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| Zippel, Holzman and Simon |
| Zippel, Holzman and Simon |
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| [[Joan Micklin Silver]] and [[Julianne Boyd]] |
| [[Joan Micklin Silver]] and [[Julianne Boyd]] |
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| All-female cast. Revisions in 1992 and 1995 under different names. |
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| ''A... My Name Is Still Alice'' |
| ''A... My Name Is Still Alice'' |
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| [[Joan Micklin Silver]] and [[Julianne Boyd]] |
| [[Joan Micklin Silver]] and [[Julianne Boyd]] |
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| Updated and revised version of ''[[A... My Name Is Alice]]'' (1984). |
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| ''A... My Name Will Always Be Alice'' |
| ''A... My Name Will Always Be Alice'' |
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| Various |
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| [[Joan Micklin Silver]] and [[Julianne Boyd]] |
| [[Joan Micklin Silver]] and [[Julianne Boyd]] |
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| Alternate title: ''Alice Revisited'' |
| Updated and revised version of ''[[A... My Name Is Alice]]'' (1984). Alternate title: ''Alice Revisited'' |
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| ''[[Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick]]'' |
| ''[[Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick]]'' |
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| [[Ray Evans]] and [[Jay Livingston]] |
| [[Ray Evans]] and [[Jay Livingston]] |
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| Evans and Livingston |
| Evans and Livingston |
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| [[Claude Binyon]] |
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| Based on 1919 play by Walter Benjamin Hare. Directed and written by [[Claude Binyon]]. |
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| ''[[Abbacadabra]]'' |
| ''[[Abbacadabra|ABBAcadabra]]'' |
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+ [[West End theatre|West End]] (1983) |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1983 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1983 |
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| French |
| French [[Television film|television]] |
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| [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]] |
| [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]] |
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| [[Alain Boublil]] and Daniel Boublil |
| [[Alain Boublil]] and Daniel Boublil (French production); [[David Wood]], [[Mike Batt]], [[Don Black]] (UK production) |
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| Boublil and Boublil |
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| {{n/a}} |
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| Adaptation of classic fairy tales set to the music of [[ABBA]] with new French lyrics. |
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| ''[[About Face (1952 film)|About Face]]'' |
| ''[[About Face (1952 film)|About Face]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1952 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1952 |
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| [[Musical film|Film]] |
| [[Musical film|Film]] |
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| [[Peter DeRose]] |
| [[Peter DeRose]] and various |
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| [[Charles Tobias]] and various |
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| de Rose ''et al'' |
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| Peter Milne |
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| Directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]]; written by [[Peter Milne (screenwriter)|Peter Milne]]. |
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| ''About Town'' |
| ''About Town'' |
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| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] |
| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] |
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| Melville Ellis and [[Raymond Hubbell]] |
| Melville Ellis and [[Raymond Hubbell]] |
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| Joseph Herbert |
| [[Joseph W. Herbert]] |
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| Herbert |
| Herbert |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1986 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1986 |
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| [[Musical film|Film]] |
| [[Musical film|Film]] |
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| [[Gil Evans]] and various |
| [[Gil Evans]] (score) and various (songs) |
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| Various |
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| Evans and various artists |
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| [[Richard Burridge]] |
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| Based on [[Absolute Beginners (novel)|the novel by [[Colin MacInnes]]. Directed by [[Julien Temple]]; written by [[Richard Burridge]], [[Christopher Wicking]], and [[Don MacPherson]]. |
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| ''[[Abyssinia (musical)|Abyssinia]]'' |
| ''[[Abyssinia (musical)|Abyssinia]]'' |
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| [[Noël Coward]] |
| [[Noël Coward]] |
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| Coward |
