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`Heidi' _ the musical _ the tale of Johanna Spyri and her Alpine heroine

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050722
Author:UTA HARNISCHFEGER, Associated Press Writer

UTA HARNISCHFEGER, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
07-22-2005
Dateline: WALENSTADT, Switzerland
The massive mountains towering over Walenstadt inspired Johanna Spyri to create the beloved tale of Heidi and her life in the Swiss Alps.

Now, 125 years after the children's classic was first published, a group of London and Swiss producers is staging "Heidi" in a new outdoors musical that opens July 23.

After numerous cartoons, TV series and some 18 films, the latest of which stars Heidi as a modern skateboarding hipster, the new musical aims to be more authentic, weaving together the life of ...

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