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RainbowJude

A New DADDY LONG LEGS Musical

Anyone remember Daddy Long Legs? Cute novel, adapted 5 times for film and once for TV as an anime series, about an orphan and her sponsor. Well, it's headed for the musical stage:

Kenneth Jones wrote:
John Caird will direct... the world premiere of his musical with Paul Gordon, Daddy Long Legs. Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, CA, will open the 2009-2010 season with the musical with book by Caird and music and lyrics by Gordon; the writers collaborated on the Broadway musical Jane Eyre....

According to Rubicon notes, "Set at the turn of the last century, Daddy Long Legs is a coming-of-age story about Jerusha Abbott, an orphan who is given an opportunity to develop her mind and spirit by an anonymous benefactor. A trustee of the John Grier Hall reads an essay by the young Jerusha and offers to send her to college. His only requirements are that Jerusha never know his identity, and that she write him monthly (though he will not respond). She sees him once in shadows and invents a nickname for her mysterious patron — Daddy Long Legs."

I remember it being a cute story and it's certainly ideal for anime adaptation. I wonder how it will fare as a musical. Will go the Little Women route and end up being something mediocre or if it will end up being something special?
Brigantine

I read about this on a Paul Gordon site but don't know anything more than what you already wrote. As you probably guessed by my signature, I'm a huge Jane Eyre fan, so I hope this does well.
RainbowJude

A New DADDY LONG LEGS Musical

Ah! Jane Eyre - another literary adaptation that perhaps didn't achieve all it could - although I remain undecided.

Anyway, Daddy Long Legs opened at TheatreWorks this week. It seems like it might be a very sweet little show.
Mistress

I've listened to some of the recording Paul Gordon put up on his site (along with devouring Jane Eyre and Emma)...Gordon seems to have a thing for adapting novels. But the stuff is cute, and Robert Hancock looks positively adorable as Jervis/Daddy :3
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