadway'', the {{Troperiffic}} ever-changing parody revue of classic and contemporary Broadway.
* ''Theatre/FreewillIn2112'', a fan-made Music/{{Rush}} musical
* ''Theatre/{{Frozen|2018}}''
* ''Theatre/FunnyGirl''
* ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum''
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[[folder:G–L]]
* ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder''
* ''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes''
* ''Theatre/{{Ghost|1990}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}''
* ''Theatre/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''
* ''Theatre/TheGrinningMan''
* ''Theatre/GroundhogDay''
* ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''
* ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''
* ''Theatre/{{HackPuntTool}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}'', based on the concept album of the same name, in turn based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
* ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'', the original ''Tribal Love [[RockOpera Rock Musical]]''
* ''[[Theatre/HallelujahBaby Hallelujah, Baby!]]''
* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''
* ''Theatre/HandsOnAHardbody''
* ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}''
* ''Theatre/HelloDolly''
* ''Theatre/TheHiredMan''
* ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman''
* ''Theatre/{{Honk}}''
* ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''
* ''Theatre/ICanGetItForYouWholesale''
* ''Theatre/IAmFromAustria''
* ''Theatre/IfThen''
* ''Theatre/IMarriedAnAngel''
* ''Theatre/ImSorryTheBridgeIsOutYoullHaveToSpendTheNight''
* ''Theatre/ImagineThis''
* ''Theatre/InTheHeights''
* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''
* ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland''
* ''Theatre/JekyllAndHyde''
* ''Music/JacquesBrel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris''
* ''Theatre/JerseyBoys'', a musical biography of Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons
* ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat''
* ''[[Theatre/JumpManAMarioMusical Jump Man - A Mario Musical]]'' ([[http://www.jumpmanmusical.com/ see here]]): [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin based on]], of all things, the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Bros.]] characters. Actually sold out its entire first run and won a Best Musical award when it premiered at the 2014 NY Fringe Festival.
* ''Theatre/{{Kandelites}}'', a fan-made musical for Paul Kandel
* ''Theatre/KeatingTheMusical'', based on the life and times of Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating
* ''Theatre/TheKingAndI''
* ''Theatre/{{Kismet}}''
* ''Theatre/KissMeKate''
* ''Literature/KissOfTheSpiderWoman''
* ''Theatre/KnickerbockerHoliday''
* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles''
* ''Theatre/LadiesInBlack''
* ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark''
* ''Theatre/TheLastFiveYears''
* ''Theatre/LegallyBlonde'', based on the [[Film/LegallyBlonde film of the same name]].
* ''Theatre/LaLegendeDuRoiArthur''
* ''Theatre/{{Lestat}}''
* ''Theatre/TheLightningThief''
* ''Theatre/TheLightPrincess''
* ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid''
* ''Theatre/LikeDyingThingsDo''
* ''Theatre/TheLikesOfUs'', a musical based on the true story of Thomas Barnardo, who founded homes for destitute children during the Victorian Era.
* ''Theatre/LilAbner''
* ''Theatre/LiliumShoujoJunketsuKageki''
* ''Theatre/TheLionKing''
* ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic''
* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''
* ''Theatre/{{Lizzie}}''
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', the ''opera''.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}: [[https://lostparody.com/ The Musical]]'', from the same creators of ''[[https://www.gotthemusical.com/ Shame]] [[Series/GameOfThrones of Thrones]]''
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[[folder:M–R]]
* ''[[Theatre/MackAndMabel Mack & Mabel]]''
* ''Theatre/{{Majora}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Mame}}'', a musical adaptation of ''Literature/AuntieMame''
* ''Theatre/MammaMia'' (Music/{{ABBA}})
* ''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha''
* ''Theatre/MaratSade''
* ''Theatre/MarieAntoinetteMusical''
* ''Theatre/MartinGuerre''
* ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}''
* ''Theatre/MeAndJuliet''
* ''Theatre/MeanGirls''
* ''Theatre/{{Memphis}}, A New Musical''
* ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong''
* ''Theatre/Metropolis1989''
* ''Theatre/MidlifeTheCrisisMusical''
* ''Theatre/MidnightChannelTheMusical'', a fan-produced adaptation of Persona 4.
* ''Minnie's Boys'', [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory about how]] the Marx brothers became the Creator/MarxBrothers.
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', the longest-running musical in the world, bar none - it's been running in London's West End since ''1985''.
* ''Theatre/MissSaigon''
* ''Theatre/MonstersTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/TheMostHappyFella''
* ''Theatre/MovinOut'' (Music/BillyJoel)
* ''Theatre/{{Mozart}}''
* ''Theatre/MozartLOperaRock''
* ''Theatre/TheMusicalOfMusicalsTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''
* ''Musical [=YoRHa=] 1.2'', part of the ''Theatre/YoRHa'' series of plays.
* ''Theatre/MyFairLady''
* ''Theatre/NatashaPierreAndTheGreatCometOf1812''
* ''Theatre/NerdsAMusicalSoftwareSatire''
* ''Theatre/ANewBrain''
* ''Theatre/{{Newsies}}'', the stage adaptation of the 1992 film.
