Musical
Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, best known for their long-running off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks, created a musical version of the book in 1996; it ran from August 1–24, 1996, at the Norma Terris Theatre at the Goodspeed Opera in Chester, Connecticut. One of the only shows which was created without an ensemble.
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