Musicals based on films (Film Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 200. Chapters: A Little Night Music, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Spamalot, Dance of the Vampires, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Sunset Boulevard, La Cage aux Folles, Billy Elliot the Musical, Shrek the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Carrie, The Lion King, Sister Act, Carnival!, 9 to 5, The Producers, Xanadu, Young Frankenstein, Passion, Fame, Reefer Madness, Evil Dead: The Musical, The Wizard of Oz, The Baker's Wife, Saturday Night Fever, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Nine, The Color Purple, Whistle Down the Wind, Sweet Charity, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Footloose, Puteri Gunung Ledang, Der Glöckner von Notre Dame, 42nd Street, The Wedding Singer, High School Musical on Stage!, Promises, Promises, On the Twentieth Century, Grey Gardens, Big: the musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Tarzan, Catch Me If You Can, Martin Guerre, Grand Hotel, The Toxic Avenger, Sweet Smell of Success, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, A Catered Affair, Applause, Selena Forever, Elf the Musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Smile, Aladdin, Jr., Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Cry-Baby, Singin' in the Rain, My Favorite Year, The Goodbye Girl, Sugar, State Fair, A Man of No Importance, Love Story, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Busker Alley, Woman of the Year, Flashdance the Musical, Silk Stockings, Shenandoah, Illya Darling, Betty Blue Eyes, Minsky's, Here's Love, The Spring Chicken, Victor/Victoria, A Wonderful Life, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Red Shoes, Ghost: The Musical, Metropolis, Urban Cowboy, Windy City, Oh, Captain!, Hazel Flagg, Carnival in Flanders, Giant Killer Shark: The Musical, Meet Me in St. Louis, Scarrie! The Musical, Peggy Sue Got Married, Look to the Lilies, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Henry, Sweet Henry, King of Hearts, Scrooge, Carmelina, Make a Wish, Scary Musical, Donnybrook!, Barbarella, Nosferatu The Vampire, Against All Hope, The Opposite of Sex. Excerpt: Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre. Eric Idle, a member of the Monty Python team, wrote the musical's book and lyrics and collaborated with John Du Prez on most of the music. Idle explained the title in a February 2004 press release: I like the title Spamalot a lot. We tested it with audiences on my recent US tour and they liked it as much as I did, which is gratifying. After all, they are the ones who will be paying Broadway prices to see the show. It comes from a line in the movie which goes: "we eat ham, and jam and Spam a lot." The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004-2005 season and received 14 Tony Award nominations. During its initial run of over 1,500 performances it was seen by more than two million people and grossed over $175 million. A recording encourages members of the audience to "let your cellphones and pagers ring willy-nilly," and comments that they should "be aware there are heavily armed knights on stage that may drag you on stage and impale you." This was recorded by John Cleese. A historian gives a brief overview of medieval England. In an apparent (and deliberate) miscommunic...