"Sunset Boulevard (musical) Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on Billy Wilder's Academy Award-winning 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street. When young screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to make her return to the big screen. Romance and tragedy follow. Opening first in London in 1993, the musical has"
"it. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the film can still happen before I’m too old to play it (Bigelow).” Carousel (film) Carousel is a 1956 American musical film based on the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Ferenc Molnár's non-musical play ""Liliom"". The film stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, and was directed by Henry King. Like the original stage production, the film contains what many critics consider some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most beautiful songs, as well as what may be, along with the plots of ""Allegro"" and"
"in 1958, Tommy Steele in ""Half a Sixpence"" in 1963 (678 performances), Bruce Forsyth in ""Little Me"" in 1964 (334 performances), ""The Black Mikado"" (1975–76), and in the late 1970s the Kander and Ebb musical ""Chicago"" ran for 590 performances. More recently the 'rock'n'roll' musical ""Return to the Forbidden Planet"", which was based on Shakespeare's ""The Tempest"" and used 1950s and 1960s songs opened in September 1989 and lasted until early 1993, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Musical—beating the favourite, ""Miss Saigon"". The controversial show ""Jerry Springer - The Opera"" had a run from 14 October 2003 –"
"Cannibal! The Musical Cannibal! The Musical (originally known as Alferd Packer: The Musical) is a 1993 American independent black comedy horror musical film directed, written, produced, co-scored by and starring Trey Parker while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder, before reaching fame with ""South Park"" alongside his friend Matt Stone who also stars in and produced the film. It is loosely based on the true story of Alferd Packer and the sordid details of the trip from Utah to Colorado that left his five fellow travelers dead and partially eaten. Trey Parker (credited as Juan Schwartz) stars as"
"15, 1950, and ran 190 performances. The opening night cast included Shirley Booth as Lola, Sidney Blackmer as Doc, and Joan Lorring as Marie. Booth won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play and Blackmer won Best Actor. Reprising her Broadway role, Booth starred opposite Burt Lancaster as Doc and Terry Moore as Marie in a 1952 film adaptation. Booth won both the 1953 Best Actress Academy award and Best Actress - Drama Golden Globe for her portrayal of Lola. In 1974, Clint Ballard, Jr. and Lee Goldsmith adapted the play for the musical"
"their lines in character, as if they were still playing their roles from the series. Because the film was shown on a Thursday evening, it occupied the same time slot in which ""Family Affair"" was shown in 1970, which explains the selection of the four actors from the show to host the film. Oklahoma! (1955 film) Oklahoma! is a 1955 American musical film based on the 1943 musical of the same name by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones (in her film debut), Rod Steiger, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore, and Eddie"
"running for 1,417 performances. The show won seven Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle award, and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 1967, a film based on the musical was released by United Artists, with Morse and Vallee re-creating their stage roles. A 1995 revival was mounted at the same theatre as the original production (now named the Richard Rodgers Theatre). It ran for 548 performances and starred Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally. A 50th-anniversary Broadway revival directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford and starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette opened on March 27, 2011, at the"
"that began in the 1890s, the Princess Theatre musicals of the early 20th century, and comedies in the 1920s and 1930s (such as the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein), with ""Oklahoma!"" (1943), musicals moved in a more dramatic direction. Famous musicals over the subsequent decades included ""My Fair Lady"" (1956), ""West Side Story"" (1957), ""The Fantasticks"" (1960), ""Hair"" (1967), ""A Chorus Line"" (1975), ""Les Misérables"" (1980), ""Into the Woods"" (1986), and ""The Phantom of the Opera"" (1986), as well as more contemporary hits including ""Rent"" (1994), ""The Lion King"" (1997), ""Wicked"" (2003), and ""Hamilton"" (2015). Musical theatre may be produced"