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| ''[[Acorn Antiques: The Musical! |
| ''[[Acorn Antiques: The Musical!]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 2005 |
| style="text-align: center" | 2005 |
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| [[West End theatre|West End]] |
| [[West End theatre|West End]] |
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| Wood |
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| Based on [[Acorn Antiques|a series of sketches]] performed on the [[television]] show [[Victoria Wood as Seen on TV]]. |
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| ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' |
| ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 2007 |
| style="text-align: center" | 2007 |
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| [[Musical film|Film]] |
| [[Musical film|Film]] |
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| Songs: [[The Beatles]] ([[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[George Harrison]], [[Ringo Starr]]). Score: [[Elliot Goldenthal]] |
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| [[The Beatles]] |
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| The Beatles |
| The Beatles |
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| [[Julie Taymor]] |
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| [[Jukebox musical]] directed by [[Julie Taymor]] and written by [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Act" | ''[[The Act (musical)|The Act]]'' |
| data-sort-value="Act" | ''[[The Act (musical)|The Act]]'' |
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| [[Fred Ebb]] |
| [[Fred Ebb]] |
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| [[George Furth]] |
| [[George Furth]] |
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| Directed on Broadway by [[Martin Scorsese]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Addams Family" | ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' |
| data-sort-value="Addams Family" | ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' |
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| Lippa |
| Lippa |
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| [[Marshall Brickman]] and [[Rick Elice]] |
| [[Marshall Brickman]] and [[Rick Elice]] |
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| The 2011 touring version introduced several modifications to the plot and song list. |
| Based on the [[The Addams Family|cartoons]] by [[Charles Addams]]. Includes [[The Addams Family Theme]] composed by [[Vic Mizzy]]. The 2011 touring version introduced several modifications to the plot and song list. |
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| ''[[Adding Machine (musical)|Adding Machine]]'' |
| ''[[Adding Machine (musical)|Adding Machine]]'' |
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| Jason Loewith and Schmidt |
| Jason Loewith and Schmidt |
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| Loewith and Schmidt |
| Loewith and Schmidt |
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| Based on [[The Adding Machine|the 1923 play]] by [[Elmer Rice]]. |
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| ''[[Adele (musical)|Adèle]]'' |
| ''[[Adele (musical)|Adèle]]'' |
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| ''[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1994 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1994 |
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| [[Musical film|Film]] |
| [[Musical film|Film]] |
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| Guy Cross |
| Score: Guy Cross Songs: Various |
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| Various |
| Various |
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| [[Stephan Elliott]] |
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| Directed and written by [[Stephan Elliott]]. |
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| data-sort-value="Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001)" | ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (musical)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' |
| data-sort-value="Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001)" | ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (musical)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' |
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| Schlitz |
| Schlitz |
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| [[Ken Ludwig]] |
| [[Ken Ludwig]] |
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| Based on [[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer|the 1876 novel]] by [[Mark Twain]]. |
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| ''[[Affair in Trinidad]]'' |
| ''[[Affair in Trinidad]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1952 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1952 |
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| [[Musical film|Film]] |
| [[Musical film|Film]] |
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| Lester Lee |
| Lester Lee, [[Bob Russell (songwriter)|Bob Russell]], and various others |
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| Lee and Russell |
| Lee and Russell |
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| Berne Giler and James Gunn |
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| Directed by [[Vincent Sherman]], written by [[Oscar Saul]], [[James Gunn]], [[Virginia Van Upp]], and Berne Giler. |
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| data-sort-value="Affairs of Dobie Gillis" | ''[[The Affairs of Dobie Gillis]]'' |