* ''Theatre/NextToNormal''
* ''Theatre/NineMusical'', based on Felini's ''8 1/2''
* ''Theatre/NowHereThis''
* ''Theatre/{{Nunsense}}''
* ''Theatre/OfTheeISing''
* ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'', adapted from ''Literature/OliverTwist''
* ''Theatre/OnAClearDayYouCanSeeForever''
* ''Theatre/OnTheTown''
* ''Theatre/OnceOnThisIsland''
* ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''
* ''Theatre/OnceUponATimeInNewJersey''
* ''Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus''
* ''Theatre/OrdinaryDays''
* ''Theatre/PacificOvertures''
* ''Theatre/PaintYourWagon''
* ''Theatre/ThePajamaGame''
* ''Theatre/{{Parade}}''
* ''Theatre/PassingStrange''
* ''Theatre/{{Passion}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1954}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Phantom}}'', Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's take on ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
* ''Phantom of the Auditorium'', adapted from the Literature/{{Goosebumps}} book [[Literature/PhantomOfTheAuditorium of the same name.]]
* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''. London's second-longest running musical, opening in 1986, one year after ''Les Miserables'', and Broadway's longest, opening in 1988.
** ''Theatre/LoveNeverDies''
* ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}''
* ''Theatre/ThePirateQueen''.
* ''Theatre/PokemonLive!''.
* ''Theatre/PokemonTheMewsical''
* ''Theatre/Portal2TheUnauthorizedMusical''
* ''Theatre/PrinceKaguya''
* ''Theatre/ThePrinceOfTennis''
* ''Theatre/TheProm''
* ''[[Theatre/PromisesPromises Promises, Promises]]''
* ''Literature/{{Ragtime}}'', adapted by the composers of ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'', winner of several Tony awards.
* ''Theatre/{{Rebecca}}''
* ''Theatre/RedTheRedRidingHoodMusical''
* ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', a loose SettingUpdate of the opera ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' as a {{Grunge}} RockOpera.
* ''Theatre/ReturnToTheForbiddenPlanet''
* ''Theatre/RideTheCyclone''
* ''Theatre/TheRobberBridegroom''
* ''Theatre/RockOfAges''
* ''Theatre/{{Rocky}}''
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[[folder:S–Z]]
* ''Theatre/TheScarletPimpernel''
* ''Theatre/TheScarletSails''
* ''Theatre/TheScottsboroBoys''
* ''Theatre/TheSecretGarden''
* ''Theatre/SeraMyu''
* ''Theatre/{{Seussical}}''
* ''Theatre/{{Schikaneder}}''
* ''Theatre/SheLovesMe''
* ''Theatre/ShlomoHamelechVeshalmaiHasandlar'' (King Solomon and Shalmai The Shoemaker) is a combination between a biblical version of ''Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper'', and ''Ecclesiastes - the Musical''.
* ''Theatre/AShoggothOnTheRoof''
* ''Theatre/{{Showboat}}'', created by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein in 1927, is often seen as the first modern musical, although the innovative ideas it introduced (most prominently the idea of incorporating the book into the plot to provide a logical justification for the songs) didn't really become par for course until Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein created ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}!'' in 1942.
* ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/SideShow''
* ''Silence! The Musical'', based on ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
* ''Theatre/SixTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/SomethingRotten''
* ''Theatre/SomethingsAfoot''
* ''Theatre/{{Sonny}}''
* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''
* ''Theatre/SouthPacific''
* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', based on ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', which gleefully parodies many of the tropes of Broadway musicals.
* ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark''
* ''Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical''
* ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''
* ''Theatre/StarlightExpress''
* ''[[Theatre/SubwaysAreForSleeping Subways Are for Sleeping]]''
* ''Theatre/TheSultanOfSulu''
* ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge''
* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''
* ''Theatre/SweetCharity'', based on Fellini's ''Nights of Cabiria''
* ''[[Theatre/TabooMusical Taboo (Musical)]]''
* Creator/TakarazukaRevue has a history of over 100 years of their own unique style of musicals. They perform both original musicals, and productions of international ones. They have also been adapting shows from manga going back to 1924, but their most famous has to be ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', first performed in 1974. They have also done adaptations of ''Manga/RedRiver1995'', ''Manga/BlackJack'', and ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' is also one of their most famous and frequent productions.
* ''Theatre/TickTickBoom''
* ''Theatre/{{Titanic}}'', which surprisingly is ''not'' based on the [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} hit film]] from the same year.
* ''Theatre/TitleOfShow''
* ''Theatre/TripodVersusTheDragon'', based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
* ''Theatre/TuckEverlasting''
* ''Theatre/TurnaboutMusical''
* ''Theatre/TwiceCharmed''
* ''Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier''
* ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}''
* ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' and its sequels.
* ''Theatre/{{Violet}}''
* ''Theatre/VivaElvis''
* ''Theatre/{{Waitress}}''
* ''Theatre/{{We Are The Tigers}}''
* ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical''
* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', another loose SettingUpdate of Creator/{{Shakespeare}}'s ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
* ''Theatre/WeWillRockYou'' (based on the music of Music/{{Queen}})
* ''Theatre/WhenMidnightStrikes''
* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''
* ''Literature/TheWildParty'', two unrelated adaptations of the same poem, by Michael John [=LaChiusa=] and Andrew Lippa.
* ''Theatre/WitchesTheMusical''
* ''Theatre/TheWiz''
* ''Theatre/{{The Wizard of Oz|1902}}'' (1902)
* ''Theatre/{{The Wizard of Oz|2011}}'' (2011)
* ''Theatre/WonderfulTown''
* ''Theatre/AYearWithFrogAndToad''
* ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'', which in turn was adapted as an animated TV special.
* ''Theatre/YoungFrankenstein''
* ''Theatre/ZannaDont''
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History TheMusical / Theatre