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ontheoutsideagain:

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screamoftheshalka:

Little Shop of Horrors: An alien plant arrives on 1960s Earth, convinces a man of feeding her a dentist, eats him and goes on a rampage for world domination.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A pansexual alien transvestite builds a living sex toy, kills an undead delivery boy and is murdered by one of his servants after promoting a cabaret Floor Show on the basement of his spaceship-castle.
Sweeney Todd: A barber and a piemaker are partners in crime. He’s a serial killer and she bakes meat pies filled with the flesh from his victims.
Les Miserables: A man can’t find a decent job for being an ex-convict, breaks his parole and is stalked for the rest of his life by a police inspector.
Wicked: Wizard of Oz fanfic that turns out to be better than the original material.

Don’t forget:

West Side Story: Romeo and Juliet but with greasers

The Lion King: Hamlet but with lions

Chicago: Woman avoids murder charge and becomes a famous jazz singer by pretending to be pregnant and smiling a lot

The Frogs: God of booze tries to resurrect a playwright in order to save the world from…frogs????

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: The Bible feat. Elvis

The Book of Mormon: The Bible feat. Homosexuality

Rent: The Gays’ rent is too damn high

Mama Mia: Dancing queen, young and sweet, only 17, sings Abba

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Heathers: popularity = not what it’s cracked up to be. the bae = a serial killer. murder = date night.

Into the Woods: “oh this looks like a fun lighthearted fairytale romp for me and my kids!” BITCH YOU THOUGHT

Legally Blonde: fuck you, sexism: the musical, feat. a shitload of pink.

Zombie Prom: …Think Grease meets Shaun of the Dead.

Dogfight: a fuckboy must learn to redeem himself before going to war

Fun Home: Family + gay + emotional abuse + gender roles + cartoons = this

A Very Potter Musical/Sequel/Senior Year: a Harry Potter satire that manages to be a more accurate adaptation than all the actual Harry Potter movies.

Twisted: Jafar from Aladdin gets the “Wicked” treatment

Me and My Dick: your penis has feelings, too

Starship: The Little Mermaid, except in space, with bugs, filtered through Alien

Holy Musical B@tman: Batman vs. Superman will never top this

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: spelling bees are serious fucking business. also you will pity EVERYONE.

Carousel: Even domestic abusers go to Heaven

Oklahoma!: Shit goes down over who gets to buy a picnic lunch

Phantom of the Opera: Creepy unattractive composer writes show for the woman he loves, which incidentally is also the plot of the musical

Avenue Q: Sesame Street for jaded twenty-somethings

Hamilton: Colorblind hip-hop American history lesson

Matilda: Outcast telekenetic girl gets revenge

Carrie: See above

Victor/Victora: A woman pretends to be a man pretending to be a woman and a straight man pretends to be gay so he can be with the woman-man-woman.

Guys and Dolls: Man takes woman out on a bet, somehow it ends well