| data-sort-value="Affairs of Dobie Gillis" | ''[[The Affairs of Dobie Gillis]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1953 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1953 |
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| [[Musical film|Film]] |
| [[Musical film|Film]] |
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| Various |
| Various |
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| Various |
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| [[Max Shulman]] |
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| Directed by [[Don Weis]], written by [[Max Shulman]]. First film appearance of [[Bob Fosse]]. |
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| ''[[Afgar]]'' |
| ''[[Afgar]]'' |
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| Based on the 1892 play, ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'', by [[Oscar Wilde]]. |
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| ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'' |
| ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'' |
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| [[Tim Rice]] |
| [[Tim Rice]] |
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| [[Linda Woolverton]], [[Robert Falls]] and [[David Henry Hwang]] |
| [[Linda Woolverton]], [[Robert Falls]] and [[David Henry Hwang]] |
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| Based on [[Aida|the 1871 opera of the same name]] by [[Giuseppe Verdi]]. [[Tony Award]]s for [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] (John and Rice), [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]] for [[Heather Headley]]. Notable song: [[Written in the Stars]]. |
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| ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' |
| ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1978 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1978 |
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| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[revue]] |
| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[revue]] |
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| [[Fats Waller]] and Various |
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| Murray Horwitz and [[Richard Maltby, Jr.]] |
| Murray Horwitz and [[Richard Maltby, Jr.]] |
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| [[Jukebox musical]] [[revue]] comprising the songs written and/or popularized by Waller. [[Tony Award]]s for [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]], [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress]] ([[Nell Carter]]), and [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Director]] ([[Richard Maltby, Jr.]]) |
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| ''[[Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death]]'' |
| ''[[Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 2017 |
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| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] |
| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] |
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| [[The Temptations]] |
| [[The Temptations]] and Various |
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| The Temptations |
| The Temptations and Various |
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| [[Dominique Morisseau]] |
| [[Dominique Morisseau]] |
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| [[Jukebox musical|Jukebox biomusical]] based on the lives and featuring the songs of the Temptations. |
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| ''[[Aladdin (1958 film)|Aladdin]]'' |
| ''[[Aladdin (1958 film)|Aladdin]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1958 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1958 |
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| [[Television]] |
| [[Television film|Television]] |
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| [[Cole Porter]] |
| [[Cole Porter]] |
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| Porter |
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| [[S. J. Perelman]] |
| [[S. J. Perelman]] |
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| Based on the [[folktale]] [[Aladdin]] from the ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''. |
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| ''[[Aladdin ( |
| ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' |
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| [[Animation|Animated film]] |
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| [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] |
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| [[Alan Menken]] |
| [[Alan Menken]] |
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| [[Howard Ashman |
| [[Howard Ashman]] and [[Tim Rice]] |
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| Based on the [[Aladdin |
| Based on the [[folktale]] [[Aladdin]] from the ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''. Notable Songs: "[[A Whole New World]]" and "[[Friend Like Me]]". |
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| {{interlanguage link|Les Mille et Une Vies d'Ali Baba|lt=''Ali Baba''|fr|Les Mille et Une Vies d'Ali Baba}} |
| {{interlanguage link|Les Mille et Une Vies d'Ali Baba|lt=''Ali Baba''|fr|Les Mille et Une Vies d'Ali Baba}} |
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| Fabrice Aboulker and [[Alain Lanty]] |
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| Thibaut Chatel and Frédéric Doll |
| Thibaut Chatel and Frédéric Doll |
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| Based on [[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]] from the ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''. |
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| ''Alice at the Palace'' |
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| [[Television film|Television]] |
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| [[Elizabeth Swados]] |
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| Swados and [[Lewis Carroll]] |
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| ''[[Alice by Heart]]'' |
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| [[Off-Broadway]] |
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| [[Steven Sater]] |
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| [[Duncan Sheik]] |
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| Sheik and [[Jessie_Nelson_(filmmaker)|Jessie Nelson]] |
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| Based on [[Lewis Carroll]]{{'s}} 1865 book ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. |
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| ''Alice in Concert'' |
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| [[Elizabeth Swados]] |
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| Swados and [[Lewis Carroll]] |
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| Based on Carroll's books ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' (1865) and ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' (1871).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/2162/alice-in-concert |title=Alice in Concert |author=Concord Theatricals |work=Concord Theatricals |date=2020 |accessdate=2020-05-14 |quote=This "music hall" version of Lewis Carroll's ''Alice in Wonderland'' and ''Through the Looking Glass'' was a New York Shakespeare Festival production. Swados composed the score, adapted the book and directed for the stage. Meryl Streep starred as "Alice" at New York's Public Theatre. }}</ref> |
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''[[Alice in Wonderland (musical)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' |
|''[[Alice in Wonderland (musical)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1886 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1886 |
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| [[West End theatre|West End]] |
| [[West End theatre|West End]] |
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| [[Walter Slaughter]] |
| [[Walter Slaughter]] |
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| Henry Savile Clarke and Aubrey Hopwood |
| [[Lewis Carroll]], Henry Savile Clarke and Aubrey Hopwood |
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| Based on Carroll's books ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' (1865) and ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' (1871). |
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| ''[[Alice By Heart (musical)|Alice By Heart]]'' |
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| [[Steven Sater]] |
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| [[Duncan Sheik]] |
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| Duncan Sheik and Jessie Nelson |
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| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' |
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1951 |
| style="text-align: center" | 1951 |
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| [[Animated film]] |
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| [[Lewis Carroll]], Fain, Hilliard, Various |
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| [[Winston Hibler]] and [[Ted Sears]] |
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| Based on Carroll's books ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''(1865) and ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' (1871). |
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| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1976 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' |
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| [[Pornographic film|Adult film]] |
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| Based on [[Lewis Carroll]]{{'s}} 1865 book ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. Directed by Bud Townsend. Written by [[Bill Osco]] and Bucky Searles. Originally released as a [[softcore pornography|softcore film]] but later re-edited to include [[Hardcore pornography|explicit sexual scenes]]. Later adapted into an [[Off-broadway]] musical with an entirely new score. |
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| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' |
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| [[television film|Television]] |
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| Based on Carroll's books ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' (1865) and ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'' (1871). Directed by [[Harry Harris]], written by [[Paul Zindel]]. |
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| style="text-align: center" | 2004 |
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| Based on [[Lewis Carroll]]{{'s}} book ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. |
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| Based on [[Lewis Carroll]]{{'s}} 1865 book ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. Directed by [[Alex Lovy]], written by [[Bill Dana]]. |
