Based on something else
Every show here is based on something — a novel, a film, a play, somebody's life. Adaptation is how a great many of Broadway's best-loved shows got made.
164 in the catalogue.
| Irving Berlin’s White Christmas | 2008 | Musical |
| Jekyll & Hyde | 1997 | Musical |
| John Proctor is the Villain | 2025 | Special |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | 1982 | Musical |
| Just in Time | 2025 | Musical |
| Kean | 1961 | Musical |
| Kiss Me, Kate | 1948 | Musical |
| La Strada | 1969 | Musical |
| Left on Tenth | 2024 | Special |
| Legally Blonde | 2007 | Musical |
| Lempicka | 2024 | Musical |
| Li’l Abner | 1956 | Musical |
| Lost in the Stars | 1949 | Musical |
| Madame Sherry | 1910 | Musical |
| Mame | 1966 | Musical |
| Mamma Mia! | 2025 | Musical |
| Mayor | 1985 | Musical |
| Maytime | 1917 | Musical |
| Miss Saigon | 1991 | Musical |
| Moulin Rouge! The Musical | 2019 | Musical |
| Movin’ Out | 2002 | Musical |
| My Fair Lady | 1956 | Musical |
| New Girl In Town | 1957 | Musical |
| Nine | 1982 | Musical |
| No, No, Nanette | 1925 | Musical |
| On the Town | 1944 | Musical |
| Once on This Island | 1990 | Musical |
| Operation Mincemeat | 2025 | Musical |
| Out of This World | 1950 | Musical |
| Pal Joey | 1940 | Musical |
| Peggy-Ann | 1926 | Musical |
| Peter Pan | 1954 | Musical |
| Pickwick | 1965 | Musical |
| Pipe Dream | 1955 | Musical |
| Punch | 2025 | Special |
| Purlie | 1970 | Musical |
| Raggedy Ann | 1986 | Musical |
| Ragtime | 2025 | Revival |
| Real Women Have Curves | 2025 | Musical |
| Rent | 1996 | Musical |
| Revenge With Music | 1934 | Musical |
| Rex | 1976 | Musical |
| Rockabye Hamlet | 1976 | Musical |
| Rocky | 2014 | Musical |
| Roza | 1987 | Musical |
| Saravá | 1979 | Musical |
| She Loves Me (2016 Revival) | 2016 | Revival |
| Shenandoah | 1975 | Musical |
| Shinbone Alley | 1957 | Musical |
| Side Show | 1997 | Musical |
| Simply Heavenly | 1957 | Musical |
| Skyscraper | 1965 | Musical |
| Smash | 2025 | Musical |
| Song of Norway | 1944 | Musical |
| Sophisticated Ladies | 1981 | Musical |
| Spring Awakening | 2006 | Musical |
| Suffs | 2024 | Musical |
| Sugar | 1972 | Musical |
| Sunset Boulevard | 1994 | Musical |
| Sunset Boulevard | 2024 | Revival |