It used to be common for stage musicals to be adapted as films. The trend has reversed and now it seems like most new Broadway musicals are based on popular films. How far back does this trend go? What caused the switch? John Kenrick celebrates this popular trend with backstage stories and performance videos.

John Kenrick is the author of Musical101.com, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amateur Theatricals, and the textbook Musical Theatre: A History. He has taught at New York University’s Steinhardt School, The New School University, Marymount College Manhattan, The Philadelphia University of Arts, Wagner College, Molloy College, and Pace University

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