Top 5 Movie Musicals That Worked & 5 That Didn't
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- Some movie musicals work, others flop. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re looking at five movie musicals that did justice to their stage versions, and five that couldn’t hold a candle to the original. Our countdown includes "Funny Girl," "Nine," "West Side Story," and more! What other movie musicals do YOU think could have made this list? Tell us in the comments!
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Honestly I haven’t seen the movie just heard it was really good from my friends. However “Grease” truly is in my mind the BEST MUSICAL movie ever.
1776 worked
The Newsies, and The Music Man (Robert Preston version), both worked like few others.
And the Music Man 2003 remake failed like few others.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street worked 😊
Worked: Damn Yankees, Sound of Music, My Fair Lady
Didn't Work: Mame, Sweet Charity, Annie, Camelot
Fiddler on the Roof is one of the greatest film adaptations of a Broadway musical ever, c'mon guys...
It is a good movie!
Right? Just wrote the same thing.
Agree
Thank you it one of my favorite musical
Agreed if I were a rich man is a classic
Come on…..where’s Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Pirates of Penzance, Sound of Music, Annie, and The King and I?!?!?? ALL phenomenal productions and films!
I think The Producers (2005) is underrated and it always put a smile on my face every-time I watch it
Me too! Glad to see there are people out there who likes The Producers.
I didn’t know people didn’t like it. I thought it was great.
I like it too I still look at the videos on UA-cam 😊
How could you not have Rocky Horror Picture Show on the list-it was a stage production before becoming an all time cult classic film.
Was absolutely thinking that!! It should have be number one for the Worked list.
Jennifer Hudson (alongside Eddie Murphy) literally carried about half the weight of the Dreamgirls movie. Jennifer was so great that it earned her an Academy Award win for her debut acting! How incredible is that? 🤗
The only thing in Dreamgirls that didn't work was the original song written for Beyonce Listen.. Obviously planned to rival Jennifer’s big number, it doesn't hold a candle, which made it stand out as an inferior tune, and Oscar grab attempt for the Queen B herself..
@@edreid7872I love Listen
And Eddie was nominated for an Oscar for his role
JHud won for her singing in Dreamgirls, which was like acting in a music video. Hud can't really act when she has to actually speak.
@@3l3llala13For sure, but it helped her achieve EGOT status which she can’t stop bragging about… I think all of her guests are required to mention it on her show..😂
You could tell Cats was not going to work from the moment the first trailer came out
Hiring Tom Hooper was a mistake from the start. I liked some of his movies before but handling a movie that used extensive motion capture work is something that he clearly doesn't know how the system worked. He didn't have enough experience with heavy visual effects which led into production trouble between Hooper and his visual effects team
For real
I went to see Cats stage production in Boston back in the mid to late ‘80s but had no idea what I was getting into & hated it. I would’ve got up & left if I wasn’t with a tourist bus & had to stay with the group. I think if someone had prepared me for what the basic plot was I would’ve enjoyed it more. In the end I had to admit there were some good songs from it but the rest was just a total flop. Ymmv, of course.
Absolutely
When I saw the live action Lion King movie in theaters with my brother, Ryan, and my Mom.
The Cats trailer played and everyone made absolute fun of it!
It was hysterical! Lol
I love the 2004 Phantom Of The Opera
Doesn't mean it worked. It was poorly cast.
Same!! I think it was pretty faithful to the stage version.
I've seen Phantom on stage multiple times with multiple casts and never did I feel like plugging my ears. The movie was like nails on a chalkboard listening to both leads. It was visually beautiful.
loved it
That’s cool. It’s good when people like things but… the man who is defined by his voice can’t sing and the girl who plays Christine is underage so there is no sexual chemistry (thankfully but cast an adult) and the Phantom just yells so, for fans of the musical, there are some essential ingredient missing.
I love The Producers film, it is absolutely hysterical :)
I disliked this list the moment they included The Producers on the "not" list. You have to be pretty stupid to not like The Producers.
It’s not filmed well, it’s really just a filmed stage play, but the cast is great and it’s very funny. I like it a lot.
I loved the '73 JC Superstar. Filmed on location, low budget, very obscure stars, the energy of them dancing in 110F, I could just feel/taste that fine dust.
My favorite movie.
I grew up wanting to dance like the angels during Superstar
@@daniellebrown9381 If you tell me you didn't do that in the privacy of your home I will call you a liar LOL. We absolutely came ALIVE during Simon Zealotes.
@@cijmo and King Herods song!
Definitly missed "Fiddler on the roof" for this list, it was soooo good, Topol will always be Tevye for so many people. The camera work on the different groups for "Sunrise, Sunset" elevated that song very much too.
"Sound of music" could deserve a mention too, and "Annie", maybe. Guess make it a 10 list, LOL!
