Broadway Musical based on a movie Quiz

Movie Hint	Broadway Musical	Musical Tidbit
1933 movie about staging a musical during the Great Depression		Adapted to Broadway in 1988
1939 movie featuring Judy Garland		Adapted to Broadway in 1942
1950 movie named after a street in LA		Adapted to Broadway in 1994
1952 movie musical starring Gene Kelly		Adapted to Broadway in 1985
1954 movie with music by Irving Berlin		First adapted to Broadway in 2008
1955 Swedish movie called 'Smiles of a Summer Night'		Sondheim's version staged in 1973
1956 movie about the upper class
1957 movie called 'Nights of Cabiria'		First on Broadway in 1966
1960 non-musical movie about a man-eating plant		Off-Broadway in 1982; Broadway in 2003
1960 non-musical movie called 'The Apartment'		First on Broadway in 1968
1963 Italian movie titled '8.5'
1964 Disney movie mixing animation with live action		Moved from London to Broadway in 2004
1967 movie starring Julie Andrews		Opened on Broadway in 2002
1968 Mel Brooks movie
1968 movie starring Dick Van Dyke		Adapted to Broadway in 2005
1974 Mel Brooks movie		Adapted to Broadway in 2007
1975 Monty Python movie about a grail		Adapted to Broadway in 2005
1975 documentary about Edith Beale
1977 disco movie starring John Travolta		Adapted to Broadway in 1999

Movie Hint	Broadway Musical	Musical Tidbit
1979 movie about about a nightclub featuring drag entertainment		First on Broadway as musical in 1983
1980 cult movie musical starring Olivia Newton-John		Adapted to Broadway in 2007
1980 movie starring Dolly Parton
1982 movie titled 'Passione d'Amore'		Sondheim's version staged in 1994
1982 starring Julie Andrews based on a German film
1984 movie starring Kevin Bacon and John Lithgow		Adapted to Broadway in 1998
1988 Spanish black comedy		Adapted to Broadway in 2010
1988 non-musical comedy starring Ricki Lake
1988 non-musical featuring Tom Hanks
1988 non-musical starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine
1989 Disney animated princess movie		Adapted to Broadway in 2007
1991 Disney animated princess movie
1994 Disney animal-centric animated movie		Adapted to Broadway in 1997
1997 British non-musical comedy about a male striptease act
1998 non-musical starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore
1999 Disney animated movie with voices by Minnie Driver, among others		Adapted to Broadway in 2006
2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon
2001 Dreamworks animated movie with voices by Mike Myers, among others
ased on French novel 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra.' The 2004 movie came later.	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
ndeed, this musical based on the Disney movie is being planned, but it will not open until late 2011.	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
Movie came second!	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
Movie came second!	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
Movie came second!	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
Nope, though one of the few Mel Brooks movies left...	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
Movie came second!	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
Though the 2010 musical came after the movie, the musical is based on the original Addams family drawings by Charles Addams.	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008
Movie came second!	Musical version opened on Broadway in 2008

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Broadway Musicals based on Movies Quiz

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	geoneb:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 16:25 GMT		2 points
	Where's Streetcar! A Musical Named Desire?

	rockgolf:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 17:34 GMT		1 point
	Great stuff. Just wish there were a bit more balance in the column widths. 45/20/35 seems about right.

	venu77:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 17:37 GMT		1 point
	42nd street was on Broadway by 1980, well before 1988

	Smitten:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 17:40 GMT		0 points
	Silence of the Lambs has a musical now too.

	DarkPhalanx:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 18:05 GMT		3 points
	Some of these clues give one very little to go on: "1956 movie about the upper class?"

	Strattosphere:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 18:26 GMT		6 points
	What about Catch Me if You Can?

	HimuraOkami:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 19:30 GMT		7 points
	Anyone else waste time trying to figure out why "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" wasn't working... only to realize they had forgotten the directions... DOH!

	jon88:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 19:47 GMT		6 points
	"8.5"?!

	Mackadal:	Jan 24th, 2012 at 22:47 GMT		0 points
	The actual name of the musical is "Monty Python`s Spamalot". Accept just Spamalot of course, but also the correct full name.

	recblue8:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 00:16 GMT		4 points
	How about Billy Elliot? Don't forget a Tony winner :D

	kristifree:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 02:01 GMT		1 point
	I was SO sure the first one was Babes in Arms. I kept typing it over and over and over, so sure I'd made a typo... but it was a d'oh moment when 42nd showed up instead. From the description it could definitely be Babes in Arms, too, except for the year...

	Lyn_Marie:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 12:56 GMT		3 points
	The Wiz was also based on The Wizard of Oz.

	jubu97rn:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 13:17 GMT		1 point
	@jon88: yeah, I think it should 8 1/2.

	Mackadal:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 16:01 GMT		1 point
	Planet of the Apes???

	rockgolf:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 16:48 GMT		-2 points
	@lyn_Marie: The Wiz was based on the original L Frank Baum books, not the MGM musical. So if it qualifies, then Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar could be said to be based on the movie "The Greatest Story Ever Told".

	imclala:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 18:00 GMT		0 points
	Continuing a conversation from the archived comments: Also, @imclala: Wasn't there also Not the Messiah? It's sort of a musical too, based on Life of Brian if I am not mistaken. Not the Messiah has never played Broadway, and the quiz asks for Broadway musicals. There is only one Monty Python movie that has been the basis for a Broadway musical, therefore "about a grail" is unnecessary and out of place with all the other clues. Even if there were another Monty Python musical on Broadway, the movie's year is all the extra information you need. There have been plenty of movies with Judy Garland, or Julie Andrews, or Gene Kelly, yet the clues don't provide us any additional information about the plots of the movies.

	HectorVortac:	Jan 26th, 2012 at 09:17 GMT		2 points
	Damnit, I tried Victor/Victoria in no fewer than 4 places... just not the right one.

	BatMatt:	Jan 26th, 2012 at 12:24 GMT		0 points
	Great quiz. A couple possible additions: Billy Elliot (based on the movie of the same name) and Dance of the Vampires (based on The Fearless Vampire Killers directed by Roman Polanski).

	willwoodlen:	Jan 26th, 2012 at 19:45 GMT		1 point
	High Society is based on an earlier (and better) movie, The Philadelphia Story. Maybe a reference to both would have made that clue clearer. I actually tried the other title, and of course it didn't work.

	analyzethis:	Jul 4th, 2012 at 02:05 GMT		1 point
	The Wizard of Oz was never on Broadway.

	eshirley67:	Oct 20th, 2012 at 02:16 GMT		1 point
	What about NEWSIES?!