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8-> '''Blank Paper:''' ...More recently, musicals have been based on movies like ''Film/MyFavoriteYear'', ''Film/{{Footloose}}'', ''Film/DirtyRottenScoundrels'', ''Film/{{Big}}'', ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'', ''Film/TheFullMonty'', ''Film/TheProducers'' (inhales) ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie'', ''Film/{{Hairspray|1988}}'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''Film/BillyElliot'', ''[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Spamalot]]''-- \
9'''Jeff:''' Wow! So movies make good musicals? \
10'''Blank Paper:''' Well, they make musicals.
11-->-- ''Theatre/TitleOfShow''
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13It's usually the case that [[TheFilmOfThePlay hit plays get turned into movies]]. But more and more nowadays, the opposite is happening, with films being translated for the stage. Some say it's a sign of intellectual bankruptcy in theatre. Hollywood has the same problem, but there are a lot more new successful movies in the last two decades than new successful plays. So the stealing ends up being one way.
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15These are usually musicals even when they weren't in the first place (see AllMusicalsAreAdaptations); AdaptationDecay usually occurs here. Movie musicals are also frequently adapted for the stage, and these tend to [[Main/AdaptationExpansion acquire additional songs]] in the stage version.
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17This trope can be taken one step further, by going from movie, to stage musical, to RecursiveAdaptation movie-of-the-stage-musical.
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19Separately, in Japan, 2.5D Theatre has emerged as a new branch of the anime sphere. Rather than a "safe bet", or an attempt to cash in on a popular movie, as the Broadway examples are sometimes seen, 2.5D productions are made for fans, as a new and vibrant expression of fan love, though there are exceptions. See the folder below for more information.
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21[[InvertedTrope Inversion]] of TheFilmOfThePlay.
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23(Original title in parentheses if necessary).
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25[[index]]
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28[[folder:Film Musicals into Stage Musicals]]
29* ''Film/FortySecondStreet''
30* ''Film/AnAmericanInParis''
31* ''Theatre/{{Aladdin}}'', based on the [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Disney film]].
32* ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'' - True(-ish) story (the claimant existed, but she wasn't Anastasia) -> play -> 1950's film and ballet -> animated musical film, which did away with a lot of what was left of the claimant's true story -> stage musical.
33* ''Film/BugsyMalone''
34* ''Film/CalamityJane''
35* ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang''
36* ''Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein'' was originally produced for CBS television. Interestingly, the first time it was produced on stage seems to have been a definitely non-standard {{Pantomime}} adaptation which played London in 1958. Currently there are ''three'' licensed versions: One based on the original TV staging, one that owes more to the 1997 TV movie, and the completely rethought Broadway version of TheNewTens. Their one written-for-film musical, ''Film/StateFair'', was adapted for Broadway in 1996.
37* ''Film/CryBaby''
38* ''Film/DirtyDancing''
39* ''Film/DoctorDolittle''
40* ''{{Film/Fame}}''
41* ''Film/{{Flashdance}}''
42* ''Film/{{Footloose}}''
43* ''Film/ForbiddenZone'': ''Sacred Fools Theater Company'' performed a stage version in 2010.
44* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''
45* ''Film/{{Gigi}}''
46* ''Film/Grease2'': Guy Unsworth adapted it into ''Cool Rider''.
47* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical on Stage!'' (first two films)
48* ''Film/HighSociety''
49* ''Film/HolidayInn''
50* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'': ''Shepparton Kids In Theatre'' adapted it in 1999. The Henson company is currently working on another production.
51* ''Theatre/MaryPoppins''
52* ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis'': A stock version appeared in the 1960s, and a somewhat different version reached Broadway in 1989.
53* ''Film/{{Newsies}}''
54* ''Film/NewYorkNewYork''
55* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' was adapted by Seattle's Can-Can theatre company as ''This Is Halloween''.
56* ''Film/{{Once}}''. Possibly belongs in "originally not a musical" territory, as much of its music is diegetic.
