| 100% | CAMELOT | 7 | Musical based on a T. H. White novel |
| 71% | CAMELOT | 7 | Broadway musical based on the T.H. White novel "The Once and Future King" |
| 61% | CAMELOT | 7 | Broadway musical about King Arthur based on a book by T.H. White |
| 58% | WIZ | 3 | 1974 musical based on a 1900 novel, with "The" |
| 56% | LESMIZ | 6 | 2012 movie musical based on a Victor Hugo novel, familiarly: 2 wds. |
| 56% | CATS | 4 | 1982 Broadway musical based on a book of T.S. Eliot poems |
| 55% | THEPHANTOM | 10 | & 25A 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a novel by Gaston Leroux |
| 54% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 53% | HALF | 4 | & 2D 1965 Broadway musical based on the novel Kipps by H G Wells |
| 52% | LES | 3 | "___ Misérables" (musical based on a French novel) |
| 52% | FAIRLADY | 8 | Musical based on a novel by George Bernard Shaw, "My ___" was the longest-running Broadway show between 1956 - 1962: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHARLOTTESWEB | 13 | Julia Roberts/Dakota Fanning film based on a novel by E.B. White (2 wds.) |
| 50% | NINE | 4 | Musical based on a Fellini film |
| 50% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 50% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical based on a comic strip |
| 50% | OLIVER | 6 | Musical based on a Charles Dickens book |
| 49% | HEATHERS | 8 | Musical based on a 1989 film, rhymes with feathers |
| 48% | ANNIE | 5 | Broadway musical based on a comic strip |
| 48% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 48% | ALADDIN | 7 | Hit 2014 musical based on a 1992 film |
| 48% | SPAMALOT | 8 | Broadway musical based on a Monty Python film |
| 48% | LILI | 4 | Popular musical based on a Paul Gallico story |
| 48% | ANNIE | 5 | Hit Broadway musical based on a comic strip |
| 48% | SPAMALOT | 8 | Stage musical based on a Monty Python story |
| 48% | ROUGE | 5 | "Moulin ___!" (Broadway musical based on a 2001 movie) |
| 48% | WAITRESS | 8 | Sara Bareilles musical based on a 2007 film |
| 48% | ANNIE | 5 | Broadway musical based on a comic strip orphan |
| 48% | RUNAWAYJURY | 11 | John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novel |
| 48% | WARHORSE | 8 | 2011 movie based on a Michael Morpurgo novel |