| 100% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on an opera |
| 93% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on an opera |
| 93% | AIDA | 4 | "Another Pyramid" musical based on an opera |
| 90% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on an opera set in Egypt |
| 89% | AIDA | 4 | Broadway musical based on an opera that's set in Egypt |
| 73% | HAMILTON | 8 | Musical based on an American Founding Father |
| 70% | AIDA | 4 | Musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 70% | BOAT | 4 | "Show ___" (Broadway musical based on an Edna Ferber novel) |
| 69% | PILL | 4 | "Jagged Little ___" (jukebox musical based on an Alanis Morissette album) |
| 67% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 66% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John Broadway musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 66% | CATS | 4 | 2019 movie based on an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical |
| 65% | AIDA | 4 | Elton John/Tim Rice musical based on a Verdi opera |
| 64% | OLIVER | 6 | 1968 musical based on an 18-/41-Across novel, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture |
| 62% | FUNHOME | 7 | Show based on an Alison Bechdel memoir that got the Best Musical Tony |
| 61% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera on which the musical Rent was based |
| 61% | THEPHANTOMOF | 12 | Musical based on a French novel, "___ the Opera" is the longest-running show on Broadway: 3 wds. |
| 57% | OLIVER | 6 | Musical based on dickens |
| 56% | RENT | 4 | Broadway musical loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 56% | RENT | 4 | 1990s musical loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 56% | DREAMGIRLS | 10 | Musical based on the Supremes |
| 56% | HELLODOLLY | 10 | Musical based on "The Matchmaker" |
| 56% | RENT | 4 | Musical based on "La Bohème" |
| 56% | RENT | 4 | Musical based on "La Boheme" |
| 56% | MISSSAIGON | 10 | Musical based on "Madama Butterfly" |
| 56% | MISSSAIGON | 10 | Musical based on "Madame Butterfly" |
| 56% | CATS | 4 | Musical based on Eliot poems |
| 56% | RENT | 4 | Musical that was loosely based on the opera "La Bohème" |
| 55% | NINE | 4 | Musical based on a Fellini film |
| 55% | ANNIE | 5 | Musical based on a comic strip |