- The Lion King (1997) - based on the 1994 Disney animated film, which was inspired by the 1956 novel "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
- Wicked (2003) - based on the 1995 novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire
- The Producers (2001) - based on the 1968 film of the same name, which was based on the 1951 play of the same name by Mel Brooks
- Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) - based on the 1973 play of the same name by Christopher Bond
- Chicago (1975) - based on the 1926 play of the same name by Maurine Dallas Watkins
- A Chorus Line (1975) - based on the 1974 concept musical of the same name
- Cabaret (1966) - based on the 1951 play of the same name by John Van Druten
- Fiddler on the Roof (1964) - based on the 1959 novel "Tevye and His Daughters" by Sholem Aleichem
- West Side Story (1957) - based on the 1957 play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
- My Fair Lady (1956) - based on the 1913 play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw