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By Playbill Staff

May 08, 2021

Many theatrical productions are based on written works, ranging from popular novels, to short stories, graphic novels, poetry collections, and more. Do you know which books these 21 shows are based on?

What Books Are These 21 Broadway Shows Based On?

The Pajama Game (Broadway 1954) - John Raitt, Janis Paige — What Books Are These 21 Broadway Shows Based On?

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The Pajama Game (Broadway 1954) - John Raitt, Janis Paige — The Pajama Game

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Shows_Based_on_Books_The Pajama Game_HR.jpg — 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell

HR - Angela Lansbury in Mame — Angela Lansbury in Mame.

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Mame_HR — Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

Stephanie Mills in The Wiz HR — Stephanie Mills in The Wiz

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Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_The_Wiz_Martha_Swope_HR — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Oliver!_Broadway_Production_Photos_Patti_LuPone_HR — Oliver!

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Oliver_HR — Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Porgy_and_Bess_Broadway_Production_Photos_2012_Audra_McDonald_Norm_Lewis_HR — Porgy and Bess

Michael J. Lutch

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Porgy_Michael J. Lutch_HR — Porgy by DuBose Heyward

Brian Stokes Mitchell in <i>Man of La Mancha</i> — Man of La Mancha

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Man_of_La_Mancha_HR — Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

The King and I - Yul Brynner Mary Beth Peil - HR — The King and I

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_KIng_and_I_Photo courtesy of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization_HR — Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon

Guys_and_Dolls_Revival_Broadway_Production_Photo_1992_Nathan Lane_Faith Prince _HR — Guys and Dolls

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Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Guys and Dolls_HR — The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure by Damon Runyon

Natasha_Pierre_&_the_Great_Comet_of_1812_Broadway_Production_Photo_2016_Josh_Groban_HR — Josh Groban

Chad Batka

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Great_Comet_Chad Batka_HR — War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

"The 1st Broadway show I saw was <i>Fiddler On The Roof</i> -- the original company with Zero Mostel. My mother knew that this was going to be a hit, and she ordered seats months before it opened. My most vivid memory is of 'Do You Love Me?' Perfection!" — "The 1st Broadway show I saw was Fiddler On The Roof -- the original company with Zero Mostel. My mother knew that this was going to be a hit, and she ordered seats months before it opened. My most vivid memory is of 'Do You Love Me?' Perfection!"

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Fiddler_HR — Tevye and His Daughters by Sholem Aleichem

A Scene from <i>Cats</i> — Cats

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Cats_Joan Marcus_HR — Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot

Julie Andrews in <i>Camelot</i> — Camelot

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Camelot_Friedman-Abeles_HR — The Once and Future King by T. H. White

HR - Once On This Island (1990) - LaChanze — LaChanze with the original cast of Once on This Island.

Martha Swope / The New York Public Library

My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy

Joel Grey and company Broadway Cabaret 1966 — Joel Grey and company in Cabaret

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Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Cabaret_HR — Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

HR-Courtney Reed and Adam Jacobs in Aladdin.jpg — Aladdin

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Aladdin_Deen_Van_Meer_HR — One Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights

Marin-Mazzie and Martin-Moran in Big River

Shows_Based_on_Books_Graphics_Big_River_HR — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The <i>Damn Yankees</i> ensemble — Damn Yankees

Shows_Based_on_Books_Damn Yankees_HR.jpg — The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop

Donna Murphy in <i>LoveMusik</i>. — LoveMusik

Photo by Carol Rosegg

Shows_Based_on_Books_Love Muisk_HR.jpg — Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya

Violet-Production_Photo_Broadway_Sutton Foster_Joshua Henry_HR — Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry in Violet

Joan Marcus

The Ugliest Pilgrim from Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories by Doris Betts

Grand Hotel 2 HR — Michael Jeter and Rex Smith in Grand Hotel

Martha Swope/ The New York Public Library

Shows_Based_on_Books_The Grand Hotel_HR.jpg — Menschen im Hotel by Vicki Baum

HR - Mary Martin in The Sound of Music (Broadway 1959) — Mary Martin with the cast of The Sound of Music.

Friedman-Abeles / The New York Public Library

Shows_Based_on_Books_Sound of Music_HR.jpg — The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta von Trapp

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