Arguably Mel Brooks' magnum opus, the 1967 film earned the writer and director an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay before the 2001 musical adaptation won him three Tony Awards, including Best Musical; in doing so, Brooks became only the 8th person to complete the rare feat of winning an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards).
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Billy Elliot
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Lee Hall won a BAFTA for best screenplay for the 2000 film Billy Elliot, before joining forces with Elton John to produce one of the most successful shows of all time in terms of critical acclaim and accolades swept up. At the 2009 Tony Awards, the show picked up 10 wins from 15 nominations in all but one category.
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Waitress
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It has become one of the most successful stage musicals of the past 5 years, being nominated for 4 Tony Awards including best musical before moving to London's West End in February 2019, however the film of the same name, upon which this musical is based, was a far more modest outing, only raking in around $22m at the box office.
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Little Shop of Horrors
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This is a rare instance of a musical adaptation of a film being readapted into another film, however the 1960 comedy by Roger Corman predates the stage musical by almost 25 years, and provided the great Jack Nicholson with one of his earliest on-screen roles.
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Legally Blonde
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The 2001 film marked a real turning point in Reese Witherspoon's career, before being adapted onto the stage by husband and wife team Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe in their first major musical production, earning them a Tony nomination for best original score, amongst 6 other nominations. The original West End production garnered further accol
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Kinky Boots
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Spamalot!
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Matilda
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This story of a neglected young girl with extraordinary abilities was one of the last entries in British author Roald Dahl's bibliography, originally printed in 1988 before being adapted to the screen 8 years later. Whilst the film is often criticised for Americanising the story, the musical returns it to its very British roots, opening first in th
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Amélie
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The newest production to feature on this list, and the only one to be based on a foreign language picture, Am?lie was originally a French language film of 2001, and one that garnered a considerable amount of success, receiving 5 Oscar nominations including best original screenplay. The musical opened in 2017, and a limited run on broadway sadly did
