I love going to the theater and seeing a musical. In Los Angeles, we have lots of choices to see something new, and to check out older prints of famous musicals. Today, I wanted to pick out some of my favorite musicals that are actually based on Tony Award-winning shows and rank them.Let's dive in. 1. The Sound of MusicOriginal Musical Tony Win: Best Musical, 1960I had to put my wife's favorite movie number one. Mostly because I also love it and because it's the quintessential movie musical for generations. It's a Rodgers and Hammerstein tale of the von Trapp family singers set against the backdrop of WWII Austria. Robert Wise's film adaptation takes it further, using breathtaking Austrian landscapes as its backdrop and getting Julie Andrews to belt out bangers. She delivers an iconic performance as Maria. The movie won the Oscar for Best Picture, and the film is arguably more famous than the stage show that inspired it, with songs like "My Favorite Things," "Do-Re-Me," and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" becoming timeless tunes.2. My Fair LadyOriginal Musical Tony Win: Best Musical, 1957Here's a movie I don't think enough people have seen. It's really fun and full of tropes that have been used in many movies since. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, Lerner and Loewe's musical about phonetics professor Henry Higgins transforming Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle was a Broadway smash. George Cukor's film adaptation is a witty and visually stunning affair. Seriously, some of the best cinematography...
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