Musical super hits

When we're talking musical, we usually refer to either musical theater or musical films. While the former is an amalgamation of music pieces, songs, dialogues and dance with the elements of drama, the latter is a genre of motion pictures that incorporate musical sequences as interwoven parts of the thematic narrative. Famous musicals have garnered tremendous fan following among cinema as well as theater goers and the cynosure of their appeal lies in the way the story and the central idea is conveyed by resting the dominant part of the narrative and much of the histrionics upon musical effects, songs and artistic choreography.
Musical super hits like Moulin Rouge, The Sound of Music, Chicago and My Fair Lady have assumed a cult status among lovers of this genre of entertainment and, in a way, they give you a feel of the bygone era of theater and films when most of the old-world-entertainment churned out by this media used to be in the form of musicals and ballads. Check out the following list of famous musicals that illuminated the avenues for this entertainment genre, be it Broadway or the silver screen.
Famous Musicals on Broadway
The following famous Broadway musicals have wooed tremendous audiences and still continue to be regarded as some of the best histrionic pieces of entertainment. These musicals are classes in themselves and continue to inspire theatrical compositions to this day.

Avenue Q

A Chorus Line

Cabaret

Cat

Hairspray

Les Miserables

Phantom of the Opera

Fiddler on the Roof

Oh! Calcutta!

Beauty and the Beast

Chicago

Rent

The Lion King

Mamma Mia!

Miss Saigon

Life with Father

42nd Street

Same Time, Next Year

Wicked

Tobacco Road

My Fair Lady

Hello, Dolly!

Annie

The Producers

Abie's Irish Rose

Man of La Mancha

Jersey Boys

Oklahoma!

South Pacific

Smokey Joe's Cafe

Pippin

The Magic Show

Gemini

Aida

Most of the following famous Hollywood musicals are adapted from or based upon some of the best and most fondly remembered musical theater productions. The following list of movie musicals are worth checking out.

• The Wizard of Oz
• Duck Soup
• Singin' In the Rain
• The Lion King
• Tangled
• Gold Diggers of 1933
• Beauty and the Beast
• A Night at the Opera
• The Smiling Lieutenant
• Arabesque
• Love Me Tonight
• The Sound of Music
• My Fair Lady
• The Blues Brothers
• The Blue Angel
• Cabaret
• Aladdin
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• Top Hat
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• West Side Story
• Yankee Doodle Dandy
• A Star is Born
• 42nd Street
• The Jungle Book
• Swan Lake
• The Court Jester
• Show Boat
• Good News
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Mary Poppins
• Moulin Rouge
• Chicago
• Evita
• Alice in wonderland
• A Christmas Carol
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• The Phantom of the Opera