Musicals from the 60s 70s & 80s
What well-known Mega Musical premiered in london in 1984 to huge success.
Phantom of the Opera
This musical is a taleous oldest time and had been made into a Disney movie but then in 91 it was adopted into a musical and now it's very popular was on Broadway for a bit and now it was played in Disney parks in hollywood Studios.
Beauty and the Beast
what show about a barber had a revival multiple revivals durring the late 2000s
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
What popular megamusical made by Lin-Manuel Miranda premiere in 2015 to wide sucsess
Hamilton
When was the first Mega Musical released.
1971
This was the first ever mega musical
Jesus Christ Superstar
This Disney movie was adopted into a musical in 1992 to success
Aladdin
This musical (premiered in 2002) is a fairly popular musical that had a movie adaptation made of it in 2007
Hairspray
This musical was conceptualized in 2014 and released in 2019 but didn't do so well because of both critics and because of ratings and was only saved in 2020 because of the TikTok trends like say my name and the what I know now (which are the two prime examples)
Beetlejuice the musical
what is the most famous prop from the most famous Mega Musical
The chandelier from Phantom of the Opera
This Mega Musical written by Android Weber was composed back in 1981 and first performed in London in 1984 and it recently had a movie created back in 2019 and was torn apart by the critics
Cats
This musical had been premiered in the '90s and it has recently had a Movie remake in 2012 to a bit of success.(Oh also it was written by Roald Dahl that is a hit)
Annie
This musical is a musical that was based off of a Disney movie that was very popular at the time and is about a girl with red hair
The Little Mermaid: the musical
What year was Frozen the musical released
2017
One Mega Musical was released in 1986 which was based off of the Vietnam War
Miss Saigon
What biblical story was adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and made into a mega musical back in 1968
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
This musical almost sank Broadway because of its hydraulic set and only got saved because of a song and because of a certain movie made by James Cameron (that is a huge hint by the way)
Titanic: a new musical
This musical (released in 2008) was based on a group of classmates that wanted to ride a roller coaster but ended up getting the final destination three treatment and ended up dying on the roller coaster
Ride the cyclone
Because of popular TikTok trends what musicals songs were used in these trends but never realized you need to
Mainly six the musical but also beetlejuice the musical
Who is one of the main composers that created a lot of the now modern Mega Musicals
Andrew Lloyd Webber
This musical written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber was first conceptualized and was a concept recording back in 1978 and released 1979 on both the West End and Broadway
Evita
What type of mega musicals were released at this time
Mega musicals based off of very popular animated movies by Disney such as Lion King and and Beauty and Beast
This show which I was told recently did a couple of years back closed in 2003
les Miserables
Which was one of the pioneers of the Mega Musical recently closed
Phantom of the opera
What makes a mega musical a mega musical (note there is multiple parts to this answer so you can only answer for one)
A huge cast
an overarching story that is very compelling
huge sets and extravagant cost
songs that can become an earworm in an instant
and show stopping props