My craziness has struck again. This time I decided to come up with musicals, using their actual titles, but summarize the plots completely wrong. Enjoy!
Wicked
About a bunch of candles that have just had their wicks installed. They have been wicked.
The Phantom of the Opera
The sad tale of Banquo's ghost in an opera version of the Scottish Play
Titanic
Inspired by
Big, but he gets much, MUUUCCHHHH bigger!
Rent
About a rip in time and space... It is rent in twain!
Sister Act
A remake of
White Christmas, focusing on the Haynes Sisters
Beauty and the Beast
A mysterious deformed creature haunts an opera house and trains a beautiful diva to sing
A Very Potter Musical
The Brady Bunch learns to make pots
Something Rotten
A musical about cleaning out the fridge at work
Cats
All the actors completely ignore the director, drawing a metaphorical parallel to herding cats
Hamilton
People get ill from eating a ton of ham
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
About a factory that churns out merchandise for the hit band "Charlie and the Chocolate"
Shrek
About a failed attempt at turning
Star Trek into a musical. It was named with a mouth full of food. The person tried to say "Star Trek", but it came out all garbled.
The Buddy Holly Story
Two holly bushes become best friends
Once on This Island
Captain Jack Sparrow remembers the last time he was left marooned on this island. There was more rum at the time.
Elf
An elf moves to the Shire and revolutionizes the hobbits' gardens, songs and culture
Pippin
The Lord of the Rings from Peregrin Took's perspective
Young Frankenstein
A teenager learns honesty while drinking from a stein
Miss Saigon
Someone moves across the world from Vietnam and feels homesick. They really miss Saigon!
Aladdin
A boy is stuck in something, but what is the lad in? You don't find out until the end.
Urinetown
Where you are once you get downtown: you're in town.
Evita
A Spanish musical about avoidance
Sunset Boulevard
A musical about a road that is stuck in a time loop at sunset
Mamma Mia!
Super Mario Bros, the Musical!
The Drowsy Chaperone
An elementary field trip goes wrong when the overworked and underpaid parent who comes along falls asleep
Spamalot
The ultimate war against junk mail. Canned meat gets thrown across the stage.
The Civil War
A polite disagreement among gentlemen
Man of La Mancha
A Spanish man applies to Starbucks and specializes in making macchiatos. (
Mancha and
macchiato literally mean "stain" in Spanish and Italian, respectively.)
The Wizard of Oz
After an exemplary career at Hogwarts, the potions master retires to sell potions by the ounce.
Ragtime
That time of the day when things get so dirty that simple tissues won't do.
Into the Woods
A sequel of
Legally Blonde, where the main character is a huge fan of Elle Woods
Camelot
Set in the desert, where there are lots and lots of camels
My Fair Lady
The sad tale of Sansa Stark and her ill-fated direwolf
Bat Boy
In an attempt to sound cooler and more menacing, Robin rebrands himself
The King & I
The life and times of Priscilla Presley
State Fair
Iowa is rated as simply fair. Not great, not horrible, just fair.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Josh Groban's dog must be exorcised when he starts biting off people's hair
Hairspray
A mad scientist invents an aerosol can that sprays hair everywhere.
Matilda
The sad tale of an Australian swagman who stole a jumbuck and jumped in a billabong rather than be arrested. It involves a fair amount of waltzing.
The Slipper and the Rose
"Rose Tyler, I - "
Chicago
The entire cast gets blown across the stage by a strong wind
Carousel
Travelers at the airport are constantly losing their baggage because the baggage claim carousel isn't working right
Labyrinth
The third task of
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, extended into a full length musical
Oliver!
An amateur gardener calls in the professionals to groom his olive tree
The Scarlet Pimpernel
A star-crossed lover picks the perfect red flower for his beloved girlfriend
Love Never Dies
An appropriately-named musical in which the lovers truly love each other, are utterly faithful to each other, and they both survive. In fact, they are vampires, so they are immortal.
Annie Get Your Gun
Annie must take extreme measures to protect herself from the ongoing threat of Miss Hannigan, Rooster, and their devious schemes to find Easy Street
Mame
About a serial murderer who can't spell right
Annie
All about Annie Oakley and her sharpshooting skills
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
A futuristic story of an innovative young lad who invents a coat that can project movies
Hello Dolly!
Dolly keeps missing the painfully obvious. I mean, hello!!
Groundhog Day
Old Ivy finally defeats the Chipmunks, and the mayor declares a holiday to celebrate. J. Pierrepont Finch gives a speech (sung, of course) at the ceremony.
Addams Family
Belle meets her future in-laws
Jersey Boys
A group of football players campaigns to replace their old outdated jerseys
The Falsettos
The show must go on, despite all the sopranos and altos having various unavoidable conflicts to the choral concert. The tenors and basses must cover for them.
