The first Broadway musical made out of a movie was probably the 1942 film "My Sister Eileen" with Rosalind Russell, which became the 1953 Broadway musical 'Wonderful Town." Other vintage examples: "The Apartment" (1960) became "Promises, Promises" (1968); "All About Eve" (1950) became "Applause" (1970), which was the first musical based on a movie to...
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:56AM on December 3, 2022