The following is a list of works of musical theatre that have been notably filmed live on stage, also known as professionally shot musicals or, colloquially, proshot musicals.Brethauer-Hamling, Taylor (February 2021). "Proshot vs Film Adaptation - What's the Difference?". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved September 2024. Musicals are listed by the year they were filmed, not necessarily by the year they were first broadcast or released to the public. Unless otherwise specified, these productions were performed in English.
Before 1980 1955 The Desert Song (live television recording; Max Liebman Presents)
1957
Annie Get Your Gun (live television recording; NBC-TV)
1976 Pacific Overtures"Streaming Broadway Musicals and Plays". Filmed on Stage. 2023. Retrieved September 2024. (original Broadway cast)
1978 The Comedy of Errors (ITV)
1980s 1980 The Pirates of Penzance (The Public Theater, New York) Tell Me on a Sunday (BBC) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (musical) (Radio City Music Hall, HBO)
1981 Ain't Misbehavin' (broadcast 1982) Pippin (CTV)
1982 Camelot (2nd Broadway revival) Sophisticated Ladies (1986 release)Lyons, Luisa. "Filmed Lived Musicals". 2023. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (national tour, Los Angeles; PBS Great Performances)
1984 Barnum (with Michael Crawford; BBC release 1986; PBS Great Performances 1990)
1985 The Gospel at Colonus Sunday in the Park with George (original Broadway cast; Showtime and PBS American Playhouse broadcasts 1986)
1986 Follies in Concert
1989 Show Boat (PBS Great Performances) Into the Woods (original Broadway cast; PBS American Playhouse broadcast 1991; public release 1997 and 2014)
1990s 1990 A Little Night Music (New York City Opera revival; PBS Live from Lincoln Center)
1991 The Will Rogers Follies
1993 Bette Midler: Gypsy (made-for-television film) Cabaret (Dir. Sam Mendes) Nunsense (with Rue McClanahan)
1994 Jesus Christ Superstar: A Resurrection Nunsense 2: The Sequel The Pirates of Penzance (Essgee Entertainment)
1995 A Tale of Cinderella Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert or 10th Anniversary 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 H.M.S. Pinafore (Essgee Entertainment)
1998 CatsDarvill, Josh (December 2023). "20+ Broadway and West End Musical Proshots You Can Watch Online Now". Stageberry. Retrieved September 2024. (PolyGram) Nunsense 3: The Jamboree
1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London; The Really Useful Group; PolyGram / PBS Great Performances broadcast 2000)
2000s 2000 Jekyll & Hyde: Direct from Broadway (original Broadway run, final cast; Broadway Worldwide; broadcast 2001) Peter Pan (California; A&E) Smokey Joe's Cafe: Direct from Broadway (Broadway Worldwide)
2001 Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical Putting It Together: Direct from Broadway (Broadway Worldwide) Sweeney Todd the Concert (Avery Fisher Hall, Broadway)
2002 Fosse (PBS Great Performances) Kiss Me, Kate (London revival; PBS Great Performances broadcast 2003) Ragtime (BBC Four) Contact (PBS Live from Lincoln Center)
2003 Taboo ’’ Oklahoma’m
2004 Our House The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas
2005 Acorn Antiques The Musical! (original London cast, 2006 release) Candide (PBS Live from Lincoln Center / Great Performances broadcast) Jerry Springer the Opera (London; BBC Two 2006 broadcast) Passion (PBS Live from Lincoln Center)
2006 Company (Broadway revival with Raúl Esparza; PBS Great Performances broadcast 2008; DVD and Blu-Ray 2009 release) Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (Universal Pictures) Kiss Me, Kate (London) The Light in the Piazza (Broadway run; PBS Live from Lincoln Center) Manchester Passion (UK) South Pacific in Concert (Carnegie Hall) The Ten Commandments: The Musical (Kodak Theatre, Hollywood)
2007 Bad Girls: The Musical (2009 release) Never Forget (original tour, Manchester Opera House; Universal Pictures) Naked Boys Singing! Nunsensations: The Nunsense Vegas Revue Legally Blonde (Broadway; MTV)
2008 Camelot (PBS Live from Lincoln Center) Imagine This Keating! (ABC2, Madman Entertainment) Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (original Broadway run, final cast) Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2009 Chess in Concert (PBS Great Performances)Gans, Andrew (2009). "Chess in Concert, with Menzel, Pascal and Groban, Debuts on PBS June 17". Playbill. Passing Strange (original Broadway cast; Spike Lee / IFC; PBS Great Performances 2010 broadcast) The Nightman Cometh Live! A Very Potter Musical (original cast, though not professionally shot; StarKid Productions)
2010s 2010 Into the Woods (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London revival; 2011 release) Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (Cinema release, followed by DVD/Blu-ray) Meshuggah-Nuns! South Pacific (PBS Live From Lincoln Center)
2011 Company (New York Philharmonic revival with Neil Patrick Harris; DVD and Blu-Ray 2012 release) Memphis: Direct from Broadway Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert HallSmith, Paul Art (January 2022). "Phantom, Man of La Mancha, & More to Come to BroadwayHD in February". BroadwayDirect. Retrieved September 2024.(Cinema release, followed by Blu-ray/DVD Release)
2012 Holy Musical B@man! (StarKid Productions) Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation (Universal Studios 2013 release) Jesus Christ Superstar (Arena Tour, UK; Universal Studios / The Really Useful Group)Perks, Daniel (March 2020). "Stage on screen – where you can rent or buy shows online". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved September 2024. Love Never Dies (Regent Theatre, Melbourne) Nunset Boulevard
