Curious Case of Benjamin Button musical

[bigbelterbaby]

Posted: 3/21/24 at 6:58am

Coming to the West End in October. Reading some of the reviews from its regional premiere it seems like a great show. Maybe Broadway eventually? 
http://benjaminbuttonmusical.com/

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/21/24 at 9:21am

The film is one of my favorites ever made and when I went to see this, I was so confused at first because besides the premise of a man aging backwards it’s NOTHING like the movie. But I loved this so much and can’t wait to hopefully see it again. It’s gorgeous and with a bigger stage than they had originally, I’m sure it’ll be even more beautiful to look at. 

[Owen22]

Posted: 3/21/24 at 11:05am

Yay. This will make up for Jamie Parker for some reason not getting an Olivier nomination for Next To Normal as he is bound to be nominated or even win next year!

I loved this piece at Southwark, taking it to an oddly more realistic place than the novella or film did (though they did still fudge on the actual physics of a woman giving birth to a full grown man).

A really nice score with wonderful musician actors.

Updated On: 3/21/24 at 11:05 AM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/21/24 at 11:09am

Jordan Catalano said: "The film is one of my favorites ever made and when I went to see this, I was so confused at first because besides the premise of a man aging backwards it’s NOTHING like the movie. But I loved this so much and can’t wait to hopefully see it again. It’s gorgeous and with a bigger stage than they had originally, I’m sure it’ll be even more beautiful to look at."

I adore the movie too.

Fincher and Roth did an extremely loose adaptation of the Fitzgerald story, right?

It's a great premise for a musical if they can crack it.

[MezzA101]

Posted: 11/5/24 at 10:36am

NYT: ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ Gets a Folk-Musical Makeover

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/theater/benjamin-button-musical-west-end.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk4.PDyi.as0-rTmNggIt

[Fan123]

Posted: 11/5/24 at 3:24pm

As a side note, there was a separate musical adaptation of the same story in Korea fairly recently. (I'm not sure how the rights work in cases like this.) I don't know if the Korean version is any good, but the use of puppetry does at least look interesting: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/11/398_375992.html.