57* ''Theatre/ThePrinceOfEgypt''
58* ''Film/TheProducers'': Three songs from the original movie were carried over.
59* ''Film/{{Scrooge|1970}}''
60* ''Film/SevenBridesForSevenBrothers''
61* ''Film/ShockTreatment''
62* ''Film/SinginInTheRain''
63* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'': There have been two unofficial adaptations - one by the Berklee College of Music with only the musical numbers, and a "24-Hour Musical" version by University College Dublin.
64* ''Film/SwingTime'' was adapted as the stage show ''Never Gonna Dance,'' which premiered on Broadway in 2003.
65* ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie''
66* ''Film/TopHat''
67* ''Film/VictorVictoria''
68* ''Film/WhiteChristmas''
69* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' has two unconventional takes on this trope going for it, in that neither of the following is officially an adaptation of the film ''but'':
70** ''Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka'', from 2005, has a script that's more [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory book-accurate]], but includes all the familiar songs, new Leslie Bricusse-penned numbers, and a variation on the Slugworth subplot that was unique to the film.
71** When ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' launched in the West End in 2013, it only borrowed [[BootstrappedTheme "Pure Imagination"]] from the movie and was otherwise a fresh take on the novel with [[InternalHomage a few internal homages to it and other adaptations]]. However, the extensive Broadway {{Retool}} of 2017 (now the standard version of the libretto) tossed out several of the original songs and substituted them with most of the corresponding numbers from the '71 film.
72* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' (the 1939 movie) has inspired several musicals. One was allowed to use the songs from the movie but not any of the dialogue that wasn't in the original book. The most recent, in 2011, was adapted by Creator/AndrewLloydWebber and Creator/TimRice and included several new songs.
73* ''Theatre/{{Xanadu|2007}}''
74* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon examples:
75** The company started making big Broadway productions out of its [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated movies]] in the 1990s with ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'', although there was a stage production of ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' that played N.Y.C.'s Radio City Music Hall in 1979 and was even filmed for TV and video. Disney has since put ''Theatre/{{The Lion King|1997}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'', ''Theatre/{{Aladdin}}'', and ''Theatre/{{Frozen|2018}}'' on Broadway and internationally with varying levels of success.
76** Gekidan Shiki, the company that mounts Disney's productions in Japan, has a non-replica production of ''The Little Mermaid'', with different sets and costumes from those used on Broadway.
77** There is also a production of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'' on the U.S. regional circuit.
78** There's a whole series of "Kids" and "Junior" adaptations of other canon films (''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', etc.) specifically designed for children to perform.
79** ''My Son Pinocchio'' deserves special mention as it's a Screen-to-TV-to-Stage adaptation: a stage version of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' TwiceToldTale TV musical ''Film/{{Geppetto}}''!
80** Both the German and American stage adaptations of ''Theatre/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' utilize most of the songs and a few plot elements from the [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Disney film]] while more closely following Creator/VictorHugo's [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame original novel]] -- DownerEnding included.
81* ''Animation/MavkaTheForestSong'' was a big success in its native UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} and got a local adaptation into a stage musical.
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84[[folder:Non-Musical Films into Stage Musicals]]
85* ''[[Film/AWedding1978 A Wedding]]''
86* ''Against All Hope''
87* ''Applause'' (''Film/AllAboutEve'')
88* ''Film/{{Arthur|1981}}'' (Died in the pre-Broadway tryout stage)
89* ''Theatre/BackToTheFutureTheMusical'' was in development with Music/AlanSilvestri writing songs and Creator/RobertZemeckis producing, but quietly fell into DevelopmentHell until 2020.
90* ''The Baker's Wife'' (''La Femme du Boulanger'')
91* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}''
92* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''
93* ''Film/{{Big}}''
94* ''Film/BillyElliot''
95* ''Film/TheBodyguard''
96* ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' (Considered one of the biggest flops in Broadway history -- it only had four previews, and never officially opened)
97* ''Film/ABronxTale''
98* ''Theatre/BulletsOverBroadway''
99* ''Busker's Alley'' (''Sidewalks of London''; intended for Broadway but closed during out-of-town tryouts)
100* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles''
101* ''Carmelina'' (''Film/BuonaSeraMrsCampbell'', which also inspired the book for ''Mamma Mia!'')
