Upcoming Broadway Adaptions

Hi, everyone! I will be going to New York City soon and between that little adventure and the recent AYAA Talkback about movies becoming Broadway shows, it got me thinking about upcoming Broadway adaptions. These shows come from movies, books, etc. I used Playbill's Schedule Upcoming Broadway Shows. Hope you enjoy reading about our Broadway future!

To read about our Broadway past, check out 25 Musicals Everyone Should Know and a History of Musical Theatre Costumes.

AMERICAN PSYCHO 

• Theatre: Gerald Schoenfeld 
• First Preview: March 24, 2016 
• Opening: April 21, 2016 
• Written by Duncan Sheik (music & lyrics), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (book) 
• Director: Rupert Goold 
• Cast: Benjamin Walker, Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano, Krystina Alabado (AZ Native!)
• Based on the 1991 novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, which also inspired a 2000 film of the same name.

WAITRESS 

• Theatre: Brooks Atkinson 
• First Preview: March 25, 2016 
• Opening: April 24, 2016 
• Written by Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics), Jessie Nelson (book), Adrienne Shelly (original screenplay) 
• Director: Diane Paulus 
• Cast: Jessie Mueller 
• Based on the 2007 film of the same name, which follows a pregnant waitress named Jenna who is unhappily married in the Deep South. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness. 

TUCK EVERLASTING 

• Theatre: Broadhurst  
• First Preview: March 31, 2016 
• Opening: April 26, 2016 
• Written by Nathan Tysen (lyrics), Chris Miller (music), Claudia Shear and Tim Federle (book) 
• Director: Casey Nicholaw 
• Cast: Sarah Charles Lewis, Andrew Keenan-Bolger,  Carolee Carmello, Michael Park, Terrence Mann
• Based upon the American children's novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

CATS 

• Theatre: Neil Simon 
• Previews: July 14, 2016 
• Opening: Aug. 2, 2016 
• Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics by T.S. Eliot 
• Director: Trevor Nunn 
• Cast: TBA 
• Based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot

NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

• Theatre: Imperial 
• Target Opening: October 2016 
• Music, lyrics and book by Dave Malloy 
• Director: Rachel Chavkin 
• Cast: Josh Groban 
• A musical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

HOLIDAY INN: The New Irving Berlin Musical 

• Theatre: Studio 54  
• First Preview: September 1, 2016 
• Opening: October 13, 2016 
• Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Book by Gordon Greenberg and Chad Hodge. 
• Director: Gordon Greenberg 
• Inspired by the Academy Award-winning film, Holiday Inn.

GOTTA DANCE 

• Target Opening: Fall 2016 
• Written by Matthew Sklar & Marvin Hamlisch (music), Nell Benjamin (lyrics), Chad Beguelin & Bob Martin (book) 
• Director: Jerry Mitchell 
• Cast: Lillias White, Andre De Shields, Georgia Engel, Haven Burton, Lori Tan Chinn and Stefanie Powers 
• Based on the 2008 documentary of the same name

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 

• Target Opening: spring 2017 
• Written by David Greig (book), Marc Shaiman (music & lyrics), Scott Wittman (lyrics), Roald Dahl (novel) 
• Director: Jack O'Brien 
•  Based on the children's novel of the same name, written by Roald Dahl.

17 AGAIN 

• Written by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (music & lyrics), Marco Pennette (book), Jason Filardi (original screenplay) 
• Director: Adam Shankman 
• A musical adaptation of the film, which starred Zac Efron. 

AMELIE 

• Target Opening: Mid 2017 
• Written by Dan Messé (music), Nathan Tyson (lyrics), Craig Lucas (book) 
• Director: Pam MacKinnon 
• A musical adaptation of the award-winning 2001 film

AUGUST RUSH 

• Written by Mark Mancina (music), Glen Berger (book) 
• Director: John Doyle 
• Based on August Rush, a 2007 drama film

BULL DURHAM 

• Target Opening: Spring 2017 

• Written by Susan Werner (music and lyrics), Ron Shelton (book) 

• A musical version of the film about a romance set in the world of minor league baseball.

FROZEN 

• Target Opening: Spring 2018 
• Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Book by Jennifer Lee 
• Director: Alex Timbers 
• Stage adaptation of the hit animated Disney film; based on the Hans Christian Andersen story

KING KONG 

• Written by Marsha Norman (book and lyrics), Jason Robert Brown (composer), Marius de Vries (composer & arrangements) 
• Director: Eric Schaeffer 
• A musical adaptation of Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace's novella.

MEAN GIRLS 

• Written by Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin (music & lyrics), Tina Fey (book) 
• A musical adaptation of the hit 2004 film. 

MAGIC MIKE  

• Target Opening: 2016-2017 
• Written by Tom Kitt (music), Brian Yorkey (lyrics), Roberto Aguire-Sacasa (book) 
• A stage adaptation of Steven Soderbergh's film about male strippers. 

REAR WINDOW 

• Written by John Michael Hayes (original screenplay), Keith Reddin (adaptation) 
• Director: Darko Tresnjak 
• Cast: Kevin Bacon 
• Based on Alfred Hitchcock's Academy Award-nominated 1954 film and the original 1942 short story.

REBECCA 

• Written by Michael Kunze (original book and lyrics), Sylvester Levay (music), Christopher Hampton (English book adaptation), with English lyrics by Hampton and Kunze 
• Director: Michael Blakemore and Francesca Zambello 
• Based on the classic Daphne du Maurier novel

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 

• Target Opening: 2016-17 Season 
• Written by Lee Hall (adaptation), Tom Stoppard & Marc Norman (original screenplay) 
• Director: Declan Donnellan 
• A stage adaptation of the 1998 Best Picture winning film.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 

• Target Opening: 2017-18 season 
• Written by Aaron Sorkin 
• Director: Bartlett Sher 
• Based on Harper Lee's novel of the same title.