Stage to Film Adaptations

I'll admit it openly: I love theatre. It's magical and provides an experience so much different from watching a movie. However, stage to film adaptations are becoming more and more common. Are these movies any help to the film industry and are actually successful? That, I don't know. However, I think that making some of these adaptations take something away from the film as well as the stage show.

The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and most recently, Newsies are among the productions that have become films--either of performers actually putting on the show on stage or in a movie version of the stage show. Are these movies actual films that show something different that the stage shows don't when they are performed live? Do they take away from the anticipation of the stage show live? I think that both questions offer significant conversations. Both theatre productions and films offer a lot of different emotions, interpretations, and experiences that when they are combined, it might diminish some of the quality of both. I'm not so sure that these films really do the best for either art form. Because, in reality, both film and stage are such dear forms of art that are really close to people's hearts, and I don't think that, unless they are done well, these stage to film adaptations do anything for either industry. 

While I'll admit that I watch them because 1. I love theatre and 2. I love movies. However, realistically, I don't think that simply watching a movie of a stage show counts as a film and it takes away from the magic of a stage show.