You missed a major addition to the "worked" list... Hair was a musical that completely captured the feeling of the flower power generation IMO.
I loved the music. And I did enjoy the movie. But it drags a bit onscreen.
I hated the movie. Loved the stage show
Right On! I worked with that show for the time it was in SF in 1968-69. I was so worried they would mess it up, but loved it.
@@LB-gz3ke I only saw parts of the movie but loved the stage show. I feel like it would be a hard show to translate to film.
DO U MEAN. HAIRSPRAY?
The Producers with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder was FABULOUS!
My dad used to watch it on TV when it was on ,plus Blues Brothers, and Fiddler on the Roof.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Blues Brothers, Little Shop of Horrors and Chicogo worked as Movie Musicals
I don't think The Blues Brothers was adapted from a Broadway musical. And Little Shop is on the list here.
@@LB-gz3ke Well, technically it was part of an SNL Sketch.
And I didn't want to leave it out, since its still technically a Movie Musical.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show really deserved really deserved the #1 worked spot!
Rocky Horror is a bit problematic. It worked in the long run (with the help of live action and interactive elements), but flopped when it originally came out.
This is about working artistically not commercially
Lin Manuel Miranda did an amazing job with Tick… Tick… Boom! By making it part normal narrative and part stage narrative he did what rent missed, kept the connection with the audience. The movie deserves at LEAST an honorable mention
Worked: The Sound of Music (1965)
Didn’t work: Annie (2014)
Amen!
The 1982.version of 'Annie' did work really well though...the reason the remake didn't was because almost everything that made the musical so beloved was changed!
Thank you!!!!!!!
I hated the 1982 and the 2014 version. I love the 1999 adaptation .
@@ta21l The only thing I liked about the 1999 version was Kathy Bates as Miss Hannigan.
How could you leave off The Sound of Music as the ultimate "worked,"
Sound of music! It's a huge classic.
Also Hair, which changed the ending for all the stage productions I've seen.
My fair lady, also a classic.
I love the film ending for Hair. Couldn't stand the movie version of anything else about it but I loved the ending.
I found it interesting that "Rent" fell into the "Didn't Work" category when SOOOOOOO many Mojo lists involving musicals and musical numbers seem to constantly include material from "Rent" specifically using the film version (admittedly, there aren't really that many filmed stage productions) as examples in those lists.
Because WatchMojo are being stupid here for some reason. The musical deserves number 1 of "worked"
Rent absolutely did NOT work and honestly it will never unless it’s adapted specifically for film. Rent is waaaay to theatre to ever translate over to film and many musicals are like that
I love the film adaptation
@@charlienerd SAME WAS N STILL IS N WAS THE ONLY REASON’S WHY H HOW I STARTED LOVING N CHOOSING MUSICAL’S WERE N STILL R MY FAVORITE GENRE’S OF MOVIE’S N FUN FACT NY HIGHSCHOOL CHORUS N I SANG SEASON’S OF LOVE N IT WAS CAUSE OF THE MOVIE WHY MY CHORUS TEACHER (AT THE TIME) (SHOUT OUT TO MR. DAVIS)
@@Huskytabby THANK U SO VERY MUCH THIS MOVIE WAS THE REASON THAT MY CHIOR TEACHER (AT THE TIME) (SHOUT OUT TO MR. DAVID) N THE MOVIE WAS ALSO MY FIRST MUSICAL N IT WAS MY CHOICE TO DESIDE THAT MUSICAL’S WERE N STILL R MY FAVORITE GENRE OF MOVIE’S
The original West Side Story is better in my opinion.
I respect those who don’t agree.
I can't get myself to watch the new WSS, because, I love the original so much.❤
@@southernoregoncatmom6519 don't watch the remake. Almost everything they changed made me wanna cringe and not in a good way
I really loved the 60s westside story. Didn’t care that much for new one.
Agreed.
CATS sucked in the original Broadway production. It was the first special-effects triumph, plus "Memories", and nothing else.
I liked how Hamilton was done. Live plays are so much better than the films, and Hamilton just shot the play, with closeups where needed.
I’m not sure it counts as movie musical, though. It wasn’t scripted etc, but a filmed performance.
@@StLProgressive Exactly!!! I'm calling it a movie because it was theatrically released as such. If all the "didn't work" movies did filmed performances, they would all work.
A lot of musicals have pro- shots. I think Netflix or Hulu has Bernadette Peter's Into The Woods
@@tonialston1968 Yes! I always advise people to watch that one and don't even consider the Disney one.
