From stage to screen: 13 of the best movie musicals adapted from Broadway hits

Donaldson Collection/Getty Images From stage to screen: Best musical movies adapted from theatrical productions

Heavily influenced by vaudeville, comic opera, and other performing arts, musicals as we know them emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Around this time, writers shifted from creating comedy and variety shows to stage dramas that integrated story, character, song, and dance while grappling with more mature subject matter.

Shows like “Oklahoma!” and “Show Boat” epitomized these qualities. When “Show Boat” opened in the late 1920s, talking pictures were taking the nation by storm, most notably through 1927’s “The Jazz Singer,” the first musical movie. From the inception of talkies through the 1960s, the movie musical, often adapted from successful Broadway shows, was one of the most popular

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