| 100% | WARPAINT | 8 | *2017 Broadway musical based on the rivalry between Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein |
| 45% | HADESTOWN | 9 | Broadway musical based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice |
| 43% | CAMELOT | 7 | Broadway musical based on the T.H. White novel "The Once and Future King" |
| 38% | CABARET | 7 | Broadway musical based on the Christopher Isherwood novel "Goodbye to Berlin" |
| 37% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LIONKING | 8 | Musical based on a Disney film, "The ___" is Broadway's third longest-running show and the highest grossing production: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MANOFLAMANCHA | 13 | Broadway musical based on the Miguel de Cervantes novel "Don Quixote": 4 wds. |
| 36% | HALF | 4 | & 2D 1965 Broadway musical based on the novel Kipps by H G Wells |
| 35% | SPAMALOT | 8 | Musical based on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" |
| 34% | SPAMALOT | 8 | Tony-winning musical based on "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" |
| 34% | ROUGE | 5 | "Moulin ___!" musical based on the eponymous film that is one of the highest-grossing Broadway musicals |
| 33% | IDIOT | 5 | "American ___" (Broadway musical based on the music of Green Day) |
| 33% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical based on "The Once and Future King" |
| 33% | GUYS | 4 | "___ and Dolls," musical based on Damon Runyon's short stories which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 32% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 32% | RENT | 4 | Broadway musical loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 32% | OLIVER | 6 | Broadway musical based on Dickens |
| 32% | DREAMGIRLS | 10 | Musical based on the Supremes |
| 32% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 32% | SOUTH | 5 | "___ Pacific," musical based on a Pulitzer-winning book which was released during the Golden Age of Broadway |
| 31% | RENT | 4 | Broadway musical based on "La Bohème" |
| 31% | DAMNYANKEES | 11 | Musical based on the Faust legend |
| 31% | CHICAGO | 7 | Only Best Picture Oscar winner based on a Broadway musical since the 1960s |
| 31% | MARYPOPPINS | 11 | Musical based on children's books by P.L. Travers and 1964 Disney film of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANNIE | 5 | Broadway musical based on a comic strip |
| 31% | MAMMAMIA | 8 | Musical based on the songs of ABBA |
| 31% | MYFAIRLADY | 10 | 1956 Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe based on George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion |
| 31% | CAROUSEL | 8 | 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical based on Ferenc Molnar play Liliom |
| 31% | SPAMALOT | 8 | Broadway musical based on a Monty Python film |
| 31% | ANNIE | 5 | Broadway musical based on a comic strip orphan |