Worked : Annie (1982)
Didn’t : Annie (2014)
That 2014 Annie movie was one of my biggest guilty pleasure. I honestly didn't know that critics were bashing on the movie and I didn't even notice the autotune singing in Cameron Diaz although Jamie Foxx was joyous to watch lol 😂
Tim Curry as Rooster! I mean, tons of other phenomenal cast choices, but Tim Curry!!
Also worked Annie (1999)
@@kimfey9979 It was almost Steve Martin. That would have worked too. But Tim Curry is a god!
Worked: My fair lady
Didn't work: A little night music
The Music Man and The Sound of Music were great adaptations
Considering that Wicked 💚🩷is now being turned into a movie musical I hope it can be added to the side of worked. I adore Wicked and I really hope they do the movie justice just as they did the musical.
This movie should be "Popular".
From what I've read, the movie version of Wicked will actually be TWO films to be released a year apart. Considering that the stage version runs just 2 1/2 hours, one has to wonder what will be added to fill up an entire additional movie. It's difficult to tell from the movie trailers, but I'm already becoming nervous about how fans will react to having a hard stop halfway through the story and then waiting a year to see how it ends (like if the first film bombs, will the second one make it to theatres or...gulp! go direct to video).
@@moongate31The original novel has a lot that is left out in the stage show which hopefully will be included. Also there are some new songs being written to allow for Oscar consideration...
Why are they splitting it into 2 parts? I don't think the second act is as strong as the first. I think it being split isn't going to help
@@tonialston1968 I agree...you can't put a year between act I and act II of a musical. I think what they're going to do is add more from the book. If you haven't read the book, it's "good" but full of a lot of trivial things you'll never need to know again and I fear they're going to put those in the movie. I'm like "but...I don't want to watch the book." If they're going to do the book, then do a non-musical version. I will go see it with guarded optimism but if it doesn't work, it won't be for lack of talent or setting but for adding a bunch of whoopla that needn't be there. I hope I'm wrong though.
My Fair Lady was a great movie that should be on this list.
I agree! I’d also add Gigi and Camelot!
Surprised that Rocky Horror Picture Show wasn’t even mentioned.
When I along with some friends first saw Cats on Broadway back in 1983 we were blown away by it but agreed it would never work as a movie. It’s just too inherently theatrical and simply would not adapt to the screen. It took 36 years to be proven right but right we were.
"Cats" was so bad that Universal Pictures had to remove it's For Your Consideration campaign for the award season, especially the Oscars. Even they knew how embarrassing the movie was 😂
Was the original broadway musical of “Cats,” was even good?
@@sebiboi100Yes, it was. The movie was a complete antithesis was the play. The play had humor, charm, and great music.
Please don't discard CATS because of the movie. See if you can find it streaming, and enjoy.
Universal and PolyGram had also joined some success starting with The Jazz Singer, followed by Xanadu, The Blues Brothers,
Endless Love, The Great Muppet Caper, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Best Little Chicken House in Texas, D.C. Cab, Tender Mercies,
Streets of Fire among others.
Let me defense for The producers.
I know it wasn't successful in box office.
But the movie was wonderful.
I love its original song "you'll find your happiness in Rio"
Its music scenes were gorgeous, everyone's performance was perfect.
For The Producers film, I wish they had a “Directors Version” that reinserted the cuts that were made. Like, “The King of Broadway” opening number really sets the tone of the show. It was filmed, but it got cut. You can see it on the CD along with some other cuts.
@@kenlasky3904 I knew they recorded that song, but I didn't know it was filmed and cut.
Yeah, Directors version would have made us more satisfied!
You are so very very wrong about "Rent", and anyone that is a fan of the musical felt they did any amazing job conveying the sentiment and heart betwixt in every word....
I agree !!! I also think phantom was amazing! No one in the cast was really known for being musical so maybe actors with stronger musical theatre experience would’ve been more “perfect” but both of them are some of my favorite musicals.
I love Rent. Anytime it’s on I watch it.
I agree. I loved the movie adaptation!
Agreed! It's a fantastic film adaptation!
Agreed! Jesse L. Martin's rendition of I'll Cover You (reprise) always makes me ugly cry because it's SO heartrending and beautiful
It's honestly so impressive that Dear Evan Hansen movie had Steven Levenson as the screenwriter (in which he wrote the Broadway book) and Pasek & Paul returning to compose the music alongside serving as executive producer but still managed to screw up in the movie itself by making an unfaithful adaptation of the source material. Like, how can you messed up your own creation??? 🤦🤦🤦
The stage version was good enough for me when I saw it before the Pandemic. The fact that we just got out of lockdown didn’t put me in the mood to revisit the story. As much as I love the music in the show, DEH’s heart was in the right place in some spades but also misguided. And the fact that Ben’s dad made the movie obviously with him in mind as Evan did not surprise me. That’s showbiz
Check out the movies of "A Little Night Music" and "1776." It's not always the creators' fault; the film producers, or whoever put up the money, often request (demand) changes, additions, cuts that distort the material. Or the creators don't have enough film experience to make the material work in another medium. Or they hire stage cast members who are no longer right for the film role: Ben Platt was too old to play Evan Hansen on film.
