Reginald Rose’s “Twelve Angry Men” began as a teleplay initially broadcast in 1954. In the subsequent year Rose adapted his television script for the stage. In 1957 it was again adapted by Rose for the big screen, becoming a hugely profitable film starring Henry Fonda.
In 1979, subsequent to a blockbuster run on London’s West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Evita,” playing on Broadway, became the first British musical to earn a Tony Award for Best Musical.