"film was renamed ""Fame"". The film was released in 1980. Having retained the stage rights to the movie, in 1987 it was announced that De Silva was developing a stage version of the film. With a book by José Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy, ""Fame – the Musical"" was the first professional production at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida, in 1988. The show then ran at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from March 25, through April 29, 1989. A Swedish version opened at the China Theater in Stockholm in 1993, and"
"Award for Best Musical, and Lauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. Composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee Adams (who had previously collaborated on the score to ""Bye Bye Birdie"", among others) wanted to write a musical version of the 1950 movie, ""All About Eve"". However, Twentieth Century Fox, which owned the rights to the movie, refused to grant them the rights to the script or the title. They were, however, able to purchase the stage rights to the short story on which ""All About Eve"" had been based, Mary Orr's ""The Wisdom of Eve"". The"
"Carousel (film) Carousel is a 1956 American musical film based on the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Ferenc Molnár's non-musical play ""Liliom"". The film stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, and was directed by Henry King. Like the original stage production, the film contains what many critics consider some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most beautiful songs, as well as what may be, along with the plots of ""Allegro"" and ""South Pacific"", the most serious storyline found in their musicals. The story revolves around Billy Bigelow, a rough-talking, macho, handsome"
"involvement, and a less messy ""Gore-Free Zone"".) ""Cannibal!"" currently holds a 63% ""Fresh"" approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 19 reviews. The site's critical consensus says: ""If you're only going to watch one black comedy about a real-life explorer whose fellow travelers ended up eaten, make it ""Cannibal! The Musical""."" Cannibal! The Musical Cannibal! The Musical (originally known as Alferd Packer: The Musical) is a 1993 American independent black comedy horror musical film directed, written, produced, co-scored by and starring Trey Parker while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder, before reaching fame with ""South Park"" alongside his"
"in turn, was based on the writing of Christopher Isherwood), the musical starred Jill Haworth as Sally Bowles, Bert Convy as Clifford Bradshaw, Lotte Lenya as Fräulein Schneider and Joel Grey as the emcee. The original Broadway production opened on November 20, 1966 and won eight of the 11 Tony Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Musical and Best Score. Adapted into a film by Bob Fosse, it won eight Academy Awards, though not Best Picture. It was revived three times, first in 1987 with Grey reprising his role and again in 1998 in a long-running revival, originally"
"high ratings. It also earned two Emmy Awards and a 1999 George Foster Peabody Award. Although truer to the original stage musical than the 1982 version, it condensed much of the full story in an attempt to make it more viewable for children. The film also featured a special appearance by Andrea McArdle, star of the original Broadway production. The film has aired on cable on Hallmark Channel, ABC Family, and Starz after its premiere on ABC. The 1999 version is more comical than the 1982 version's slightly darker tone. On January 20, 2011 it was announced that Will Smith"
"Award for Best Musical. This has been followed by a string of professional tours and worldwide productions and numerous cast albums, as well as a major 1996 film of the musical starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas. The musical was revived in London in 2006, and on Broadway in 2012, and toured the UK again in 2013–14 before running for 55 West End performances at the Dominion Theatre in September–October 2014. Act I In 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina, a crowd is watching a film (""A Cinema in Buenos Aires, July 26, 1952"") that is interrupted when news breaks of the death"
"production, produced by Edwin Lester in 1973, ran for a disappointing 103 performances but won the Tony Award for Best Score. A West End production played in 1985. A new production of the musical, adapted by Heidi Thomas and directed by Eric D. Schaeffer, premiered at the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) in January 2015, and ran on Broadway from April 8 to June 21, 2015 at the Neil Simon Theatre. ""Gigi"" originated as a 1945 novella by Colette, which was adapted for the screen with Danièle Delorme in 1948. In 1951 Anita Loos adapted the novel for the stage, and"
"Theater (California) in December 2008, directed by Albert Ihde and again conducted by Alexander Frey. A new chamber adaptation of the score will be produced at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in June 2018, directed by Christopher Alden. Peter Pan (1950 musical) Peter Pan is a 1950 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's play ""Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"" with music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein; it opened on Broadway on April 24, 1950. This version starred Jean Arthur as Peter Pan, Boris Karloff in the dual roles of George Darling and"
