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Literature ripe for musicals
From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20040123
Author:Misha Davenport
Classic works of literature always have been good source material for stage musicals, beginning with the first true Broadway musical, "Show Boat," which was based on the novel by Edna Ferber.
Musical theater often does a better job than CliffsNotes in condensing a book's complex plot lines, characters and motivations.
Some of our favorite authors and their classic works that have been transformed for the musical stage include:
*Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre. "Jane Eyre: The Musical," 2000's stage adaptation of Bronte's novel about a dowdy governess, received five Tony nominations but didn't win ...
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