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| ''Alice with Kisses'' |
| ''Alice with Kisses'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1964 |
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| ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' |
| ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' |
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| style="text-align: center" | 1972 |
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Revision as of 17:35, 14 May 2020
This is a general list of musicals, including Broadway musicals, West End musicals, and musicals that premiered in other places, as well as film musicals, whose titles fall into the A–L alphabetic range.
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Production | Year | Venue/type | Music | Lyrics | Book | Notes |
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110 in the Shade | 1963 | Broadway | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | N. Richard Nash | Based on Nash's 1954 play, The Rainmaker. |
13 | 2008 | Broadway | Jason Robert Brown | Brown | Dan Elish and Horn | |
1492 Up To Date | 1893 | Broadway | Carl Pflueger | R. A. Barnet | Barnet | A burlesque show. |
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | 1976 | Broadway | Leonard Bernstein | Alan Jay Lerner | Lerner | Ran for only 7 performances. |
1776 | 1969 | Broadway | Sherman Edwards | Edwards | Peter Stone | |
1789: Les Amants de la Bastille | 2012 | French | Rod Janois, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau and Dove Attia | Attia and Vincent Baguian | Attia and François Chouquet | Based on the French Revolution |
21 Chump Street | 2014 | Off-Broadway | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Based on a true story |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | 2005 | Broadway | William Finn | Finn | Rachel Sheinkin | |
3 Musketiers | 2003 | Dutch | Ferdi Bolland, Rob Bolland, and Paul Bogaev | Bolland and Bolland | André Breedland | |
3 Weeks in Spring | 2019 | Sydney | Russell Tredinnick | Ian Gerrard | Ian Gerrard | Workshopped in 2011, premiering at the State Theatre Sydney in August 2019[1] |
35MM: A Musical Exhibition | 2012 | Off-Broadway | Ryan Scott Oliver | Oliver | — | |
3hree | 2001 | Off-Off-Broadway | Laurence O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin, Robert Lindsey Nassif and John Bucchino | O'Keefe, Benjamin, Nassif and Bucchino | O'Keefe, Benjamin, Nassif and Bucchino | Three one-act musicals combined, The Mice, The Flight of the Lawnchair Man and Lavender Girl. |
42nd Street | 1980 | Broadway | Harry Warren | Al Dubin | Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble | Based on Bradford Ropes' novel. |
70, Girls, 70 | 1971 | Broadway | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Ebb and Norman L. Martin | Based on the 1958 play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke. |
8 femmes | 2002 | Film | Various artists | Various artists | François Ozon and Marina de Van | Bases on the play by Robert Thomas. |
9 to 5 | 2009 | Broadway | Dolly Parton | Dolly Parton | Patricia Resnick | Based on the 1980 film. |
90210! The Musical! | 2016 | Off-Broadway | Assaf Gleizner | Gleizner | Bob and Tobly McSmith | A musical parody of the television show Beverly Hills, 90210.[2] |
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Fade Out - Fade In | 1964 | Broadway | Jule Styne | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | Comden & Green | Closed after 274 performances, after several changes in lead |
F.F.F | 1920 | Australia | Reginald Stoneham | C. J. De Garis | C. J. De Garis | tour of major Australian cities |
Falsettoland | 1990 | Off-Broadway | William Finn | Finn | James Lapine | Later become half of Falsettos. |
Falsettos | 1992 | Broadway | William Finn | Finn | James Lapine and Finn | |
Fame |
1988 | Off-Broadway | Steve Margoshes | Jacques Levy | Jose Fernandez | Based on the 1980 film version. |
A Family Affair | 1962 | Broadway | John Kander | James Goldman and William Goldman | Goldman and Goldman | |
Fancy Nancy | 2012 | Off-Broadway | Danny Abosch | Susan DiLallo and Abosch | DiLallo | |
Fanny | 1954 | Broadway | Harold Rome | Rome | S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan | |
The Fantasticks | 1960 | Off-Broadway | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | Jones | Notable songs: "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain". |
Fellowship! | 2004 | Off-Broadway | Allen Simpson | Various | Kelly Holden-Bashar and Joel McCrary | A Tolkien parody. |
Fiddler on the Roof | 1964 | Broadway | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | Joseph Stein | Notable songs: "Tradition", "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker, Matchmaker". |
The Fields of Ambrosia | 1996 | Canadian | Martin Silvestri | Joel Higgins | Higgins | Based on the 1970 film The Traveling Executioner. |
Finding Nemo | 2007 | Disney musical | Robert Lopez | Kristen Anderson-Lopez | Peter Brosius | |
Finding Neverland | 2012 | Broadway | Scott Frankel and Michael Korie | Frankel and Korie | James Graham | Based on the 1998 play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee and the play's 2004 film adaptation by David Magee. |
Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be | 1959 | West End | Lionel Bart | Bart | Frank Norman | |
Finian's Rainbow | 1947 | Broadway | Burton Lane | E. Y. Harburg | Harburg and Fred Saidy | Notable songs: "How are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "Old Devil Moon". |
Fiorello! | 1959 | Broadway | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | Jerome Weidman and George Abbott | Notable song: "Little Tin Box". |
