13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
#113 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 3:44pm
per playbill
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120171.html
The Broadway-bound teen-driven musical 13, beginning previews Sept. 16 at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is available in a different form — as a novel for kids — in bookstores now.
Composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish, who conceived and wrote the show, are the novel's authors, drawing on the plot and characters they cooked up for the stage. (Robert Horn, also a librettist on the stage show, was not involved in the novel.)
The 208-page hardcover book is aimed at kids aged 9-12, and is published by HarperCollins/Laura Geringer.
Updated On: 8/6/08 at 03:44 PM
shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#2re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 3:53pm
...and I just bought it.
Yay!
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#2re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 3:56pmehhhh, for Brown's sake I hope it goes well but this musical already has a Glory Days feel to me.
#3re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 4:08pmUMMMM..... I think the undeniably COOLER news is the fact that Jason Robert Brown has looped Mary GrandPré (of Harry Potter fame) to illustrate his other book, based on "The Schmuel Song" of The Last Five Years.
#4re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 4:52pm
But the story was the worst part of the musical! I felt so unfulfilled at the end. They tried to pull a "For Now" from Avenue Q, but it fell on its face because it wasn't cute, hopeful, or genuine.
Granted, it's for kids 9 - 12.
#5re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 4:53pmThey don't want 13 year-olds reading it?
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SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#6re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 4:56pmWell, I suppose it can't be any worse than Twilight.
#7re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 4:59pm
When I saw the musical.. I feel like the target audience is 9-12 yrs old. I know the creative team are saying that its for EVERYONE, but I think its a bit like a Saturday morning show!
Well~ you guys will see it when it previews in New York next month! I still say its for kids! Well see what's the general opinion!
J*
#8re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:02pm
"Well, I suppose it can't be any worse than Twilight."
People keep telling me to read that ****.
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#9re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:02pm
I am going to be more precise- its something like Hannah Montana's Fans will like! It has good score, but still .. I think its for kids! (well that's my opinion from someone who saw the show at Goodspeed!)
Well Good Luck to the Cast & Creative Team!
J*
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#10re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:09pmB3TA07: I'm trying to get through the first book, just because it's so hilariously awful. Not sure if I'll be able to make it...
#11re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:20pm
Jaystarr! You are gay! Embrace the Hantana!!!!
I loved "The Historian," SporkGoddess, so who knows..
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shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#12re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:38pmAs someone who is currently half-way through 13 (hey, it's a quick read) and half-way through Breaking Dawn, I can tell you that the former is FAR superior.
#13re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:53pmSo you could say, you're at intermission right now?
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shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#14re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 6:12pm
Heck no, I only just passed where "Get Me What I Need" would be.
There's a lot more backstory/divorce/summer stuff.
#15re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 6:26pmWhen life gives you lemons, you make a flop musical.
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shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#16re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 6:33pmMuch as I resent 13's grave being dug before it starts previews, I appreciate the In My Life reference.
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#17re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 7:00pmhahah, I just realized the irony in the fact that it isn't even for 13 year olds!
#18re: 13 the musical IS also a NOVEL now!
Posted: 8/6/08 at 7:02pmTHANK you.
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