Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Does anyone have any idea what this is?
stageagent13
Stand-by Joined: 12/11/06
#1Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:15pmThe final show of our season will be the world premiere of an enchanting new family musical based on a Newberry Award-winning novel. It’s so fresh and new, we can’t yet reveal the title! But we can tell you that it’s a heartwarming story which will delight the entire family. With a touching script filled with lively characters, and a tuneful score from a composer and lyricist who currently have a hit musical running on Broadway, this charming and moving show will speak to audiences of all ages. We wish we could tell you the name of the show right now… but the show is so new that we are still developing the idea and concept with its creators. The moment we have all the details confirmed, as a subscriber you will be the first to know!
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#2re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:20pm
It'll have to be one of these books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbery_Medal
I haven't heard of a single one from before 1972. O_O
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:23pmLittle Prince didn't win the Newberry.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#5re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:24pm
Sounder?
Isn't that about a dog? That could be a touching family story?
KFTC!!!!!
commasplice
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/29/04
#6re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:34pmI was going to say Sarah, Plain and Tall (music by Laurence O’Keefe, lyrics by Nell Benjamin), but it can't be if this show is a "world premiere" (SP&T had its world premiere in NY in 2002 and was produced again there in 2006).
#7re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 4:57pm
Mrs Frisby is the earliest one I recognise, although I'm familiar with quite a few subsequent ones as well. Must be an American thing, I'm guessing.
#8re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 5:12pmA Wrinkle In Time would be amazing!! I hope its that one! Its always been one of my favorite books. :)
#9re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 5:15pmOooh ... I hope it is The Westing Game, one of my all-time favorite books (especially since this is from the Dallas Theater Center, so I would be able to see it)! Unfortunately, though it has "colorful characters," I am not sure I would call it "heartwarming"!
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#11re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 5:34pm
What about Holes? I could have sworn I heard someone say something about doing this musical somewhere.... of course, I could be totally wrong.
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I was bored.... I did research.... it has to be Sarah, Plain and Tall. The only reason why I have come to this is that the music and lyrics are by the composers of Legally Blonde. They are the only one that I saw that has a newberry award show in thier listing.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
Updated On: 7/22/08 at 05:34 PM
#12re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 7:58pm
But it says it's new... Sarah, Plain and Tall has played somewhere already, no? And so new they can't tell reveal the title? Sarah, Plain and Tall is an announced project. Why bother with this level of secrecy if it's an already announced/performed show?
kmc
Jesus saves. I spend.
#13re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 8:01pm"Sarah, Plain, & Tall" was performed Off-Broadway.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#14re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 8:04pmGay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon! FINALLY!
PEACE.
#15re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 9/2/08 at 3:30pm
From last week's "Dallas Observer":
And if the adaptation rights can be worked out, the season will conclude with another premiere, a new musical version of the beloved children's book Sarah, Plain and Tall, a project Moriarty believes has Broadway potential.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#17re: Does anyone have any idea what this is?
Posted: 9/2/08 at 6:46pmSo it's a completely different musical version of Sarah Plain and Tall?
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