Stage Adaptation
On February 6, 2011, La Jolla Playhouse, California, announced that they would produce a new stage musical based on the film with the book by Allan Knee, score by Scott Frankel (music) and Michael Korie (lyrics), and directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford. A developmental reading was held in New York on March 31, 2011, with Julian Ovenden, Kelli O'Hara, Tony Roberts, Mary Beth Peil, Michael Cumpsty, and Meredith Patterson, directed by Ashford. The adaptation is due to have its world premiere on 22nd September 2012 at the Curve Theatre in Leicester. Directed by Rob Ashford, it stars Julian Ovenden as J.M Barrie and west end actress Rosalie Craig as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies.
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