⭐ SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK – STAGE MUSICAL ADAPTATION ANNOUNCED ⭐
A stage musical adaptation of the critically-acclaimed film Silver Linings Playbook is in-development, it has been announced.
Tony Award-winning producer James D. Stern (The Producers, Hairspray) has acquired the rights to develop the 2012 film into stage musical, with plans to bring it to Broadway.
Stern spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, commenting: “I’ve thought Silver Linings Playbook would make a perfect musical since it was first released… I am thrilled to now be moving ahead with wonderful creative writers to open this show on Broadway.”
The stage adaptation would be based on the award-winning film written and directed by David O. Russell, which was based on Matthew Quick’s 2008 novel The Silver Linings Playbook.
Silver Linings Playbook tells the story of two fragile people coming together. Pat Solatano, Jr. loses his job and his wife, spends eight months in a mental facility and then moves back in with his parents. While trying to win back his wife, he meets Tiffany, a widow who offers to help him in his effort if he will be her partner in a dance competition. Along the way, they find silver linings in their troubles and new ways of looking at their lives.
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