Frances Egler, director of programming and presentations at the Kimmel Center, notes the trend of musicals-that-were-once-movies, with at least seven titles that were first films. She says getting a movie to the musical stage always involves transformation: "Consider our real blockbuster for the 2017-2018 season, Disney's Aladdin. Disney has transformed the movie into a really fantastic, magical production. It's a story the producers and creators can turn into a new art form, very different from the films." Egler also notes the diversity of the shows, with stories and themes appealing to a wide cross-section of audience.