102* ''Carnival!'' (''Film/{{Lili}}'')
103* ''Theatre/{{Carrie}}''
104* ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan''
105* ''A Catered Affair'' (''The Catered Affair'')
106* ''Film/AChristmasStory''
107* ''Film/DaysOfWineAndRoses''
108* ''Film/DirtyRottenScoundrels''
109* ''Do I Hear a Waltz?'' (''Film/{{Summertime}}'')
110* ''Donnybrook!'' (''Film/TheQuietMan'')
111* ''Film/{{Elf}}''
112* ''Theatre/EvilDeadTheMusical''
113* ''Film/{{Fanny}}'' (from Creator/MarcelPagnol's stage/film trilogy)
114* ''Theatre/FindingNemoTheMusical''
115* ''Film/TheFly1986'' was adapted into an '''opera''' in 2008. The film's composer Howard Shore provided the music, and the world premiere staging was conducted by Placido Domingo and directed by Creator/DavidCronenberg himself.
116* ''For the Boys''
117* ''Literature/FreakyFriday'' (which then received a Creator/DisneyChannel movie adaptation)
118* ''Film/TheFullMonty'' (This film later had a non-musical stage adaptation as well)
119* ''Theatre/{{Ghost|1990}}: The Musical''
120* ''Film/TheGoodbyeGirl'' (Adapted by screenwriter Creator/NeilSimon himself)
121* ''Film/GrandHotel''
122* ''Theatre/GreyGardens''
123* ''Film/GroundhogDay''
124* ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}''
125* ''Hazel Flagg'' (''Film/NothingSacred'')
126* ''Theatre/HeathersTheMusical''
127* ''Henry, Sweet Henry'' (''Film/TheWorldOfHenryOrient'')
128* ''Here's Love'' (''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet''; in recent years, that's become the official title)
129* ''Theatre/HereWeAre'' (based on the Creator/LuisBunuel films ''Film/TheExterminatingAngel'' and ''Film/TheDiscreetCharmOfTheBourgeoisie'')
130* ''Film/HighFidelity''
131* ''Theatre/HowToDanceInOhio'' (based on the 2015 HBO documentary of the same name)
132* ''Illya Darling'' (''Never on Sunday'')
133* ''Jedi!'' (A comedic adaptation of the original Franchise/StarWars trilogy; its successful run in Chicago was shut down by Lucasfilm)
134* ''Film/JohnnyGuitar''
135* ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''
136* ''King of Hearts''
137* ''Film/KinkyBoots''
138* ''Film/TheLastJedi'' got a {{Kabuki|Theatre}} version in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer For real]].
139* ''Theatre/LegallyBlonde''
140* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' (The Creator/RogerCorman B-movie ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'')
141* ''Look to the Lilies'' (''Film/LiliesOfTheField'')
142* ''Film/LoveStory''
143* ''Make a Wish'' (''The Good Fairy'', which in turn was based on a play of the same name)
144* ''A Man of No Importance'' is based on the 1994 film of the same name starring Albert Finney.
145* ''Theatre/MaxAndRuby''
146* ''Theatre/MeanGirls''
147* ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''
148* ''Minsky's'' (''Film/TheNightTheyRaidedMinskys'')
149* ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''
150* ''Film/MrSaturdayNight'': Creator/BillyCrystal and Creator/DavidPaymer reprise their film roles 30 years later for a musical adaptation of the comedy.
151* ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' has the unusual credit "adapted from Bernard Shaw's ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}'' produced on the screen by Gabriel Pascal." (It uses several elements that were created for the film, including the details of the ball scene and the AdaptationalAlternateEnding.)
