That experience is one that fans of Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 debut novel and the beloved 2004 movie version are likely to appreciate, although the creative team — namely book writer Bekah Brunstetter, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The problem with musicals spun from popular books and movies is that too often all they’re trying to do is re-create the ...

Towards the end of the twentieth century, as the corporate world eyed the record-breaking receipts of shows like Cats and Les Miz, it became clear that if you could turn any IP, intellectual property, ...

The ballad-heavy stage musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' best-selling novel—that also became a hit film—wrings out romance and tears with earnest sincerity. Does it succeed in its goal? For the ...

Please know that I say this as a committed and lifelong lover of musical theater, but adapting any story into a musical rarely makes that story less hokey, no? In the case of “The Notebook,” a musical ...

I always bristle when a piece of entertainment is labeled “emotionally manipulative.” That’s the point of entertainment: To make you feel something. So maybe I shouldn’t be too hard on “The Notebook,” ...

Dorian Harewood performing at 54 Below in New York. Photo Credit: Nicole Wilson Photography. On February 25th, Tony-nominated artist Dorian Harewood (“The Notebook” musical on Broadway) performed ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Broadway musical based on the tear-jerking Nicholas Sparks novel “The Notebook” that inspired the 2004 film of the same name has made its way to San Diego. Like its source ...

When a story is as widely beloved as The Notebook, bringing it to life on stage demands a piece of the actor’s soul. For the ...

The problem with musicals spun from popular books and movies is that too often all they’re trying to do is re-create the experience of fans in a new medium. The result is an inferior copy of the ...