@@hanschristianbrando5588 I already know the whole Ben Platt situation, yeah it was definitely nepotism because of his daddy being the producer (should've go with the "nothing" option anyway and it's funny to hear his defense as his boyfriend played Evan too on stage 😂)
But also, in the year where Levenson wrote the Dear Evan Hansen script, he also wrote the "Tick Tick Boom" musical adaptation starring Andrew Garfield, directed by Lin Manuel Miranda. So it's not like Levenson doesn't know how to adapt Broadway musicals to movies, i guess it just comes to not every Broadway musicals worked in movie form
Phantom is one of my favorite musicals
Unpopular Opinion I enjoyed the Producers as a film remake! But as for Grease, it’ll always be #1 the best stage to screen adaptation ever made. Popular Opinion: I enjoyed the Hello Dolly movie but I really loved the stage version when I saw it with Betty Buckley in the title role. Hello Dolly is overdue for a big screen comeback with a true widowey triple threat leading lady.
I love The Producers.
@@om92555 That’s awesome. The Producers was one of the movie musicals that was my theatre baby steps
I was shocked that Grease only made honorable mention.
@@LB-gz3ke So was I. I’ve seen it 10 times
I love The Producers too! I have it in DVD still lol
6:25 Chicago is THE PERFECT musical film done PERFECTLY..
Cast - CATHERINE ZETA as Velma was just the greatest casting decision ever, also, Reneé DELIVERS as Roxie
Film Format: Having Cell Block Tango as a dream sequence while Roxie’s sleeping is GENIUS… The beginning of the song while the Bandleader’s (Taye Diggs) head float and welcome you in gives me goosebumps in the best way possible..
Production/Costume Design- LITERAL PERFECTION
Finally having ROB MARSHALL, someone who understands the beauty in the gritty nature of Kander/Ebb musicals (was the choreographer and co-director of the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret) is key to understanding the message of the film: Fame, Power and Success can strip away the very humanity us all..
Seeing the effort Rob Marshall put into the 1999 Annie encouraged me to give Chicago a try. I was surprised how good it was
@@manuelorozco7760 yes!! OMG i totally FORGOT that he did that too! Alan Cumming was FANTASTIC as Rooster along with Kathy Bates as Hanigan!!
@@Patm-um8tg I’m glad we agree about casting while we’re at it!
@@Patm-um8tg And another thing I usually don’t find gritty to be my style. But I was a bit of a sucker for happy endings back then. I couldn’t help but feel happy for Roxie and Velma in the end. Tough to find a well earned resolution in the end. Even with an energetic dance number
@@manuelorozco7760 yes… it was nicely tied together with a bow in the end with the line that roxie says to the viewer, “thank you! thank you! and remember we couldn’t have have done this without *YOU*! “ (as she looks in the camera, almost looking at the viewer behind the lens..
I am very surprised that Sweeney Todd was not even mentioned on this list. The film adaptation worked beautifully and in my opinion it’s the best film adaptation of a musical.
I agree. Burton really understood that a movie version has to be different from the stage version and focussed on the elements of the show that worked on screen while dropping others. And while the actors didn't have big "Broadway" voices I think that they captured the emotion of the songs beautifully.
I was looking for this comment! I haven't seen the theater version yet, but the movie captured me for being a Tim Burton fan at first, then the story and casting got me after watching.
Nope, it didn't work. Too many people who can't sing.
i've been a phantom fan since 3 years old and I love the 2004 movie, i know, it's not perfect, but for me it has a lot of emotion in their performances.
I love Phantom! Seen it live on stage and the movie
I liked it too, though they’re right about Gerard Butler’s vocal abilities.
@@jamierisk1216I made sure I went to NYC Majestic Theater to see Phantom when I found it was closing. Chandelier dropped live was so awesome
@@tonialston1968 right?!
I respectfully disagree about the film version of "Rent", I actually think it's a really good movie! Also I'm still upset about that the film version of "Dear Evan Hansen" didn't work out! As an autistic adult who experiences social anxiety and depression, and someone who loved the music from "Dear Evan Hansen", I was hoping the film version would've been incredible, but sadly that didn't go the way I wanted it to.
I have autism too! I enjoyed Rent equally as a stage show and movie. Dear Evan Hansen however I thought the stage version was good enough. I avoided the movie out of caution. Because I was worried how the story’s intimacy would be handled on film.
