hit, popular, successful
classic, modern
film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), stage
school
Bollywood, Broadway, Hollywood, West End
rock

be based on sth
a musical based on the life of Eva Perón

Musical is used with these nouns:
ability, accompaniment, act, adaptation, analogy, aptitude, background, career, comedy, composition, creativity, culture, director, drama, element, entertainment, equivalent, establishment, evening, event, excellence, expression, form, genius, gift, guest, harmony, heritage, hero, highlight, horizon, idea, imagination, improvisation, influence, innovation, inspiration, instrument, interest, interlude, magic, manuscript, masterpiece, merit, metaphor, note, offering, passage, performance, performer, phrase, play, programme, repertoire, scene, score, selection, sequence, show, skill, snobbery, society, sophistication, sound, soundtrack, style, symbol, talent, taste, term, texture, theatre, theme, tradition, training, treat, tribute, understanding, version, vocabulary, worth