List of musicals filmed live on stage

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Before 1980[edit]

1929[edit]

• The Desert Song

1962[edit]

• At the Drop of a Hat

1976[edit]

• Pacific Overtures^[1] (original Broadway cast)

1978[edit]

• The Comedy of Errors (ITV)

1980s[edit]

1980[edit]

• The Pirates of Penzance (The Public Theater)
• Tell Me on a Sunday (BBC)

1981[edit]

• Ain't Misbehavin' (broadcast 1982)
• Pippin (CTV)

1982[edit]

• Camelot (2nd Broadway revival)
• Sophisticated Ladies
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Great Performances / National Tour production)

1985[edit]

• The Gospel at Colonus
• Sunday in the Park with George (Booth Theatre, Broadway; PBS American Playhouse broadcast 1986)

1986[edit]

• Barnum (West End with Michael Crawford)
• Candide (New York City Opera)

1989[edit]

• Show Boat (Great Performances)

1990s[edit]

1990[edit]

• A Little Night Music (PBS Live from Lincoln Center)

1991[edit]

• Candide (Barbician Concert)
• Into the Woods (original Broadway cast / PBS American Playhouse)
• The Will Rogers Follies

1993[edit]

• Gypsy (with Bette Midler)
• Nunsense (with Rue McClanahan)

1994[edit]

• The Pirates of Penzance (Essgee Entertainment)
• Jesus Christ Superstar: A Resurrection

1995[edit]

• Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert
• Victor/Victoria
• Company (Donmar Warehouse, London / BBC Two broadcast 1997)
• Passion (PBS American Playhouse broadcast 1996, Image Entertainment release 2003)
• The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

1997[edit]

• H.M.S. Pinafore (Essgee Entertainment)
• Hello, Dolly! (North American tour with Carol Channing)

1998[edit]

• Cats (PolyGram)

1999[edit]

• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (PolyGram / PBS Great Performances; broadcast 2000)

2000s[edit]

2000[edit]

• Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway (original Broadway run, final cast; Broadway Worldwide; broadcast 2001)
• Nunsense 2: The Sequel
• Peter Pan (A&E)
• Putting It Together: Direct from Broadway (Broadway Worldwide)
• Smokey Joe's Cafe: Direct from Broadway (Broadway Worldwide)

2001[edit]

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Live in Concert (Avery Fisher Hall, New York City)
• Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical

2002[edit]

• Fosse (PBS Great Performances)
• Ragtime (BBC Four)
• Contact (PBS Live from Lincoln Center)

2003[edit]

• Kiss Me, Kate (London revival / Great Performances)
• Nunsense 3: Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree
• Taboo

2004[edit]

• Our House

2005[edit]

• Acorn Antiques The Musical! (original West End cast, released 2006)
• The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas
• Candide (Lincoln Center)
• Jerry Springer the Opera (BBC Two)
• Passion

2006[edit]

• The Ten Commandments: The Musical (Kodak Theatre, Hollywood)
• South Pacific in Concert (Carnegie Hall)
• Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
• The Light in the Piazza
• Company (Broadway revival with Raúl Esparza, Great Performances broadcast 2008)
• Manchester Passion (UK)
• Kiss Me Kate (West End)

2007[edit]

• Never Forget (original tour, Manchester Opera House)
• Naked Boys Singing!
• Nunsensations - The Nunsense Vegas Revue
• Legally Blonde (MTV)

2008[edit]

• Rocky Horror Tribute Show
• Keating! (ABC2)
• Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (original Broadway run, final cast)
• Camelot (Lincoln Center)

2009[edit]

• Chess in Concert
• Passing Strange (Spike Lee / IFC)
• A Very Potter Musical (StarKid Productions)

2010s[edit]

2010[edit]

• Meshuggah-Nuns!
• Into the Woods (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London)
• Imagine This
• South Pacific (PBS Live From Lincoln Center)
• Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary
• A Very Potter Sequel (StarKid Productions)

2011[edit]

• Company (New York Philharmonic revival with Neil Patrick Harris, DVD and Blu-Ray release 2012)
• Memphis: Direct from Broadway
• Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
• Starship (StarKid Productions)

2012[edit]

• Nunset Boulevard
• Love Never Dies (Regent Theatre, Melbourne)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (Arena Tour)
• Holy Musical B@man! (StarKid Productions)
• A Very Potter Senior Year (StarKid Productions)

2013[edit]

• Shrek the Musical
• Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation
• Follies
• Carousel
• Merrily We Roll Along (West End)
• Sunday in the Park With George (Mezzo TV)
• The Sound of Music Live! (NBC)
• Twisted (StarKid Productions)

2014[edit]

• Billy Elliot the Musical Live
• 21 Chump Street
• From Here to Eternity
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (Live from Lincoln Center)
• Kiss Me, Kate
• Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (HBO broadcast 2016)
• Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary
• The Trail to Oregon! (StarKid Productions)
• Ani (StarKid Productions)
• Peter Pan Live!

2015[edit]

• Bad Girls: The Musical
• Daddy Long Legs
• Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre^[2]
• The Rocky Horror Show Live (40th Anniversary broadcast, West End)
• The Sound of Music Live (UK)
• The Wiz Live! (NBC)

2016[edit]

• She Loves Me (BroadwayHD)
• The Threepenny Opera
• Bandstand
• Holiday Inn (BroadwayHD release 2017)
• Falsettos (PBS Great Performances broadcast 2017)
• Grease Live!
• The Passion: New Orleans (Fox television event)
• Spies Are Forever (Tin Can Brothers)
• Allegiance (Broadway)
• Firebringer (StarKid Productions)
• The Woodsman
• Hairspray Live! (NBC television event)

2017[edit]

• A Christmas Story Live!
• An American in Paris (West End / PBS Great Performances; broadcast 2018)
• Anna Karenina
• Elf (Channel 5, UK)
• Follies (West End revival)
• Funny Girl (West End revival)
• Lazarus (original New York broadcast 2018, global broadcast 2021)
• The MeshugaNutcracker!
• Newsies
• The Wind in the Willows (BroadwayHD)

2018[edit]

• The Toxic Avenger (BroadwayHD)
• Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
• The King and I (West End revival)
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (StarKid Productions)

2019[edit]

• Aladdin (Disney+ exclusive release 2024)^[3]
• Les Misérables: The Staged Concert
• Kinky Boots
• Black Friday (StarKid Productions)
• 42nd Street
• Into the Woods: Live at the Hollywood Bowl
• Rent: Live (Fox television event)
• Ruthless!
• The Little Mermaid Live!
• The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! (Nickelodeon)
• Fame (Peacock Theatre, London; BroadwayHD release 2020)

2020s[edit]

2020[edit]

• Curtains (Palace Theatre, Manchester)
• Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live! (NBC)
• Eugenius!
• Godspell: 50th Anniversary Concert (BroadwayHD)
• Hamilton (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Spring Awakening (Argentina)

2021[edit]

• Anything Goes (BBC 2)
• Annie Live! (NBC television event)^[4]
• Come From Away (Entertainment One / RadicalMedia)
• Diana (Netflix)
• Rak of Aegis

2022[edit]

• Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
• Bonnie & Clyde
• Emojiland
• Girl from the North Country (Broadway)
• Heathers: The Musical (West End revival / Roku Original)
• Six (original West End cast reunion)^[5]

2023[edit]

• The Prince of Egypt (Universal Pictures)
• Waitress: The Musical
• Nerdy Prudes Must Die (StarKid Productions)

2024[edit]

• Jersey Boys (pending)

See also[edit]

• List of musical films by year

References[edit]