I thought Rent was very good as well. ❤
I don’t “respectfully” anything… MsMojo TOTALLY missed the mark on “Rent”! Omitting 2 “filler” songs, changing lyrics to make more sense, and an ending that is a literal tear jerker… It was phenomenal!
Antonio Banderas should've played The Phantom and Guido in the film adaptations of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Nine"! Also Eddie Murphy should've won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his incredible performance in "Dreamgirls"!
The reason for the "unnecessary" new songs in "Nine" is that only a song written for the movie can be nominated for the Best Song Oscar. Songs written for the original stage musical are not eligible because they "come from another medium." Almost every stage musical comes to the screen with at least one new song so the movie can get that nomination.
Yes for Mamma Mia they were very disappointed that ABBA didn't write a new song for that very reason.
"Evita" didn't work on screen, IMHO. But I could be biased (I saw the stage show when I was 13 and absolutely loved it).
First mistake was casting Madonna.
@@sheilaholmes8455 Only mistake, from my point of view.
Disagree,loved it Madonna was perfect in it
@@pathealy8087 She didn't have the vocals for those songs
@@pathealy8087 sorry, she can’t act and she doesn’t have the vocals.
Your comments regarding the Phantom film are right on the nose. Being able to sing is the absolute minimum requirement.
I think "Hello Dolly!" worked.
I would have added Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The dance sequences alone were spectacular.
But it was a straight movie musical, not an adaptation from the stage, which is the case with all of the movies on this list. Taking it as a straight movie musical, I agree that the dancing sequences are fantastic (kudos to Stanley Donen and Michael Kidd), but the story itself ("If we kidnap seven girls and hold them hostage up in the mountains for a winter, they'll all fall for us!") is a celebration of Stockholm Syndrome and is rather cringy these days.
It has since been done on stage, but it doesn’t seem to get performed very much.
@@christinedunning8463 True. I think that the dance numbers are really hard to reproduce short of a high-level professional production (so few school, community theater, or even regional theater productions) and the politics of the "kidnapping leads to love" story make it hard/risky for big-city professional productions. The movie version dances -- again, spectacular -- will have to do for us all!
@@richardcanedo1614I see Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as a girl power story. Millie and the other brides all exhibit a tremendous amount of agency, largely because of the dynamics of the frontier. Interestingly it seems women especially enjoy that movie.
I remember seeing Dreamgirls as a kid and after Jennifer Hudson sang, we were all applauding as if we were watching a live production! That performance gives me chills every 👏🏽 single 👏🏽 time 👏🏽
I don't know how many times I've watched it and I still cry every time.
I don’t disagree about Cabaret being an excellent adaptation, but how did Grease only make honorable mention?
I love The Producers. It didn't seem off to me,but I obviously have a biased opinion. I have the DVD of the CATs movie that came out in the late 90s. It was filmed as a stage show like a pro-shot, so that's why it worked better
What about 'Into the Woods' from 2014? I loved that one.
The cast was great, the singing was amazing, it wasn't ridiculous, the plot made sense. It was a good adaptation of the play.
I guess "Into The Woods" was okay. I'm a huge fan of the musical (having seen it on B'way). I just wish Johnny Depp had an actual wolf face (as in the play) or even an animated-with-live actress version instead of costumed as an creepy, letch with whiskers. Just my opinion.
I personally have to disagree here. The 2014 movie fundamentally misunderstood the original show and for that I blame Disney. The first act is fine enough (though it does have a problem of not understanding the stage show's humour and playing lines that are meant to be jokes straight at times) but the problem comes in the second act. It is rushed, you don't exactly get to see how stifling and unfulfilling life has been after the happily ever after for our characters, instead you are quickly thrust into the giant's attack. The omission of Rapunzel's death (a crucial part of the show's structure, themes and message) is also a big disappointment that greatly takes away from the quality of the movie.
And the thing is that the cast and the score and literally everything is actually good, it is the writing that undoes it.
I’m really hoping that Hairspray is number 1 on the worked list. Or at least on the list because that version was really good.
The original film with Ricki Lake & Divine was the best one though.
@@mrlookin4mr Nice I have not seen that version. But I saw the Zac Efron and Amanda Bynes version.
@@gracebleekman2557 I like both versions and I recommend seeing both as they each have their own merits and styles.
I think a lot of people have to consider that many can't afford to go to the theatre, especially Broadway, and seeing the movie version is the only way they'll ever see it, especially if they can get the original stars in the roles. So we have to take what we can get and be happy about it.
As one of those people with no access to Broadway, this is very true. But I also feel like that's exactly why film adaptations should be better, so that we can enjoy a rendition that does the material justice. That is a big reason why I am so grateful for proshots and wish there could be more of them x
I don't have access either, but the Dallas Summer Musicals helped - I was able to see Richard Burton in Camelot (his last tour), and Yul Brynner in The King and I (his last one too) and they were magical ...
