The musical premiered on Broadway in 1958. The movie came out in 1961. That used to be the regular modus operandi, first the stage musical opened, then there was a movie version. Not that it's totally new, but it seems that almost every musical on Broadway today is based on a movie. (A current exception is Spring Awakening, which is going to be made into a movie soon.)
The musical "West Side Story" debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater on September 26th, 1957.
Fiddler on the Roof
yes, it was. there are some dissimilarities, though. Beyonce is totally Diana ross in the movie, which was good and entertaining.
No, the musical "Wicked" is neither a true story nor a story based on something that really happened.Specifically, the musical is based on two books: "The Wizard of Oz" by Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919) and "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire (b. June 9, 1954). Neither one of these two books tells a true story or constitutes a story based on real events. The plot and the characters both come from the fertile imaginations of the two respective authors.
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West Side Story (1961), that won 10 Oscars, including Best Picture.
Yes. American Idiot is Green Day's successful album, which was released in 2004. Following its success, Green Day has decided that they should do a Broadway Musical from it, as the album has a great story, which would be ideal for a musical.
There have been several actors and actresses to appear in the Broadway musical West Side Story over the years. Some of the people to of appeared are Carol Lawrence, Debbie Allen, and Sofia Escobar.
There are a lot of great Broadway shows out at the moment which people can go to see, these include: Annie - The musical story of a young orphan girl and her life before and after adoption Chicago - A sexy musical story of women in the 1920s who have killed their lovers Mamma Mia! - A musical story of a mother and daughter, exploring the past and enjoying their present
West Side Story is an American musical with a libretto by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Broadway musical-comedy all songs had to ( Go along with the story) .
It is Fontine on the front of the Broadway musical Les Miserables. Fontine is one of the main characters in the story.
If you were to look at the genre of a song from the Lion King on, say iTunes, it would describe it as either "Broadway", "Musical", or "Soundtrack". Though this is true, all of these genres (which pretty much mean the same thing) can be further split into Musical genres. Lion King could be classified as Musical Contemporary (based on the musical styles), Musical Family Comedy (based on the story line) or simply Disney Musical because Disney is, indeed, its own genre.
The musical premiered on Broadway in 1958. The movie came out in 1961. That used to be the regular modus operandi, first the stage musical opened, then there was a movie version. Not that it's totally new, but it seems that almost every musical on Broadway today is based on a movie. (A current exception is Spring Awakening, which is going to be made into a movie soon.)
The musical version of the movie based on Patricia Rensick's story was scored by composer Danny Elfman.
No.Wicked is both a Broadway musical and a novel.Trust me, the musical is easier to understand. Both the musical and the novel tell the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, before she became evil up untill her death.