Ingrid Michaelson’sThe Notebook: The Musicalarrives on Broadway soon.
On Thursday, the singer-songwriter announced onInstagramthat her adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks’s 1996 romance novel will begin previews at New York City’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Feb. 6, with opening night scheduled for March 14.
“Just typing that makes my heart race,” Michaelson, 43, wrote in an Instagram post, which displayed the musical’s logo and photos of herself with members of the production.
“Musical theater has always been in my bones. But to be able to create a musical with @funstetter as my copilot, @carmiedean as my musical guide and #MichaelGreif and @schelewilliams directing has been an adventure I never knew I could have. And many more amazing humans!”
“I hope to see you at the theater,” she added. “I’ll be the one clapping the loudest, laughing the loudest, and probably crying the loudest.”
Michaelsonfirst announcedshe would adapt the novel — which was made into the 2004 movie starringRyan GoslingandRachel McAdams— into a musical while on theTodayshow in 2019.
No casting announcements for the upcoming production have been made yet; the Chicago production utilized three different actors each to portray lead characters Allie and Noah across different ages in their life, according to theTimes.
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Michaelson previously shared a music video of herselfperforming the number “If This Is Love"from the musical in July 2022 ahead of the production’s world premiere in Chicago.
“It’s so different when you’re writing for a character, when you’re writing for these other people, than when you’re writing about yourself or your own emotions,” she said of writing songs for the production on theTodayshow in 2019.
“So it’s been really interesting and really different for me to write from these perspectives. And just the idea of this undying love and of loss and memory — I can’t stop writing them. I’m going to have too many.”
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TheTimesnoted Thursday that unlike the original novel or film, the new musical’s story begins in the 1960s rather than the ’40s.
According to the production’swebsite, a presale for tickets will run from Sept. 19 through Sept. 22 before tickets go on sale to the public Sept. 26.
source: people.com