I've seen all the movies you've displayed and the Broadway musicals they were based on. I've also seen movies or read books that the movies you displayed were based on (e.g., 8-1/2, West Side Story, Les Miz, Oliver Twist). I think you nailed it! Mostly. You snuck in one of my favorite musicals at the end as an afterthought - Oliver! That stage show and movie both worked!
Wow, that's impressive! It sounds like you've got a deep appreciation for both the movies and the Broadway shows. We totally agree-'Oliver!' is a classic that deserved a shout-out! What's your favorite adaptation of all time?
@MsMojo @MsMojo I've always found it difficult naming my favorite movie or favorite show. There are just so many from which to choose, even when I divide them up into genres. It's also complicated naming a favorite movie based on a Broadway musical. Off the top of my head and not using your choices, I'd say my favorite is Chicago, and my worst is Les Misérables.
I grew up in Queens, NY, and saw my first Broadway musical in the late 1950s, The Most Happy Fella. I loved it. I've seen so many more since, especially when I moved to Manhattan (2002-2013), and still flew back to see shows after that.
As for movies, the first one I saw by myself (when I was 9) was By the Light of the Silvery Moon, followed quickly by Calamity Jane. I've loved movies ever since and own thousands of them, including around 1,000 musicals.
"Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Hair".
Both worked in my opinion.
What? No love for The Music Man (1962)?
Worked Well.
The thing about the older ones, they're not a fair comparison to the new because...back then, their stars were all triple threat - acting/dancing/singing. One of the reasons that the modern ones can stink is that they get actors who can kind of sing or singers who are going to take their first stab at acting. The actors in the classics were the total package.
I have seen the both the movie version and stage version of Cabaret. The movie version was far superior. No one could top the performances of Liza Minelli and Joel Grey.
Chicago remains a brilliant film...the performances are out of this world amazing. Loved Renée as Roxie Hart.
Might be worth a mention that Funny Girl and Funny Lady were produced by Ray Stark. His mother-in-law was the real Fanny Bryce, who really was a Ziegfeld Girl. Her second husband really was Billy Rose, which us why Funny Lady works. Barbra Streisand was born to do justice yo the Billy Rose Songbook.
Fanny Brice (not Bryce) was not really a "Ziegfeld Girl" (which implies she was one of Ziegfeld's beauties; she was a featured star in Ziegfeld revues, which is not the same thing at all. Also, Funny Girl is really as much, if not more, the story of Barbra Streisand than it is the story of Fanny Brice. Very little of the film's story bears any relation at all to Brice's story, whereas the film was very consciously tailored to Streisand's talent, personality and charisma. Funny Lady is actually a more accurate portrayal of Brice, mainly because Streisand wanted it that way, and her performance is more of a re-creation of Brice than in the first film. Which may be way Fanny 2 is much less likeable.
I agree with you on most of these but not Rent. I adore that film!
Yes! I thought the film was done very well!
The Spielberg WSS was inferior to the original movie version, in my opinion. 😊
I loved the stage version of A Chorus Line. Was very disappointed with the film version.
A Chorus Line is my #1 all-time favorite Broadway show. Director Richard Attenborough was absolutely wrong for the job. He had no fr**kin’ clue what the story was about, and made casting and POV decisions that destroyed it.
First of all Rent was an amazing movie
Second Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, The King and I, and Annie deserve mentions
How DARE you not mention Anika Noni Rose as a Dreamgirl!!
Who?
Right?! They practically mentioned the whole cast EXCEPT her!
@@ColtonMyers1 it had me feeling some type of way 😂
You really missed the mark with The Producers. You totally forgot the 1967 film with Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. MASTERPIECE!
In the Heights worked for me. Also, Netflix's Matilda is fantastic!
I’d argue it was much better on the stage
I agree on both counts!
The new version of West Side Story actually became more popular after it started airing on Disney plus. And while the original is hard to top, parts of it still feels like it's a filmed version of a stage musical, and the new version works really well thanks to that top notch casting and creative and more vibrant staging of some of the numbers
I was more a fan of the girls in the cast than the boys! And it took me three months to finally watch it.
Phantom of the Opera was fabulously made. And coming from a musical family (dad minor in music in college & graduated from seminary with a degree in youth education & music), the performers did a wonderful job singing.
Loved the producers . Could never afford a ticket on Broadway to see those two and got the opportunity to see if them perform!
Worked: The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Mamma Mia, Les Miserable, Annie, Oliver!, The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Sweeney Todd, The King and I
Didn’t work: Camelot, Hello Dolly, Mame
Didn’t Work: 13, The Color Purple
How did Hello Dolly not work exactly?
