the.com/stage adaptation
proof that any story can be forced to stand up, wear costumes, and sing about its feelings.
means taking a work made for another medium (page, screen, myth) and rebuilding it for a live stage, budget and gravity permitting.
from as old as theater itself, greeks dramatized epics, but the modern industry version took off when broadway and west end realized a beloved title sells tickets faster than an original idea.
budget realityoften costs more than the film it copies
disney effectturned animated movies into a broadway pipeline
failure ratemost flop quietly, few recoup investment
license feescan eat a show's entire opening budget
for instance
the lion king — disney film to julie taymor's 1997 broadway landmark, still running
war horse — novel to national theatre puppetry spectacle, 2007 london
to kill a mockingbird — harper lee novel to aaron sorkin's 2018 broadway script