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Movie or musical first?


My drama teacher told me that it was on broadway before it turned into a movie. Was there a play version of this before the movie because I KNOW the musical came way later.

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No, John Waters wrote it and made it into a movie. It was surprisingly popular, so it went on Broadway and became a musical.




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