1 Recently there has been a resurgence of films based on Broadway musicals such as Chicago The Phantom of the

1) Recently, there has been a resurgence of films based on Broadway musicals, such as Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, and Les Miserables. To help insure box office success producers are basing musicals on popular films such as Billy Elliott, Catch Me if You Can, Mary Poppins, and Big Fish. 2) How do the film versions differ from the stage versions? 3) Is there a difference in the way the audience relates to the two?