@@beck86barbra streisand was way too young to convincingly play a middle-aged, somewhat eccentric woman
How did Sweeney Todd work, exactly? The movie cast couldn’t meet the vocal demands of the Sondheim score, and literally tons of choral work was left out.
Enjoyed most of your choices. I liked Hello Dolly and Mame. Fiddler on the Roof was good, but I enjoyed the singing from the Broadway show over the movie.
What about Sweeney Todd?
Yeah, I’m surprised that wasn’t included. Definitely in the ‘worked’ column, IMO.
I'm not a musical fan, but love "Chicago". It was perfectly cast and choreographed. 😊
I really wanted to like the film adaptation of "Dear Evan Hansen", but it just felt flat. The storyline of Evan lying to a grieving family always made me feel uncomfortable, and it doesn't help that Ben Platt looked every one of his 27 years. They should have cast Andrew Barth Feldman, who was 18 at the time, and would have been more convincing in the role.
It's kinda funny how Ben Platt thinks the role was entitled to him only to justify his portrayal of the character in the movie when his boyfriend literally played Evan for like 5 shows (I think, ciimw) 😂😂
After seeing only bits and pieces of a “slime tutorial” of Ben as Evan, I started to have second opinions of seeing the national tour of DEH. I enjoyed the first act more than the second act. But if you want a film adaptation I wanted to like but couldn’t, try watching the new Color Purple.
I think the video makes an excellent point about how the movie tried to absolve Evan of any responsibility. When I saw the touring version of the show, I got where Evan was coming from - I was an outcast in high school who wanted to be accepted too. But it didn't cause me to overlook how wrong his actions were, and it was clear in the play that he paid dearly. The movie just doesn't work for me.
That's what I keep saying... ABF was right there and would have been a great Evan in the film, and he would have looked the part, too. Very much the same as my opinion of James Corden's casting in The Prom whilst having the audacity to actually cast Kevin Chamberlin in a tiny part when he would have been a perfect Barry
@@pluviophile-bookworm Speaking of Corden, after watching Dear Evan Hansen on tour a few years ago, I needed Smallfoot as a breather episode.
In Gerard Butler’s defense, ALW’s music is hard even for people who have spent their entire lives training to sing. And his little ditty in How To Train Your Dragon 2 was incredibly sweet.
I don't agree that The Phantom of the Opera was a failure. I loved the movie. I also prefer the original West Side Story.
I agree. Some folks I’ve read say Butler’s signing was more in line with someone who would’ve learned singing underground in an opera house.
I do agree the reveal removing his mask is too simple to reflect the horrors that would get for his reveal. Realistic burn makeup wasn’t accurate here… even though in the time set for opera people would consider him horrific for it.
Phantom of the Opera is tricky. A lot of it is atmospheric, even a bit claustrophobic, making an audience feel as they are part of the story or watching it from a close proximity. This does not really converts well to the screen . I have seen 2 productions of it- one in the smaller, older theatre and another in a modern, beautiful auditorium. The one in older theatre was perfect, the ambience was precisely what was needed to create that tension in the air one could feel. The big, open, modern theatre was totally lacking in this aspect, so overall experience was different, less engrossing. The movie suffers from big theatre syndrome - it is one thing to see that chandelier drop on the screen and totally different experience to have it hanging over your head.
The Greatest Showman was a great movie with powerful songs. Can't stop watching it.
I love the movie too. But it’s not a stage to screen adaptation
I loved Phantom of the Opera! It updated a show that might seem stuffy to a modern audience with younger, hotter actors and a streamlined plot- I thought it was a blast! I have seen and loved the musical, but I think the movie serves a different and just as entertaining purpose!
I saw chorus line on Broadway and the movie was fabulous.
"A Chorus Line"
Fantastic on stage, god-awful movie.
You are absolutely correct, the movie didn't understand what made the stage version absolute perfection.
I still don't know why anyone thought Cats would make a good movie...when I saw it on broadway, I couldn't tell you what it was about, and that was okay. it sort of felt like they put a bunch of cats in a room and watched them and thought 'if they could sing what would it sound like?" and that worked so well because it was so off the walls nutsy cookoo and for a mega muscial that makes it fun to watch. of all the musicals to try to make into a movie, Cats lost to Starlight Express, Bat Boy, a Cabaret remake, Something Rotten (I would love that to be a movie), Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Waitress, the list goes on and on.
i still can't believe they thought it was a good idea to have a 30 something play Evan...I mean I know he was the original broadway actor but it's really common to hire a new actor for screen adaptations (i.e. the new Wicked movie coming out). it was just a long line of many issues with that movie. we were so excited for DEH too...
Who ever said Phantom of the Opera didn’t work is a criminal
I totally agree.
The movie wasn't bad, but Gerard Butler? You can't listen to him and then listen to Michael Crawford and say that Butler was a good phantom...
