NEW YORK (AP) - "Tuck Everlasting" wants to live forever on Broadway.
The story of a young woman who befriends a single family that has gained eternal life has become a musical and producers, said Wednesday it will open on Broadway in April, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw.
The musical is based on the book of the popular 1975 children of the same title by Natalie Babbitt, who became a Disney movie in 2002. It made its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta earlier this year.
The story of Claudia Shear, a Tony Award nominee for "Dirty Blonde" and has music by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen letter, which collaborated on "The Burnt Part Boys."
Although no deal was announced by Broadway version starred on Broadway in Atlanta veterans Fred Applegate, Carolee Carmello, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Terrence Mann.
Nicholaw, it is for a Tony award this year for directing "Something rotten!" Has also directed "Aladdin" and "The Drowsy Chaperone" and co-directed "The Book of Mormon."