152* ''Film/MyFavoriteYear''
153* ''Theatre/NineMusical'' (''Film/EightAndAHalf'')
154* ''Film/NineToFive'' (Featuring a song score by Dolly Parton, who co-starred in the film)
155* ''Nosferatu the Vampire'' (''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'')
156* ''Passion'' (''Passione d'amore'')
157* ''Film/PeggySueGotMarried''
158* ''Priscilla Queen of the Desert'' (''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''; both the movie and musical are written by Stephen Elliot)
159* ''Film/TheProducers''
160* ''Theatre/PromisesPromises'' (''Film/TheApartment'')
161* ''Film/{{The Red Shoes|1948}}''
162* ''Film/ReeferMadnessTheMusical''
163* ''Theatre/ReturnToTheForbiddenPlanet''
164* ''Film/{{Road House|1989}}''
165* ''Film/{{Rocky}}''
166* ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion''
167* ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''
168* ''Film/SecondhandLions'', which oddly [[ArtifactTitle does not feature the titular lion]]!
169* ''Film/{{Shenandoah}}''
170* ''Sherry!'' (''Film/TheManWhoCameToDinner'')
171* ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical''
172* ''Theatre/SilenceTheMusical'' ("The unauthorized parody of" ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'')
173* ''Film/SilkStockings'' (''Film/{{Ninotchka}}'')
174* ''Film/SisterAct''
175* ''Film/{{Smile|1975}}''
176* ''Theatre/SomeLikeItHot'' (2022 adaptation of the movie)
177* ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'' ("Lovingly ripped off from" ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'')
178* ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'' (Heavily, if unofficially, based on the first two movies about the character)
179* ''Film/TheSpitfireGrill''
180* ''Sugar'' (''Film/SomeLikeItHot''; a 1992 London staging used that title instead)
181* ''Film/SunsetBoulevard''
182* ''Theatre/SweetCharity'' (''Film/NightsOfCabiria'')
183* ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'' (''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers''; the original production was directed by Roman Polanski, who directed the film)
184* ''Film/{{Tootsie}}''
185* ''Film/TheToxicAvenger''
186* ''Film/UrbanCowboy''
187* ''Theatre/{{Waitress}}''
188* ''Film/TheWeddingSinger''
189* ''Whistle Down the Wind''
190* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (A production adapted from the 1988 movie was first performed in 1993 by a community theatre in Naperville, Illinois and in Los Angeles in 1994)
191* ''Film/WomanOfTheYear''
192* ''A Wonderful Life'' (''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'')
193* ''Theatre/YoungFrankenstein''
194* ''Zorba'' (''Film/ZorbaTheGreek'')
195* Some stage adaptations of novels had input from people involved with movie adaptations of them.
196** The musical version of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' shared a scriptwriter with the movie and is ''still'' a Broadway byword for unmitigated failure in Screen-To-Stage Adaptationalizing. SoBadItsGood or unredeemably awful? [[http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3315584 You decide.]] (Betty Buckley, who played Miss Collins in the movie and Carrie's mom here, salvaged a song for her album. More recently, it provided a ShowWithinAShow on ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''.)
197** ''Theatre/{{The Color Purple|Musical}}'' counted among its producers two people who worked on the movie version -- Quincy Jones (co-producer) and Oprah Winfrey (she played Sofia).
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200[[folder:Non-Musical Films into Straight Plays]]
201* Creator/MarcelPagnol's 1930s "Marseille Trilogy" started with the films adaptations of two plays, ''Marius'' and ''Fanny''. Then he wrote a third film, ''César'', in 1936. Said film was adapted into a play in 1946.
202* ''Film/CalendarGirls'': Originally a true story, the tale of a group of WI members' creation of a nude calendar to benefit a local cancer ward was first made into a film, and then the film was adapted by Tim Firth into a stage play.