2013 Carousel (PBS Live from Lincoln Center) Follies (Opéra de Toulon) Merrily We Roll Along (London; Digital Theatre) Shrek the Musical (original Broadway run; RadicalMedia / DreamWorks) Sunday in the Park With George (Mezzo TV) The Sound of Music Live! (NBC)
2014 Ani (StarKid Productions) Billy Elliot the Musical Live From Here to Eternity Kiss Me, Kate (BBC Proms) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (HBO broadcast 2016) Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary"20 films for theatre fans on Netflix". WhatsOnStage. 2021. Retrieved September 2024). Peter Pan Live! (NBC television event) Show Boat (PBS Live from Lincoln Center 2015 broadcast) Sweeney Todd in Concert (PBS Live from Lincoln Center) 21 Chump Street
2015
Daddy Long Legs Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre (London) (Originally broadcast on BBC Four, PBS's Great Performances before Blu-ray/DVD release in 2016) Show Boat (San Francisco Opera) The Rocky Horror Show Live (40th Anniversary broadcast, London) The Wiz Live! (NBC) The Sound of Music (ITV)
2016 Allegiance (Broadway) Falsettos (PBS Great Performances broadcast 2017) Funny Girl (London revival and then Digital Theatre, Manchester, UK; 2018 release) Grease Live! (Fox television event) Hairspray Live! (NBC television event) Holiday Inn (BroadwayHD / Universal Pictures 2017 release) The Passion: New Orleans (Fox television event) She Loves Me (Broadway revival; The Roundabout Theatre Company / BroadwayHD) The Threepenny Opera The Woodsman Hamilton (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
2017 A Christmas Story Live! (Fox television event) An American in Paris (London; PBS Great Performances broadcast 2018) Elf (Manchester, UK; Channel 5, UK) Follies (London revival) Lazarus (original New York broadcast 2018; global broadcast 2021) The MeshugaNutcracker! (Amazon; BroadwayHD) Newsies The Wind in the Willows (BroadwayHD)
2018 Bandstand Eugenius! (Facebook Live 2020 broadcast) Everybody's Talking About Jamie The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (StarKid Productions) Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC television event) The King and I (London revival; Trafalgar Entertainment, 2019 release) The Toxic Avenger (BroadwayHD)
2019 42nd Street Aladdin (mixed production cast, London; Disney+ exclusive release; currently unreleased to the public) Curtains (Palace Theatre, Manchester 2020 release) Fame (Peacock Theatre, London; BroadwayHD 2020 release) Into the Woods: Live at the Hollywood Bowl Kinky Boots (original London run; Fathom Events / BroadwayHD) Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (Gielgud Theatre, London) The Little Mermaid Live! Rent: Live (Fox television event)Lawler, Kelly (November 2021) "From 'Hairspray' to 'Rent,' these are the best and worst live TV musicals (take note, 'Annie')". USA Today. Gannett, LLC. Retrieved September 2024. Ruthless! (Arts Theatre, London; BroadwayHD) The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! (Nickelodeon)
2020s 2020 Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical Live! (NBC television event) Godspell: 50th Anniversary Concert (BroadwayHD) David Byrne’s American Utopia (HBO)
2021 Anything Goes (BBC 2 2022 broadcast) Annie Live! (NBC television event) Come From Away (Entertainment One / RadicalMedia; Apple TV+ release) Diana (Netflix) Little Women (London premiere; Aria Entertainment / BroadwayHD)
2022 Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration Between the Lines (musical) Emojiland (Currently unreleased) Girl from the North Country (Broadway) Heathers: The Musical (London revival; Roku Original, 2023 DVD/Blu-ray Release) Jersey Boys (GK Films 2021 or 2022; currently unreleased) Mr. Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy Trevor: The Musical (Disney+)
2023
The Prince of Egypt (Universal Pictures; DVD and Blu-Ray 2024 release) Waitress: The Musical (Broadway return cast) Titanic: The Musical The Little Big Things
2024 Bonnie & Clyde (London; Staged Concert) Frozen (London; Disney+ 2025 release)"London's Frozen the Musical Filmed for Disney Plus Release". Filmed on Stage, February 5, 2024. Kiss Me, Kate (London)"West End Kiss Me, Kate With Stephanie J. Block Filmed for Release". Filmed on Stage. Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway revival; December 2025 release)"Merrily We Roll Along Broadway Film Sets December Release". Filmed on Stage, 2025. Next To Normal (London, Wyndham’s Theatre) Suffs (PBS release) "Broadway Musical Suffs to Be Filmed for PBS’s Great Performances". Filmed on Stage.
2025 Bat Out of Hell (UK Tour 2025; theatrically released in the UK; Stagescreen, BroadwayHD)Bat Out of Hell—The Musical Will Be Filmed for Fall Streaming Premiere | Playbill Six: The Musical Live! (Original London cast reunion 2022; released in UK theaters 2025, released in US theaters 2026)"Six The Musical to play UK cinemas this April", westendtheatre.com, January 14, 2025
2026 Hadestown (London, mixed production cast; theatrically released in July 2026)"A Filmed Version of Hadestown is Officially on Its Way"
Musicals performed in languages other than English
1999 Notre-Dame de Paris (Paris)
2015 The Count of Monte Cristo (St. Gallen, Switzerland) Death Note (Two Casts, Japan)
2016 or 2017 Anna Karenina (Moscow Operetta Theatre; 2017 first US release
2018 Romeo e Giulietta - Ama e cambia il mondo (Italy)
2021 Midnight Sun (South Korea) Mōryō no Hako Mozart! (Two Casts, Japan) Next To Normal (China)
2023 La Legende du Roi Arthur (Two Casts, Japan) A Silent Voice Spy x Family
2024 In This Corner of the World RRR (Takarazuka Revue) Tesso no Ori
See also List of musical films by year
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