"Whole New World - Underscore (:20) 20. I'll Say (:42) 21. We Through Yet/Prince Ali (Reprise) (1:36) 22. Snake! (:41) 23. He Has More Power (:50) 24. Father, I've Decided (:59) 25. Celebration (1:36) 26. Curtain Call (1:13) Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular was a Broadway-style show based on Disney's 1992 animated film ""Aladdin"" with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Alan Menken. It was performed inside the Hyperion Theater in Hollywood Land at Disney California Adventure from 2003 to 2016. In September 2015, it was announced that the"
"occasionally rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Scrooge (musical) Scrooge: The Musical is a 1992 stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. Its score and book are closely adapted from the music and screenplay of the 1970 musical film ""Scrooge"" starring Albert Finney and ""A Christmas Carol"" by Charles Dickens. Bricusse was nominated for an Academy Award for the song score he wrote for the film, and most of those songs were carried over to the musical. The musical opens with the company singing a Christmas carol medley as the city of London begins to reminisce over"
"for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. A stage musical adaptation of the same name ""Kinky Boots"" debuted on Broadway in April 2013, following an out-of-town try-out at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago; Cyndi Lauper, music and lyrics; and Harvey Fierstein, co-wrote book. Director Jerry Mitchell is also the choreographer. The Chicago cast included: Billy Porter and Stark Sands. At the 67th Tony Awards (2013) won six Tony Awards, including Tony Award for Best Original Score (Lauper, first sole female winner), Best Actor (Porter) and Best Musical. Kinky Boots (film) Kinky"
"(2016). and the animated film ""Boss Baby"" (2017) The film has been adapted into a stage musical that began touring the UK during late 2011. The cast included Summer Strallen as Dale, Tom Chambers as Jerry and Martin Ball as Horace. The show opened at Milton Keynes Theatre on August 19, 2011 before touring to other UK regional theatres including Leeds, Birmingham and Edinburgh. The production transferred to the West End's Aldwych Theatre on April 19, 2012, opening on May 9, 2012. It won three Olivier Awards in 2013, including for Best New Musical. Since 2005, a digitally restored version"
"yet another television version in 1997 on ABC, produced by Walt Disney Television, starring Brandy, Whitney Houston, Bernadette Peters, and Whoopi Goldberg. Stage versions were also presented in London and elsewhere, and the musical finally was given a Broadway production, with a revised book by Douglas Carter Beane, and incorporating four songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalogue, in 2013. Based on a 1957 novel by C. Y. Lee, ""Flower Drum Song"" takes place in San Francisco's Chinatown in the late 1950s. The original 1958 production was directed by dancer/singer/actor Gene Kelly. The story deals with a young Chinese woman"
"opening of Watkins's play ""Chicago"" in Chicago, Illinois. The play has since been adapted into a 1927 silent film, 1975 stage musical, and 2002 movie musical (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), all by that name, as well as the 1942 romantic comedy film ""Roxie Hart"". Velma Kelly, the 1975 musical character inspired by her, won Bebe Neuwirth the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for its acclaimed 1996 revival; it also won Catherine Zeta-Jones the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2002 film based on it. The character was known as simply"
"Applause (musical) Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film ""All About Eve"" and the short story on which the movie is based, Mary Orr's ""The Wisdom of Eve"". The story centers on aging star Margo Channing, who innocently takes a fledgling actress under her wing, unaware that the ruthless Eve is plotting to steal her career and her man. The musical opened on Broadway on March 30, 1970, and ran for 896 performances. It won the Tony"
"as the 5 Best Comedy. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: A stage musical of the movie premiered at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago from September 11 to October 14, 2018 before opening on Broadway in the spring of 2019. The musical has music and lyrics by David Yazbek; Robert Horn wrote the book; Denis Jones choreographed and Scott Ellis directed. Santino Fontana starred as Michael Dorsey. He is joined by Lilli Cooper as Julie Nichols, Sarah Stiles as Sandy Lester, John Behlmann as Max Van Horn, Andy Grotelueschen as Jeff Slater, Julie Halston"
