The night we learn who wins the Oscars may be a good time to show the results of last month’s poll ranking which of the best picture nominees could be best (and worst) adapted as play or musical for Broadway. I include some of the discussion.

1. Wicked as a musical

This wasn’t on the poll because, as one commenter put it “obviously Wicked would work the best because it did..”

2. Conclave as a play

The majority of poll-takers picked this movie about choosing the Pope as most adaptable for Broadway as a play. One commenter remarked: “Conclave is so based in dialogue and interpersonal drama that it practically feels like an adaptation of a stage work already.” But it even got some votes as best potential musical. ‘They should lean in on the comparisons to Mean Girls and make Conclave a musical’ Another: “Conclave could be a fun opera.”

3. The Substance as a musical

The Substance was selected as the best potential musical more than any other film, by more than a quarter of the poll-takers. (Remember, I didn’t poll for Wicked) “I think it could work,” one commenter said. “It would be campy but not so that it would ruin the message. I think Adam Guettel could do something with it.” Another said: “The Substance starring LaChanze and Celia Rose…bring it on.”

4. Anora as a musical

“Anora is very character-driven and I could see that adapting nicely,” one commented.

5. A Complete Unknown aș a musical

“A fairly conventional musician biopic that could be turned into a bio-musical easily.,” one commented. Another said (a bit of snark?): “A Complete Unknown, with a score by Pasek and Paul, and absolutely no songs by Bob Dylan.”

6. Nickel Boys as a play

Sixteen percent of poll takers choose Nickel Boys (that’s the second highest after Conclave), but one observed “the impact of the film is so inherently rooted in how it is filmed that it’d have to be completely reworked to fit the stage.”

7. I’m Still Here

The film about a woman in Brazil who became an activist after the military killed her husband didn’t get many votes as either best or worst; it seems clear that few poll-takers saw this film ( which is the only one of the ten still not streaming)

8. The Brutalist

Although it got more negative votes than positive for both a potential play and musical, it did have some advocates: “The Brutalist is epic in scope but never loses its intimate focus on László’s journey along the way and for that reason I could see someone finding a way to turn that into a musical – the two-act structure helps as well.”

9. Dune Part 2

Polltakers simply didn’t see a stage being able to recreate the world created on film.

10. Emilia Perez

The musical was chosen by a wide number as the worst for Broadway as either a play or a musical. “Please God not Emilia Perez.”