Firebringer | 2016 | Chicago | Meredith Stepien and Mark Swiderski | Stepien and Swiderski | Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden | |
First Date | 2013 | Broadway | Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner | Zachary and Weiner | Austin Winsberg | |
First Impressions | 1959 | Broadway | George Weiss, Robert Goldman and Glenn Paxton | Weiss, Goldman and Paxton | Abe Burrows | Based on Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. |
First Lady Suite | 1993 | Off-Broadway | Michael John LaChiusa | |||
Five Guys Named Moe | 1990 | West End | Louis Jordan | Jordan | Clarke Peters | |
The Five O'Clock Girl | 1928 | Broadway | Harry Ruby | Bert Kalmar | Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson | |
The Fix | 1997 | West End | Dana P. Rowe | John Dempsey | John Dempsey | |
Flahooley | 1951 | Broadway | Sammy Fain | E.Y. Harburg | Harburg and Fred Saidy | |
Flashdance | 2008 | West End | Robbie Roth | Roth and Robert Cary | Tom Hedley and Cary | Based on the film Flashdance |
Flora the Red Menace | 1965 | Broadway | John Kander | Fred Ebb | George Abbott and Robert W. Russell | Noted for Broadway debut of Liza Minnelli. |
Florodora | 1899 | West End | Leslie Stuart and Paul Rubens | Rubens and Edward Boyd-Jones | Owen Hall | |
Flower Drum Song + film (1961) |
1958 | Broadway | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields | Notable songs: "I Enjoy Being a Girl" and "Love, Look Away". |
Floyd Collins | 1996 | Off-Broadway | Adam Guettel | Guettel and Tina Landau | Landau | |
Flying High | 1930 | Broadway | Ray Henderson | B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown | Brown, DeSylva, and John McGowan | |
Follies | 1971 | Broadway | Stephen Sondheim | Sondheim | James Goldman | Notable songs: "Broadway Baby", "I'm Still Here" and "Losing My Mind". |
Follow That Girl | 1960 | West End | Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds | Slade and Reynolds | Slade and Reynolds | |
Follow the Boys | 1963 | Film | Various | Various | Lou Breslow and Gertrude Purcell | |
Follow the Girls | 1944 | Broadway | Phil Charig, Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal | Charig, Shapiro and Pascal | Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson | |
Follow Thru | 1929 | Broadway | Ray Henderson | B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown | DeSylva and Lawrence Schwab | |
Footloose |
1998 | Broadway | Tom Snow | Dean Pitchford | Pitchford and Walter Bobbie | Based on the 1984 film version. |
Forbidden Broadway | 1982 | Off-Broadway revue | Various | Gerard Alessandrini | Alessandrini | |
Forbidden Zone | 1980 | Film | Danny Elfman | Elfman | Richard Elfman | |
Forever Plaid | 1990 | Off-Broadway | Various | Various | Stuart Ross | |
Fosse | 1999 | Broadway revue | Various | Various | — | |
The Four Musketeers | 1967 | West End | Laurie Johnson | Herbert Kretzmera | Michael Pertwee | |
Foxes | 2018 | Australian | Shannon Parnell | Shannon Parnell | Rachel Pengilly | |
Foxy | 1964 | Broadway | Robert Emmett Dolan | Johnny Mercer | Ian McLellan Hunter and Ring Lardner Jr. | Based on Ben Jonson's play Volpone. |
Frankenstein | 2007 | Off-Broadway | Mark Baron | Jefferey Jackson | Jackson and Gary P Cohen | |
Freaky Friday + film (2018) |
2016 | Regional | Tom Kitt | Brian Yorkey | Bridget Carpenter | Based on the 1972 book of the same name, the musical is an adaptation of the 1976, 1995, and 2003 films. |
Free as Air | 1957 | West End | Julian Slade | Dorothy Reynolds and Slade | Reynolds and Slade | |
Freestyle Love Supreme | 2019 | Off-Broadway | Various | Various | Various | An 80-minute improvisational hip-hop musical based on audience suggestions. Concept created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale.[14] |
Friends! The Musical Parody | 2017 | Off-Broadway | Assaf Gleizner | Gleizner | Bob and Tobly McSmith | A musical parody of the television show Friends.[15] |
The Frogs | 2004 | Broadway | Stephen Sondheim | Sondheim | Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane | Originally performed in Yale University's gymnasium's swimming pool in 1974. |
From Generation to Generation | 1996 | Off-Broadway | Karen Sokolof Javitch | Sokolof Javitch | Sokolof Javitch and Elaine Jabenis | |
From Here to Eternity | 2013 | West End | Stuart Brayson | Tim Rice | Bill Oakes | |
From Justin to Kelly | 2003 | Film | Greg Siff | Michael Wandmacher | Kim Fuller | |
Frozen + film (2013) |
2017 | Broadway | Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez | Lopez and Anderson-Lopez | Jennifer Lee | Based on the 2013 film of the same name. |
Frozen Fever | 2015 | Short film | Christophe Beck | Beck | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Marc E. Smith | |
Full House! The Musical! | 2015 | Off-Broadway | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | A musical parody of the television show Full House.[16] |
The Full Monty | 2000 | Broadway | David Yazbek | Yazbek | Terrence McNally | Based on the 1997 film version. |
Fun Home | 2015 | Broadway | Jeanine Tesori | Lisa Kron | Lisa Kron | Based on the 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. |
Funny Face + film (1957) |
1927 | Broadway | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | Paul Gerard Smith and Fred Thompson | |
Funny Girl + film (1968) |
1964 | Broadway | Jule Styne | Bob Merrill | Isobel Lennart | Notable songs: "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade". |