"of Colorado students Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of ""South Park"", made a film called ""Cannibal! The Musical"" (1993), based loosely on Packer's life, with Parker billed as ""Juan Schwartz"" (a variation of Packer's ""John Schwartze""). The film was released commercially in 1996 by Troma Entertainment and produced as a stage play, titled ""Alferd Packer: The Musical"", initially by Dad's Garage Theatre Company and by several other theatre companies since. Lesser known film adaptions include ""The Legend of Alfred Packer"" (1980) and the horror film, """" (2005). The 1999 Czech-American horror movie ""Ravenous"" is loosely based on the story"
"ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances, later enjoying award-winning revivals, national tours, foreign productions and an Academy Award-winning 1955 film adaptation. It has long been a popular choice for school and community productions. Rodgers and Hammerstein won a special Pulitzer Prize for ""Oklahoma!"" in 1944. This musical, building on the innovations of the earlier ""Show Boat"", epitomized the development of the ""book musical"", a musical play where the songs and dances are fully integrated into a well-made story with serious dramatic goals that are able to evoke genuine emotions other than laughter. In addition, ""Oklahoma!"" features musical themes, or motifs,"
"adapted as both a musical play called ""Kiss Me, Kate"", which opened on Broadway in 1948, and as the 1953 Hollywood musical of the same name. ""The Taming of the Shrew"" was again retold in 1999 as a teen comedy set in a high school in ""10 Things I Hate about You"", and also in 2003 as an urban romantic comedy, ""Deliver Us from Eva"". The 1961 musical film ""West Side Story"" was adapted from ""Romeo and Juliet"", with its first incarnation as a Broadway musical play that opened in 1957. The animated film ""The Lion King"" (1994) was inspired"
"a musical so successfully. It seemed improbable, given the cult status of the movie, but the stage show has met it and raised it, rather than being its pale imitation."" 9 to 5 (musical) 9 to 5: The Musical is a musical based on the 1980 movie of the same name, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. It features a book by Patricia Resnick, based on the screenplay by Resnick and Colin Higgins. The musical premiered in Los Angeles in September 2008, and opened on Broadway in April 2009. It received 15 Drama Desk Award nominations, the most received"
"prevailed in the maneuvers, and in appreciation of Blossom, Chiquita and Harry's help, the off-limits sign is removed and the manor is once again the site of much happiness for the military men and their wives. At a celebratory party, Rocky announces that he has been selected for officer's candidate school, and the happy Blossom reconciles with him. The film is based on the 1943 Broadway Musical of the same name, which featured songs by Cole Porter and was a starring vehicle for Ethel Merman, who played Blossom. However, the film version uses only the title song from Porter's score,"
"Coney Island (1943 film) Coney Island is a 1943 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century Fox and starring Betty Grable in one of her biggest hits. A ""gay nineties"" musical (set in that time period) it also featured George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, and Phil Silvers, was choreographed by Hermes Pan, and was directed by Walter Lang. Betty Grable also starred in the 1950 remake, ""Wabash Avenue"". In 1944, the year after the film was released, it was nominated for an Oscar for Alfred Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture The film is"
"Theatre, a spectacle that got a lot of publicity for both actresses and for the film. Loos wrote a sequel to her novel entitled ""But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"", with further adventures of Lorelei and Dorothy. The 1955 ""Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"" musical film used only the book's name and starred Russell and Jeanne Crain playing completely new characters. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 American musical comedy film based on the 1949 stage musical of the same name. It was directed by Howard Hawks and stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid,"
"the Broadway production of ""Gigi"" starred Audrey Hepburn in her first major role. Seven years later, while ""My Fair Lady"" was in Philadelphia prior to its Broadway opening, Arthur Freed approached Lerner about a feature film musical adaptation. Although Loewe had vowed never to work in movies, he was charmed by the book and agreed to collaborate on the project. The 1958 film of ""Gigi"" proved to be a major critical and commercial success and the winner of nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Edwin Lester, founder of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, asked for a stage version of"