Ingrid Michaelson’s musical adaptation ofThe Notebookis coming to life!
In an exclusive look at a new music video shared with PEOPLE, the singer-songwriter—who penned the score of the new musical, based on Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel of the same name — sings “If This Is Love” from the upcoming show.
Her longtime partnerWill Chasedirected the music video.
The pre-Broadway engagement ofThe Notebook, which tells the timeless love story of Noah and Allie, will begin performances Sept. 6 at theChicago Shakespeare Theater.
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Also in the cast are Yassmin Alers, Andréa Burns, Jonathan Butler-Duplessis, Dorcas Leung, Omar Lopez-Cepero, Sophie Madorsky, Liam Oh, Alex Benoit, Mary Ernster, Jerica Exum, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman, RhonniRose Mantilla and Carson Stewart.
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“These humans. These angels. I am beyond grateful for these people and the rest of the cast and team and everyone involved with#notebookmusical. To be able to announce our cast is knocking me over at the moment,” Michaelson wrote on Instagram last month.
She added, “We have made something so magical and so human. I can not wait for the world to see. We need some magical human-ness right about now. 📖.”
Michaelson announced back in 2019 while co-hosting theTodayshow’s fourth hour that she was penning the score to the musical version ofThe Notebook. The 2004 film adaptation of the bestselling book starredRyan GoslingandRachel McAdams.
“It’s been a long process for me,” Michaelson said at the time. “But it’s been slowly building … I haven’t been able to talk about it because we’ve been in negotiations and getting directors and stuff. But finally, my producers signed off and said this is a perfect way to announce it.”
“Oh god, I feel like I’ve birthed a child,” she joked.
“It’s so different when you’re writing for a character, when you’re writing for these other people, than when you’re writing about yourself or your own emotions,” she said. “So it’s been really interesting and really different for me to write from these perspectives. And just the idea of this undying love and of loss and memory — I can’t stop writing them. I’m going to have too many.”
The Notebookwill play from Sept. 6 through Oct. 16 in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare. For more information and tickets, visitwww.chicagoshakes.com/notebook.
source: people.com
