Best and worst Hollywood movie from Broadway musical to Hollywood musical? – New York Theater

“Violet” And “I mean girlsboth Hollywood films adapted from books (Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” and Rosalind Wiseman’s nonfiction novel “Queen Bees and Wannabees,” respectively), which were then made into Broadway musicals, which were more or less the basis For Broadway plays.Newly released musicals, “The Color Purple” and “Mean Girls.”

These two are among the nine “intellectual properties” listed below that have taken similarly amazing cultural journeys. Take the poll: Which of these trips was the most successful? Which is less?

There are many other shows that move back and forth between Hollywood and Broadway — “The Lion King,” “West Side Story,” “Les Miserables,” and “Hello Dolly” come to mind — but this was not a direct series. Adaptations of each other such as:

Ninotchka/silk stockings

1939 Ninotchka, Hollywood film
Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas star in this film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. A strict Soviet woman sent to Paris to oversee the sale of jewelry seized from Russian nobility finds herself drawn to a man who represents everything she is supposed to hate.
February 24, 1955 – April 14, 1956: Silk stockings Broadway musical
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by George S. Kaufman, Lewin McGrath, and Abby Burroughs, with Don Amish and Hildegard Neave
1957 MGM Silk Stockings musical film with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse

Nights of Cabiria/Sweet Charity

1957 Nights of CabiriaFederico Fellini movie
In this film by director Federico Fellini, Giulietta Masina plays a prostitute who wanders the streets of Rome in search of true love but finds nothing but heartbreak.
January 29, 1966 – July 15, 1967 Sweet charity Broadway musical. I saluted twice
Book by Neil Simon; Music by Cy Coleman. Words by Dorothy Fields. With Gwen Verdon
Sweet Charity 1968 musical film, also starring Gwen Verdon

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors 1960 – Roger Corman film
1982 Little Shop of Horrors Broadway musical, written by Howard Ashman; Music by Alan Menken. Originally off-Broadway, then Off-Broadway. (It didn’t reach Broadway until 2003)
Little Shop of Horrors 1986 film musical

8 1/2/ nine

1963: 8 ½
In this Federico Fellini film starring Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimé, and Claudia Cardinale, a troubled film director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
January 29, 1966 – July 15, 1967: Nine Broadway musicals. It was revived in 2003
Book by Arthur Cobbett; Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. Starring Raúl Julia.
2009: Nine musical films

Producers

The Producers 1967 movie
A theater producer devises a plan to make money by producing a failed play. Starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder
April 19, 2001 – April 22, 2007 Producers Broadway musical. Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan; Music by Mel Brooks. Starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick
2005 The Producers musical film

Violet

The Color Purple 1985 movie
A southern black woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.
December 1, 2005 – February 24, 2008: Violet Broadway musical. (2015 revival)
Marsha Norman’s book. Music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allie Willis and Stephen Bray.
2023 musical film The Color Purple

Hairspray

Hairspray 1988 movie
In this John Waters film, Tracy Turnblad, a buxom teenager, teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.
August 15, 2002 – January 4, 2009: Hairspray Broadway Musical Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan; Music by Marc Shaiman. Lyrics by Scott Whitman and Marc Shaiman.
2016 Hairspray live musical television broadcast on NBC

Matilda

Matilda 1996 movie
Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman and Mara Wilson star in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel about a girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers who uses both to deal with her rude and distant family and free her kindly teacher from their sadistic headmistress.
April 11, 2013 – January 1, 2017: Matilda. Broadway Musical Book by Dennis Kelly; Music and lyrics by Tim Minchin;
2022 Matilda musical

I mean girls

2004 means girls
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the top-tier girl group at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling in love with Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of Alpha Plastics Regina George. Written by Tina Fey, starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams.
April 8, 2018 – March 11, 2020: I mean girls Broadway musical
Book by Tina Fey; Music by Jeff Richmond. Lyrics by Neil Benjamin.
Mean Girls musical 2024

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