{"id":1489,"date":"2023-08-21T19:13:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2023-08-21T19:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:25:17","slug":"from-book-to-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/from-book-to-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"From Book to Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1489\" class=\"elementor elementor-1489\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee95bec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee95bec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98181ad\" data-id=\"98181ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-260834a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"260834a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s often surprising how often we see our favorite stage shows multiple times and never\u00a0realize they started life as a book. Take Fiddler on the Roof for example. Fiddler was based on a\u00a0series of short stories by Sholem Aleichem featuring Tevye the Dairyman. The stories were\u00a0written in Yiddish and are based in the real village of Boyberik. Altogether there are eight\u00a0stories in the collection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aaacbb8\" data-id=\"aaacbb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a78b901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a78b901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"274\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1490\" alt=\"Tevye the Milkman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png 274w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ccda60 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ccda60\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efd017c\" data-id=\"efd017c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9b0c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b9b0c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1-621x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1491\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1-768x1267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-1.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-798603a\" data-id=\"798603a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552d7c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"552d7c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Legally Blonde is another example. Though we\u2019ve seen the movie (and its sequel) and have, hopefully, already made reservations for the musical coming this year, very few realize it was a book first. Written in 2001, the novel, by Amanda Brown, was based on her own experiences at Stanford Law School.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa5d0fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa5d0fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce37ad0\" data-id=\"ce37ad0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a63f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9a63f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4636289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4636289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Goodbye to Berlin, written in 1939, describes the real-life experiences of its author, Christopher Isherwood. It focuses on his adventures in the slums and nightclubs of Berlin, and introduces a teenage cabaret singer called Sally Bowles. The book later became the musical, Cabaret.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-544a3ba\" data-id=\"544a3ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-867770d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"867770d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Goodbye-to-Berlin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1492\" alt=\"Goodbye to Berlin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Goodbye-to-Berlin.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Goodbye-to-Berlin-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7c9408 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7c9408\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ba63fe\" data-id=\"4ba63fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b30c6d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b30c6d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/From-Book-To-Stage-Blog.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1493\" alt=\"guys and dolls\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/From-Book-To-Stage-Blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/From-Book-To-Stage-Blog-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7eed80c\" data-id=\"7eed80c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b0211 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16b0211\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Even your most classic musical comedies started off as short form literature. Guys and\u00a0Dolls, the beloved show written by Frank Loesser and Jo Swerling started its journey as short\u00a0stories by Damon Runyon. One, The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown, talked about an unlikely pairing\u00a0of a problematic gambler and the Missionary woman he falls in love with. The second, Blood\u00a0Pressure, introduces us to the likes of Nathan Detroit, Harry the Horse and Rusty Charlie and\u00a0their illegal crap game.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fe1323 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fe1323\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47debcf\" data-id=\"47debcf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c949692 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c949692\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So next time you are sitting in the theater, happily enjoying the spectacle before you,\u00a0consider that every story starts with inspiration. Finding that may lead you to a tale you hadn\u2019t\u00a0expected to find.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s often surprising how often we see our favorite stage shows multiple times and never\u00a0realize they started life as a book. Take Fiddler on the Roof for example. Fiddler was based on a\u00a0series of short stories by Sholem Aleichem featuring Tevye the Dairyman. 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