Funny Lady | 1975 | Film | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Jay Presson Allen and Arnold Schulman | |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | 1962 | Broadway | Stephen Sondheim | Sondheim | Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart | Notable song: "Comedy Tonight". |
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Katdashians! Break the Musical! | 2016 | Off-Broadway | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | A musical parody of the Kardashians.[19] |
Kahootz | 2019 | Never produced | Rocky Nardone | Rocky Nardone | Rocky Nardone | |
Kean | 1961 | Broadway | Robert Wright and George Forrest | Wright and Forrest | Peter Stone | |
Keating! | 2007 | Australian | Casey Bennetto | Bennetto | Bennetto | Portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. |
Kelly | 1965 | Broadway | Moose Charlap | Eddie Lawrence | Lawrence | Never officially opened on Broadway. |
The Kid |
2010 | Off-Broadway | Andy Monroe | Jack Lechner | Michael Zam | Based on the memoir by Dan Savage. |
The King and I + film (1956) |
1951 | Broadway | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | Hammerstein II | Notable songs: "Shall We Dance", "I Whistle a Happy Tune" and "Getting to Know You". |
King David | 1997 | Broadway | Alan Menken | Tim Rice | Rice | |
King Kong | 2013 | Broadway | Marius de Vries | Eddie Perfect | Jack Thorne | Based on the 1933 film on the same name. |
Kinky Boots | 2013 | Broadway | Cyndi Lauper | Lauper | Harvey Fierstein | Based on the 2005 film version. |
Kismet | 1953 | Broadway | Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright and George Forrest | Wright and Forrest | Charles Lederer and Luther Davis | Notable song: "Stranger in Paradise". |
Kiss Me, Kate + film (1953) |
1948 | Broadway | Cole Porter | Porter | Samuel and Bella Spewack | Notable song: "Too Darn Hot". |
Kiss of the Spider Woman | 1993 | Broadway | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Terrence McNally | |
Kissing Time | 1919 | Broadway | Ivan Caryll | Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse | Bolton and Wodehouse | |
Knickerbocker Holiday | 1938 | Broadway | Kurt Weill | Maxwell Anderson | Anderson | Notable songs: "September Song" and "It Never Was You". |
KPOP | 2017 | Off-Broadway | Helen Park and Max Vernon | Park and Vernon | Jason Kim | Based on the K-pop genre of music. |
Kristina från Duvemåla | 1995 | Swedish | Benny Andersson | Björn Ulvaeus | Ulvaeus | |
Kronborg: 1582 | 1974 | Canadian | Cliff Jones | Jones | Jones | Based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet. |
A Kurt Weill Cabaret | 1963 | Off-Broadway | Kurt Weill | Various artists | — | |
Kwamina | 1961 | Broadway | Richard Adler | Adler | Robert Alan Aurthur |
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See also
- List of musicals: M to Z
- List of notable musical theatre productions
- List of operettas
- List of Bollywood films
- List of rock musicals
Notes
- ^ Jenner changed her name due to gender transition in 2015.[10]
References
- ^ "3 Weeks in Spring – A musical about the birth of the Anzac legend". Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Clement, Olivia. "90210! The Musical! Opens Tonight". Playbill. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Concord Theatricals (2020). "Alice in Concert". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
This "music hall" version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass was a New York Shakespeare Festival production. Swados composed the score, adapted the book and directed for the stage. Meryl Streep starred as "Alice" at New York's Public Theatre.
- ^ Alice in Wonderland
- ^ Skethway, Nathan. "Meet the Cast of the New Almost Famous Musical". Playbill. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Bayside! The Musical!, Parody of TV's "Saved By the Bell," Will Play Off-Broadway's Theatre 80". Playbill. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Lefkowitz, Andy. "The Big Bang Theory Musical Parody to Debut Off-Broadway". Broadway.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "New Musical 'Big Tent' Covers Life of Tammy Faye Bakker". Broadway World. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Chatter, Rialto. "Rialto Chatter: Is BORN FOR THIS Heading to Broadway?". Broadway World. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Leibovitz, Annie (1 June 2015). "Introducing Caitlyn Jenner". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Cirque Dreams Holidaze". Cirque Productions. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Cirque Dreams Holidaze". Broadway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ Catlin, Roger. "Bringing an empowered Cinderella to the stage". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Clement, Olivia. "Lin-Manuel Miranda's Freestyle Love Supreme Adds Shows to Sold-Out Run". Playbill. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Clement, Olivia. "Friends Musical Parody Begins Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Clement, Olivia. "Musical Parody of "Full House" to Premiere Off-Broadway". Playbill. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Gospel According to Tammy Faye, with Mayes, Peck, Foldesi, Presented Dec. 16-18". Playbill. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Bucchino, John. "Past Events". John Bucchino - Songwriter. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Weisenstein, Kara. "Katdashians! The Musical! Struts Down a New Stretch of Broadway Theater". Vice. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Conley, Erin. "Theater Review: The Last Breakfast Club at Rockwell Table & Stage". On Stage and Screen. Retrieved 9 December 2018.