{"id":284563,"date":"2026-05-26T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284563\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:54:38","slug":"the-notebook-musical-with-songs-by-ingrid-michaelson-opens-this-week-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284563\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Notebook’ musical, with songs by Ingrid Michaelson, opens this week in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AAlysha Deslorieux (Middle Allie) and Ken Wulf Clark (Middle Noah)
Credit: Roger Mastroianni.jpg \/ c\/o Straz Center<\/p>\n

Anyone feeling like the state of the world has left them unable to express any emotion, take note(book).<\/p>\n

Nicholas Sparks\u2019 1996 novel\u2014the one that inspired the iconic 2004 movie starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling\u2014hit the stage as a musical in 2022 and has a run at the in Tampa through May 31.<\/p>\n

Featuring music from \u201cThe Way I Am\u201d songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, who worked on production of the play for seven years, the musical follows the movie in its tale of Noah and Allie, star-crossed lovers, as they navigate throes of dementia.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not a one-to-one adaptation of the book, with writers opting to place the couple in the backdrop of Vietnam Mar (Sparks\u2019 novel is\u00a0 WWII piece), and skipping some details, like the Ferris wheel scene where Noah tries to woo Allie. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t want him to come across as resorting to some sort of toxic manipulation to get her attention under the guise of being charming,\u201d she told Rolling Stone<\/a>, which noted that the musical is actually even more devastating than the movie.<\/p>\n

Bring tissue.<\/p>\n

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