Which is your favourite musical inspired by a book? Vote for your favourite of the shows that have visited Toronto in the last few years, listed below with the books that provided inspiration.
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- A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder – Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman (1907)
- The Lorax – book of the same name by Dr. Seuss (1971)
- Matilda – book of the same name by Roald Dahl (1988)
- Wicked – Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory MacGuire (1995)
- Les Miserables –novel of the same name by Victor Hugo (1862)
- Onegin – Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (1832)
- The Phantom of the Opera – novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux (1909)
- Candide (operetta) – Candide by Voltaire (1759)
- Fun Home – Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (2006)
- The King and I – Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon (1944)