History Main / AllMusicalsAreAdaptations

-->"Hello, I'm Anthony Adverse,\\

* ''Critic's Choice'' by Creator/IraLevin mentions two fictional musical productions adapted from ''Anthony Adverse'' and ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', both apparently being woeful flops. Ivy, who was in the latter before it folded, tells Parker he was right about there being "some books that simply can''not'' be made into musical comedies." When Angela tells him that the producer of the former show has read her new play and thinks it's wonderful, her husband sarcastically bursts into an IAmSong and dance:

* ''Critic's Choice'' by Creator/IraLevin mentions two apparently awful musicals adapted from ''Anthony Adverse'' and ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''. When Angela tells him that the producer of the former show has read her new play and thinks it's wonderful, her husband bursts into an IAmSong and dance:

** In "A Streetcar Named Marge", she stars as Blanche in a musical adaptation of ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' (opposite Ned Flanders as Stanley!) whose cheery closing song "You Can Always Depend on the Kindness of Strangers!" managed to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint completely miss the point of the original line]]. When Andre Previn made ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' into an opera later in TheNineties, he explicitly cited the "Simpsons scenario" ("Stella, Stella, can't you hear me yell-a?") as an instance of what he tried to avoid; its libretto simply sets the original text of the play to music. It should be noted that this was a case of SerendipityWritesThePlot, as they were unable to get the rights to the play itself, but were informed by a FOX lawyer that writing songs based off of it would be fair game.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' had a scene featuring Terry taking Bruce Wayne to a musical about... Batman. Bruce was [[OtherMeAnnoysMe not pleased]] with the show's lighthearted campy tone. The sad part is that the idea for it came from the fact that someone [[Theatre/BatmanTheMusical actually proposed a Batman musical]] in real life.

** ''Series/MadTV1991'' did a skit in the late 1990s spoofing how campy the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' movie franchise had become by having the 5th one done as a Broadway musical. In fact, Warner Bros. actually had Music/JimSteinman and Creator/DavidIves working on a ''Batman'' [[Theatre/BatmanTheMusical musical]] for several years, but it didn't pan out.

** ''Series/{{MAD TV}}'' did a skit in the late 1990s spoofing how campy the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' movie franchise had become by having the 5th one done as a Broadway musical. In fact, Warner Bros. actually had Music/JimSteinman and Creator/DavidIves working on a ''Batman'' [[Theatre/BatmanTheMusical musical]] for several years, but it didn't pan out.

* In EndBosssWorld, Flash Man stars as Neo (and the special effects crew) of Film/TheMatrix: The Musical, co-starring Dr Mario as Morpheus.

* ''Theatre/{{Carrie}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' was heavily inspired by the myth of Maui, but is not a direct adaptation, making it the first Disney musical to avert the trope. With the possible exception of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' depending on who you ask.

* {{Jukebox Musical}}s (''Theatre/MammaMia'', ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'', ''Theatre/JerseyBoys'', etc) ''[[ExactWords technically]]'' are not aversions, since they re-work pre-existing material into new presentations. However, the term "adaptation" usually refers to plot, not music, which may give these shows a bye via popular vote.

** In "A Streetcar Named Marge", she stars as Blanche in a musical adaptation of ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' (opposite Ned Flanders as Stanley!) whose cheery closing song "You Can Always Depend on the Kindness of Strangers!" managed to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint completely miss the point of the original line]]. When Andre Previn made ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' into an opera later in TheNineties, he explicitly cited the "Simpsons scenario" ("Stella, Stella, can't you hear me yell-a?") as an instance of what he tried to avoid; its libretto simply sets the original text of the play to music.

* ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'' but only because Creator/AndrewLloydWebber wanted to do ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' but wouldn't have had the creative control he wanted.

* ''Theatre/{{Majora}}''

!!Aversions

!!Parodies
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': The season 5 premiere "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" revolves around Gene's musical version of ''Film/DieHard'' being passed over for the annual school play over Courtney Wheeler's musical version of ''Film/WorkingGirl''

* An episode of Series/{{Supernatural}} ([[Recap/SupernaturalS10E05FanFiction ''Fan Fiction'']]) revolves around a high school play that is a musical adaptation of the in-universe book series, ''Supernatural''. (Which were unknowingly [[spoiler:(well, so he says)]] written about Sam and Dean's life by 'Carver Edlund', aka the Prophet Chuck Shurley, [[spoiler:aka God]].)

[[caption-width-right:350:♪ [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes Oh my god! I was wrong!]]\\

** The page image is from ''[[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes Stop the Planet of the Apes: I Want to Get Off!]]'' ("A Fish Called Selma"), which features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmzUEQxOvA breakdancing orangutans and spontaneous piano solos]].

* ''Theatre/{{CompanySondheim}}'' is a borderline example: it was based on a cycle of seven short plays, which however went unproduced.

* ''[[Theatre/GutenbergTheMusical Gutenberg! The Musical!]]'' is an original show about two writers with more moxie than talent trying to make a musical about Johann Gutenberg based on one sentence from an encyclopedia and some stuff they vaguely remember from school. As far as they are concerned, that means it's historical fiction, which they define as "fiction that's true". (It also has a DownerEnding

* ''Gutenberg! The Musical!'' is an original show about two writers with more moxie than talent trying to make a musical about Johann Gutenberg based on one sentence from an encyclopedia and some stuff they vaguely remember from school. As far as they are concerned, that means it's historical fiction, which they define as "fiction that's true".

** The only thing preventing a ''Star Wars'' musical is George Lucas's dignity (dear God, we're screwed). But it has been adapted into an opera. [[http://www.infauxmedia.com/ Four]] [[http://www.macms.org/DDK/ times,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1BeJLzrvIk in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSS3FTAIa-A fact.]]

* ''Theatre/{{Cats}}''

** Smithers wrote a musical inspired by Malibu Stacey dolls, providing an example of a musical based on a pre-existing intellectual property while not being a direct adaptation.
--->'''Mr. Burns:''' A musical about a doll? Why not [[Theatre/{{Cats}} a musical about the common cat]]? Or [[Theatre/TheKingAndI the King of Siam]]?

** A musical adaptation of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Itchy and Scratchy]]'' parodies the style of the Broadway version of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''.

* Most of the works of Creator/TeamStarKid are played with examples, in that they're unlicensed parodies (so far they've adapted ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', and ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' in such manner) rather than direct adaptations. They have done five original shows: ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick'', ''Theatre/{{Firebringer}}'',''Theatre/{{The Guy Who Didnt Like Musicals}}'', ''Theatre/{{Black Friday}}'' and, in a gray area, ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'', which has a setting modeled after ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' with a plot that combines ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' with ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', all three influences being extremely blatant.