14 Shows That Merged Science Fiction With Musical Theatre

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By Playbill Staff
Sep 20, 2020
 
From Rocky Horror to Spider-Man, all of these shows brought sci-fi to the stage in musical form.
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There are many different genres of musical theatre, but one that might make for some of the most interesting combinations is science fiction. Whether it's the high-flying stunts of Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark or the man-eating plants of Little Shop of Horrors, these shows all brought sci-fi to the stage in musical form.


14 Shows That Merged Science Fiction With Musical Theatre

14 Shows That Merged Science Fiction With Musical Theatre

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Lee Wilkof and Ellen Greene in Little Shop of Horrors.
Lee Wilkof and Ellen Greene in Little Shop of Horrors. Peter Cunningham
Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler in Little Shop of Horrors.
Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler in Little Shop of Horrors. Paul Kolnik
Michael C. Hall in <i>Lazarus</i>
Michael C. Hall in Lazarus Jan Versweyveld
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Michael C. Hall in Lazarus Jan Versweyveld
Cast of <i>It&#39;s a bird…it&#39;s a plane…it&#39;s Superman</i>
Cast of It's a Bird…It's a Plane...It's Superman Friedman-Abeless/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
The <i>It's a Bird…It's a Plane...It's Superman</i> set
It's a Bird…It's a Plane...It's Superman at Dallas Theater Center
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Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Show Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Tim Hewitt, and Joan Jett in a promotional shot
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Tom Hewitt, and Joan Jett in The Rocky Horror Show
A scene from <i>Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark</i>
A scene from Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
Patrick Page and Reeve Carney in <i>Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark.</i>
Patrick Page and Reeve Carney in Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark Jacob Cohl
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