203* ''Film/{{Clue}} on Stage'': A 2018 stage adaptation of the 1985 cult comedy classic (based on the [[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} board game]]), using Jonathan Lynn's original script with alterations done by Hunter Foster, Eric Price, and Sandy Rustin. The stageplay follows the same basic plot and script as the movie, with a few new changes -- Mrs. Peacock is now a religious zealot in addition to being the corrupt wife of a senator, Professor Plum's [[AllMenArePerverts lustful tendencies]] have been expanded into him now believing himself to be God's gift to women, and -- most notably -- there are no alternate endings, with the movie's third ending being the only one used here.
204* ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety''
205* ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon Arena Spectacular''
206* ''Film/TheHunt2012'' received a 2019 London stage adaptation as a play with music (but not ''quite'' to the point of being TheMusical). Details about the play are in a subsection on the film's page.
207* ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'': The public domain status, and relatively low budget the film had makes it an easy and convincing transfer onto stage.
208* ''Theatre/The39Steps'' is a PlayedForLaughs adaptation of the 1935 film ''Film/{{The 39 Steps|1935}}'' that uses just [[EconomyCast four actors]]! (Although it was originally a novel, ''Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps''.)
209* ''Film/TheManFromEarth''
210* ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'': Created for amateur stagings in TheEighties, this is a PragmaticAdaptation that scales down the action but preserves the style and tone of the film.
211* ''Film/{{Point Break|1991}} Live!'' is a tongue-in-cheek retelling that uses an audience member to fill Keanu Reeves's role (dialogue is provided on cue cards).
212* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'': Technically, it was a play before it was a movie. However, it started as a teleplay on CBS' ''Studio One'' program, and the two versions have almost exactly the same script. The movie has an extra, very short, intro scene.
213* ''Terminator the Second'' is a stage adaptation of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' that replaces all dialogue with matching dialogue from Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays.
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218[[folder:[=2.5D=] Stage Plays (Japanese Adaptations of Anime, Games, Manga)]]
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2212.5D began in the 1990's with series like the ''Sailor Moon'' musicals, and ''Sakura Wars''. In the late 2010's, it has become its own vibrant corner of the anime world, with almost 200 plays produced in 2018. The label 2.5D was coined in 2015 by the producer of the Tenimyu series. They are called 2.5D because they exist between the 2D world of anime and the 3D world of regular theatre.
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223These productions tend to be made for audiences who are already fans of the source material. They also tend to be series that follow successive story arcs.
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225How do new fans catch up? Another unique point about 2.5D is that the plays usually have short runs, followed by a Blu-ray release. Popular series like ''Touken Ranbu'' and ''Ensemble Stars!'' will run for 2-3 months and tour throughout Japan and even overseas, while other plays will often only run for a week. 2.5D combines the focuses of live theater and video media in ways that other productions don't often do. This means the actors have to act for the camera and the back row simultaneously.
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227The venues themselves become gathering places for fans, and the atmosphere is like that of an anime event.
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229The titles are usually abbreviated as (first two syllables of title) + "sta" for a stage play, or "myu" for a musical (e.g. ''[[Manga/BlackButler Kuroshitsuji]] Musical'' becomes [=KuroMyu=], ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}} Stage'' play becomes ''[=TsukiSta=]'', etc.)
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231The 2.5D sphere also includes productions that are not adaptations, such as ''Theatre/KuroToShiro'' and ''Messiah''.
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233!!2.5D productions with their own pages:
234* ''Theatre/MANKAISTAGEA3'', based on the mobile game ''VideoGame/{{A3}}''. It's a stage play about stage actors and staff preparing for a stage play.
235* ''Theatre/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' is based on [[Manga/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto a manga]], but it breaks away from the boundaries of 2.5D in several ways. It was premiered at the legendary Meijiza, the oldest theatre in Tokyo, opening the theatre's 150th anniversary season; most of the older cast and Cesare himself are played by actors from the musical sphere, not the 2.5D sphere; and the quality of the music surpasses 2.5D -- most 2.5D shows don't involve a full orchestra. Nonetheless, the students other than Cesare were all played in the original cast by actors who have appeared in the big 2.5D series such as Touken Ranbu, Tsukipro, A3, and Prince of Tennis.
