Variety.com: "When 'Dreamgirls' opened on Broadway in 1981, conventional wisdom said that a film version should be made only after the stage production had run its course, to prevent the cannibalization of legit auds.
Twenty years later, 'Chicago,' 'The Phantom of the Opera' and 'Rent' turned that theory on its head, with the films actually helping to boost box office for the legit incarnations.
Now 'Dreamgirls' might add a third possibility: The film could be responsible for a new Broadway production."
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I think the problem with these movies that have orginated onstage is the magic of the show being onstage. A chandelier falling in a movie is really no big deal, but one flying onto stage and exploding in front of you, in the same room as you is something to be said for itself. Also, because the movies are rated there is an effort to change certain things. RENT the movie lacked so much of what the Broadway show makes up for in Grittiness and sex. While the musical movie is back, is it necessarily good? I'm not sure about that one yet.
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