1981 Musical Adaptation
In 1981, the play was adapted as a musical of the same name with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. While the original Broadway production was a notorious failure, the musical has since been successfully staged with numerous changes. Sondheim has contributed new songs to several of the show's incarnations.
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