236* ''Musical Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', known by fans as [=Tenimyu=]. It has had four "seasons", which cycle through a series of 12 musicals. There is also a separate musical series of ''The New Prince of Tennis''.
237* ''Theatre/Persona3TheWeirdMasquerade'', based on the video game ''VideoGame/Persona3''. It's particularly notable for being the only piece of media to give the female protagonist a name, Kotone Shiomi, which would eventually be adopted as her CanonName.
238* ''Theatre/SailorMoon'', known as ''[=Seramyu=]''.
239* ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'', which takes the idol characters of the source material into elaborate fantasy settings, with over 25 plays [[Theatre/{{Tsukipro}} in the franchise]] so far, over 5 series.
240* ''Theatre/IdentityV'' - three plays in 2019-2021.
241* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'''s separate [[Theatre/ToukenRanbuStage stage play]] and [[Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu musical]] adaptations, with over 25 plays in the franchise between both series.
242* ''Theatre/YoRHa'', based on the ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' series.
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244!!Other anime, manga, and games with 2.5D stage adaptations.
245* ''Anime/MarsRed'' and ''Anime/ShoujoKagekiRevueStarlight'' were both produced as combination anime and stage productions.
246* ''Manga/TheRoyalTutor'' was also adapted into a stage play and anime at the same time, with the same main cast for both.
247* ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' - Creator/KenshoOno reprised his role from the anime.
248* ''Anime/HighSchoolStarMusical'' and ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' have also had voice actors reprising their roles in the stage plays.
249* ''Rock Musical Manga/{{Bleach}}''
250* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''
251* ''Manga/BlackButler'' - 6 musicals between 2009-2021.
252* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has 5 stage musicals between 2015-2021. They are ''~Singin' in the World~'', ''~The Great World~'', ''~in the new world~'', ''~A World in the Universe~'' and ''~The world is wonderful~''.
253* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji|2016}}'' had a stage production with a Japanese cast that toured in China.
254* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Kagekiden''
255* ''Franchise/UtaNoPrincesama'''s ''Gekidan Shining'' series, based on an earlier drama CD series, features the idol characters performing, essentially, a ShowWithinAShow. Themes have included ninja, pirates and vampires. These differ from ''Anime/HighSchoolStarMusical's'' ''Caribbean Groove'', which brought the performance from the finale of the first anime to life as a side story, and Tsukista's ''Yumemigusa'', which featured the ShowWithinAShow as just a frame story for a TrappedInAnotherWorld plot.
256* ''Manga/AirGear''
257* ''Dear Boys''
258* ''Butai Ban Fuma No Kojiro''
259* ''Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo'': This adaption was an original story where a new Minky Momo goes to London.
260* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''
261* ''VideoGame/{{PriPara}}''
262* ''Live Spectacle Anime/{{Naruto}}''
263* ''Anime/DanceWithDevils''
264* ''Manga/NintamaRantarou'' Musical, notable for its cast of [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys attractive adult male]] actors, despite the fact that the characters are in elementary school.
265* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'', predating the anime adaptation.
266* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'', noteworthy for its [[https://youtu.be/EmcCyMh3VzM stagecraft]].
267* ''Manga/YowamushiPedal''
268* ''Manga/AceOfTheDiamond''
269* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}''
270* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub''
271* ''Manga/FruitsBasket''
272* ''Anime/ShugoChara''
273* ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars On Stage'' tends to be a mix of event adaptations and original interquels.
274* ''Gyakuten Saiban - Yomigaeru Shinjitsu'', based on the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' video game series.
275* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} The Stage'', based on ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', and the Future Arc of the anime ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''.
276* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder THE STAGE: Holy Round Table's Domain Camelot - Replica; Agateram'', based on the very popular sixth story chapter of the mobile RPG.
277* ''Puyo Puyo on Stage'', based on ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo''. Yes, a ''FallingBlocks game'' of all things has a play based on it.
278* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2 -ON STAGE-''
279* ''Manga/HunterXHunter Nightmare of Zoldyck'' - Musical based on the Zoldyck Family Arc with all the 1999 anime voice actors reprising their roles in the stage play.
280* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' has two: ''Katekyo Hitman Reborn! The STAGE'' covers the Daily Life and Kokuyo arcs and ''Katekyo Hitman Reborn! The STAGE vs VARIA'' covers the Varia Arc.
281* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' has a musical, with four different child actresses selected to play Anya.
282* ''Manga/ChainsawMan THE STAGE'', a 3-hour effects-heavy drama that casted Creator/AyaHirano as Makima and [[ActorSwap stunt actors]] as the transformed versions of Denji and Samurai Sword.
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287* Creator/TakarazukaRevue has done musical adaptations of manga as far back as 1924, though their most famous is ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', first performed in the 1970's. These are not considered 2.5D, as they appeal to Takarazuka fans primarily, and others who are not fans of the source material. Other series they have adapted include ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'' (Using the English names), and ''Manga/RedRiver1995''.
288* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' actually has unofficial stage adaptations done in Germany by the performing group Tsuki no Senshi. They did adaptations for the original ''Kingdom Hearts'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''.
289* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': officially adapted from the original comic strip rather than TV show, though the producers did obtain permission to use the show's famous ThemeTune in the score.
290* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': In the summer of 1976, a stage adaptation ran at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. Directed by Robert Redfarn, Creator/JohnInman, Creator/MollieSugden, Creator/FrankThornton, Creator/WendyRichard, and Creator/NicholasSmith reprised their characters while Mr. Lucas, Mr. Grainger, and Mr. Mash were recast. The play had basically the same plot as [[Film/AreYouBeingServed the film version]] which would debut the next year, though Young Mr. Grace's role was omitted entirely and Mr. Mash had less to do than Mr. Harman in the film. The play has occasionally been run at other theatres since.
291* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' was adapted for the stage in 2012 by The Comedy Theatre Company, with the original actors reprising their roles (alongside Creator/PaulineQuirke and Creator/LindaRobson's real-life children playing Travis).
292* ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'': stage play based on the famed police procedural franchise adapted by James Reach, using as its story a LockedRoomMystery done on the radio as "The Big Bible" and later on TV as "The Bullet".
293* ''[[Series/HappyDays Happy Days: a New Musical]]''
294%%Comic, not screen* ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark''
295%%* ''It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman''
296* In the 1980s there were two stage adaptations of Creator/TheBBC Scotland sitcom ''City Lights'', starring the original cast.
297* ''Series/DoctorWho'' stage plays include ''Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday'' (1974) and ''Doctor Who -- The Ultimate Adventure'' (1989). The ''earliest''--and possibly UrExample--is ''The Curse of the Daleks'', written by Creator/TerryNation and Creator/DavidWhitaker, from 1965. The episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] was also [[http://youtu.be/UEsFeRZjPh4 adapted to the stage]] in a small student production.
298* A musical adaptation of ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', written by Jim Sullivan (son of series writer John Sullivan) and [[Series/TheFastShow Paul Whitehouse]] premiered in London in 2019.
299* ''Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical'' is a Broadway musical adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', with a score composed by many famous artists, including Aerosmith, They Might Be Giants, The Flaming Lips[[note]] who had previously done a promotional song for the first [=SpongeBob=] movie[[/note]], John Legend, Lady Antebellum, and David Bowie.
300* ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'': A stage adaptation, written and directed by Guy Unsworth based on the TV series began a UK tour at the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon in February 2018 starring Joe Pasquale as Frank Spencer, with Sarah Earnshaw as Betty and Creator/SusieBlake as Mrs Fisher. Due to the success of the 2018 tour, the production began another tour in February 2020. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, many dates were cancelled.
301* ''WesternAnimation/ReallyRosie'' has a stage play that is almost a straight adaptation of the original special, some extra songs and few DarkerAndEdgier elements are thrown in.
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