1 | [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Actors meet the stage]]: |
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3 | !!Examples: |
4 | * ''Theatre/{{Amaluna}}'' is ''Theatre/TheTempest'' meets ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' meets ''Theatre/SouthPacific''. |
5 | * ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' is ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' meets ''Literature/OliverTwist'' [-IN 1930S DEPRESSION-ERA NEW YORK!-] |
6 | * ''A Night in the Old Markeplace'' is basically ''Film/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' meets ''[[Music/TheBlackRider The Black Rider]]'' from Music/TomWaits. |
7 | * Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's ''AXEL'' is ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' (Asian DamselInDistress and BigBad, {{Wuxia}}-esque acrobatics) meets ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne'' ({{Cyberpunk}}[=/=]UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} aesthetic) meets ''Theatre/RockOfAges'' (RockOpera-inspired plot utilizing real songs) {{on ice}}. |
8 | * The musical ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' has been described as "''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' + ''Series/SesameStreet'' + ''Series/{{Friends}}''", while the creators have described it as ''Series/SesameStreet'' meets ''Theatre/{{RENT}}''. |
9 | * ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'' is ''Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats'' meets ''Theatre/AChorusLine''. |
10 | * ''Crystal'' is ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' meets ''Film/IcePrincess''. |
11 | * ''Theatre/DogSeesGod'' is ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'' meets ''Theatre/SpringAwakening''. |
12 | * ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}'' is ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075249/ Sparkle]]'' meets ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''. |
13 | * ''Faeriestruck'' is ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''(Ordinary girl travels to a MagicalLand) meets ''Literature/PeterPan''(said land is home to TheFairFolk) meets ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' (protagonist wants to {{become a real|Boy}} fairy and sells out her family in a DealWithTheDevil to embark on her adventure) meets ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight''(protagonist finds out that she's the reincarnation of the realm's slain queen). |
14 | * ''Theatre/TheFantasticks'' has been described as "Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet meets Reality". |
15 | * ''Feathers and Teeth'' is ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' meets ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' meets ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''. |
16 | * ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'' is ''Literature/TheFourGospels'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' and old-time vaudeville. |
17 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' is ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' meets ''Theatre/InTheHeights'' with a dash of ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar''. |
18 | ** The show's casting calls describe every character in such a manner, X being a popular rapper or singer and Y being a famous Broadway character. For instance, Alexander Hamilton is "Music/{{Eminem}} meets Theatre/SweeneyTodd". |
19 | * ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'' is ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'' meets ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat''. |
20 | * ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' is ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' meets the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis''. |
21 | * ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' is [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors the original film]] meets a {{Creator/Disney}} musical. Which makes sense, considering that Alan Menken and Howard Ashman wrote the songs. |
22 | * José Rivera's ''Marisol'' is ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' meets ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung Götterdämmerung]]''. |
23 | * Adam Tettle's ''Misha'' is best described as ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' + ''Film/{{Superbad}}''. |
24 | * ''Theatre/{{Mystere}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' meets Creator/MelBrooks. |
25 | * In ''Theatre/NextToNormal'', Natalie and Henry's relationship is Hayley and Jeff from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' meets Violet and Tony from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. |
26 | * ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}'' is ''Literature/{{Candide}}'' meets ''Theatre/TheFantasticks''. |
27 | * ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' is ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hair}}''. |
28 | * ''Theatre/RideTheCyclone'' is ''Film/DefendingYourLife'' meets ''Film/FinalDestination3'' meets ''Series/{{Glee}}''. |
29 | * ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' is ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' meets ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''. |
30 | * ''Theatre/AShoggothOnTheRoof'' is ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft. |
31 | * ''Theatre/TheSkinOfOurTeeth'': ''Theatre/OurTown'' meets ''Hellzapoppin''. |
32 | * The Green Goblin in ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick has been described]] as looking like "the bad guy from the end of ''Film/TheMask'' meets Megatron from Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/Transformers2007'' movie meets Nathan Lane in ''Film/TheBirdcage''." |
33 | * ''Theatre/TheSpongebobMusical'' has been described as ''Theatre/OurTown'' meets ''Film/Armageddon1998''. It can also be described as the episode ''Sponge-Cano!'' meets the Iron Fan chapter of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. |
34 | * ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'' is ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' meets ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' meets Creator/AndrewLloydWebber. |
35 | * ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' meets ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. |
36 | * ''Theatre/TheTrailToOregon'' is ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' meets ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'' meets ''Creator/MelBrooks''. |
37 | * ''Theatre/TwistedTheUntoldStoryOfARoyalVizier'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' meets ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' meets ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. |
38 | * ''Theatre/{{Zarkana}}'' is Creator/BazLuhrmann meets Creator/DavidLynch -- with a HappyEnding! |
39 | * ''Theatre/ZombieProm'' is ''Film/{{Grease}}'' meets zombies. Actually, there's only one zombie. |
40 | * ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Nutcracker - A Christmas Carol]]'' is ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' meets ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. |
41 | * ''Theatre/LuciaDiLammermoor'' is ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets ''Theatre/LaTraviata'' meets ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' with even more madness. |
42 | * In a 2018 interview with the ''Daily Express'', Creator/RichardOBrien said ''Theatre/TheRockyHorrorShow'' was like a combination of ''Film/CarryOn'' and ''Film/HammerHorror''. |
43 | * ''Violet's Attic'' is ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' meets ''Film/TheShining''. |
44 | * ''Theatre/{{VOLTA}}'' is ''Theatre/{{Hair}}'' meets ''Theatre/{{Saltimbanco}}'' meets ''Series/SoYouThinkYouCanDance'' meets ''Circus XTREME''. |
45 | * ''Wad'' is ''Film/DeadManWalking'' meets ''Film/YouveGotMail''. |
46 | * ''Waterfall'' is ''Theatre/MadameButterfly'' (StarCrossedLovers plot between an Asian and an American, leading one of them to DeathByDespair after the other marries someone else) meets ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' (set in Thailand, with the Western protagonist being the woman) meets ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' (just prior to World War II, with Imperial Japan in the role of Nazi Germany). |
47 | * ''Theatre/WesterosAnAmericanMusical'' is ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' [=/=] ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''. |
48 | * ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' is ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'' in a New York setting. |
49 | * ''Westeros Side Story'' is ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''. |
50 | * ''Theatre/TisPityShesAWhore'' is ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets BrotherSisterIncest. |
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