Yeah, "Phantom" was okay. Minnie Driver did a little too much overacting for me especially as she was lip synching. (In this day and age, a real opera singer would have done well, but I guess they were counting on her being part of the "star power" draw at the time).
Dream girls is an amazing movie! Jennifer's vocals are incredible! Alongside Jamie and Eddie!
Grease is a classic! ❤
Why, Why, WHY show ‘HELLO DOLLY!’ In the opening and then not include it in the list? It was a fantastic film adaptation and another triumph for Barbara Streisand!
Thank you for the update, MsMojo..!! I don't think I'll ever watch "Cats (2019)". 🤣
Watch the 1998 direct to video version. It was actually filmed on stage in the UK.
Rocky Horror Picture Show. 😊
I've heard it said that the movie adaptation of Bye Bye Birdie should have been titled Presenting Ann Margaret since it shifted attention from the most prominent characters in the stage version. There's some ickiness to the prejudice against Rose's ethnicity, but it's a real plot point that is missing from the movie. A later made-for-TV version was more faithful.
The 1962 film adaptation of The Music Man is great.
Huh, I loved "The Producers" and thought it was pretty well done. Box office flop doesn't always mean bad. Some of my favorite movies were flops when they came out.
Cell block tango was my gay awakening
That’s one of my favorite scenes in Chicago
I’m so glad cabaret came out on number 1 that musical was incredible!!!
Spot on! With the “not worked” category, I wish they had just filmed the stage version! I’m sad that the movie versions of Dear Evan Hanson and A Chorus Line turned out so badly. I’m not aware of any “legal” filmed stage versions like we have for Hamilton and Kinky Boots. I was also disappointed in the film versions of Mame and Hello Dolly. I’m not sure about Fiddler on the roof. The stage version of Tradition is iconic and I think it did not transfer well to film. What else worked? I’d say King & I, Carousel and maybe Music Man. And the film version of The Sound of Music is 1000% better than the stage version.
The Sound Of Music, Man of La Mancha, South Pacific, Carousel...
Man of La Mancha is pretty bad.
For which category?
Happy saturday morning, Emiliy. Take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well.
Cats was gonna bad heck it had James Corden in it
There's also a Music Man remake that starred Matthew Broderick. My sister and I watched Funny Girl after hearing it name dropped so many times on Glee, the same show that predicted the Broadway version would get a reboot and Lea Michell getting the lead.
The moment Universal Pictures hired Tom Hooper to do a musical adaptation of Cats, i got skeptical. I actually liked some of his movies before but doing a motion capture work for Cats? Idk about that, unlike James Cameron or Andy Serkis or Peter Jackson, Hooper didn't have that much of experience with heavy visual effects movies so it seems pretty clear that he doesn't know how the system worked. And man, my instict was absolutely right when the first trailer dropped. Wrong director led into a bad movie 🤷
Hooper's career sunk like a rock after that. And deservedly so.
I think it's hard for dance heavy musicals to be adapted to film. That's why A Chorus Line didn't do well either. I have the CATS direct to video DVD from the one filmed in the 90s. It was a lot better probably because it was actually filmed as a stage show
Saw the Phantom of the Opera as a movie. The first time I just kept saying to myself, “when will this ever end” ?
Fossee was on both sides. Sweet Charity didn't work while Cabaret did. Also didn't work , Into the Woods. The one on UA-cam with Chip Zien, Joanne Gleason, & Bernedette Peters is whole lot better. 2 classic lines "I was raised to be charming, not sincere." & "You can talk to birds?"
I wasn’t a fan of Sweet Charity either
I just love Sweet Charity both stage and movie version.
Having seen the film, uk tour and current London west end production of Cabaret - I am continuously in awe on how the touring production and film managed to mirror the same gut wrenching impact of a final scene in such different ways. Both left me gobsmacked.
i wanna say Into The Woods lowkey worked and the first Mamma Mia movie worked really well.
I never agree with critics and I am glad or I would never watch most movies. They would deny me many hours of watching pleasure.
It always amazes me that, in musicals, everyone knows the words and the dance steps!
Oklahoma, Carousel, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Gypsy, Evita, The Music Man, The King & I, Camelot, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (original Leslie Ann Warren movie version), Showboat, Annie (1977 stage, & 1982 movie), Hair, Godspell, Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady, Paint Your Wagon, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Brigadoon, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jesus Christ, Superstar, Kiss Me Kate (movie gave us Bob Fosse as a dancer), The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Damn Yankees, Mame, Fiddler on the Roof, Li'l Abner, State Fair (Iowa version), Hamilton, Man of La Mancha, Gigi, and ... well, you asked. There are so many that you missed ... maybe you should try doing it by decade?