Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Page to Stage: Turning Children's Books into Theater Productions

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With a few notable exceptions – last season's Peter and the Starcatcher, the new musical Matilda – the majority of shows on the Great White Way that are seen as good for kids tend to be inspired by fairy tales, films, comics, or vintage stories, not more recent children’s books.

But for off-Broadway, regional, and British theaters aimed at family audiences, page-to-stage is all the rage. Here, we look at three U.S. companies that specialize in bringing children’s literature to life, and examine a pair of recent U.K.-born hits. more

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