I’m watching a digital production of Angela’s Ashes: the Musical and the theme song is “Angela’s Ashes are Calling Me.” Besides that the memoir by Franck McCourt is a bitter portrayal of poverty in Ireland and this is “heartwarming.”

The Producers nothwithstanding, it made me think of the question of whether there are books or stories that should not be made into a musical. Please list titles if you have them.