Natalie Babbitt, author of the beloved children's novel Tuck Everlasting, has died after battling cancer. She was 84. Babbitt, who also was an illustrator, had been diagnosed with lung cancer recently and died at her home in Hamden, Conn., on Monday, said her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt. He described her as a "remarkable" and "loving and wonderful" woman who left her mark in the literary world with her stories. "She once said that her ambition was just to leave a little scratch on the rock," he said. "I think she did that with Tuck Everlasting." Natalie Babbitt's literary
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- 11/1/2016
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Imagine a vampire story where the undead are really nice people and would never think to bite anyone. That pretty much sums up the suspense and excitement delivered by the new musical “Tuck Everlasting,” which opened Tuesday at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre. If immortality is so awful here on earth, why do people pray for it before they die? Neither the musical nor its source material, Natalie Babbitt’s much-lauded children’s book, asks that question. The show’s first act, as written by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, finds it necessary to ask all sorts of other less interesting questions.
- 4/27/2016
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
Tuck Everlasting, the new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's beloved best-selling novel of the same name, is currently playing at the Broadhurst Theatre 235 West 44th Street. With direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Casey NicholawSomething Rotten, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon, Tuck Everlasting will officially open on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...
- 4/25/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tuck Everlasting, the new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's beloved best-selling novel of the same name, is currently in previewsat the Broadhurst Theatre 235 West 44th Street. With direction and choreography by Tony Award winnerCasey Nicholaw Something Rotten, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon, Tuck Everlasting will officially open on Broadway onTuesday, April 26, 2016. The musical recently polled passerby in Times Square, asking 'If you could live forever, would you' Watch our exclusivevideo below to hear their answers...
- 4/5/2016
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
At its heart, storytelling is about immortalizing. The upcoming Broadway musical “Tuck Everlasting,” written by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, with music and lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Chris Miller, addresses this literally. Beginning previews March 31, the show brings to life onstage Natalie Babbitt’s novel about an immortal family and the young girl who befriends them. In the intimate environment of the Black Box Theatre at Nyu Tisch School of the Arts—10 days before the show opens to its first audience—composers and graduates of Nyu Tisch’s musical theater writing program Miller and Tysen, and book writer Federle discussed the process of adapting a work of fiction as a musical. Additionally, they performed excerpts from the score and reflected on the tricky nature of the business. With youth-oriented Broadway adaptations such as “School of Rock the Musical” and “Fun Home” on the Great White Way, the balancing act...
- 3/23/2016
- backstage.com
BroadwayWorld has confirmed complete casting for Broadway's Tuck Everlasting, the new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's beloved best-selling novel of the same name. With direction and choreography by Tony Awardwinner Casey Nicholaw Something Rotten, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon, Tuck Everlasting is set to begin previews on Thursday, March 31, 2016 and officially opens on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the Broadhurst Theatre 235 West 44th Street.
- 1/15/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Alliance Theatre run wraps up today for the world premiere of the musical Tuck Everlasting. The show, which is aiming for Broadway next, is based on the beloved best-selling novel by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is an story about everlasting love, never-ending life, and discovering what it means to truly feel alive. Check out photos, videos and reviews below...
- 2/22/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Alliance Theatre presents the world premiere of the musical Tuck Everlasting. Based on the beloved best-selling novel by Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is an exhilarating story about everlasting love, never-ending life, and discovering what it means to truly feel alive. Click here for photos of the cast in actionBelow, check out past performances of songs from the show 'Everlasting' and 'Top of the World,' as performed by Sadie Sink and Andrew Keenan-Bolger.
- 1/28/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
New information has emerged about “Tuck Everlasting,” “Aladdin,” “and “Jekyll & Hyde,” three large-scale musicals that have their sights set on Broadway.First, a new musical based on Natalie Babbitt’s popular children’s novel “Tuck Everlasting” will have a run at Boston’s Colonial Theatre this summer, a stint that is being billed as a pre-Broadway engagement. Dates for the New York production have yet to be announced, however.Andrew Keenan-Bolger (“Newsies”) will star in the Boston production as Jesse Tuck, the producers announced Jan. 23. The cast also includes Sadie Sink and Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello. With a score by “Burnt Part Boys” songwriters Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen and book by Claudia Shear, the musical follows a young girl who becomes friends with a family who have tapped into eternal life after drinking from a spring in the woods. As previously announced, Tony-winning “Book of Mormon” director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw is directing.
- 1/24/2013
- backstage.com
Producers Broadway Across America John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams, Howard Kagan and Barry Brown have just announced that the new Broadway musical Tuck Everlasting will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at Bostons Citi Performing Arts Center Colonial Theatre 106 Boylston Street in June of 2013. With a book by Tony Award nominee Claudia Shear Dirty Blonde, music by Chris Miller The Burnt Part Boys, lyrics by Nathan Tysen The Burnt Part Boys and directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw The Book of Mormon, Tuck Everlasting is based on the novel by Natalie Babbitt. Broadway production details, design team and casting for Tuck Everlasting will be announced at a later date.
- 3/5/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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