REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinLONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - A musical based on hit novel “The Time Traveller's Wife” is coming to London’s West End this autumn in a new theatrical adaptation featuring music and lyrics by Grammy Award winners Dave Stewart and Joss Stone.
“The Time Traveller's Wife: The Musical,” about the relationship between artist Clare and her husband Henry who has a genetic disorder causing him to travel through time, will open at the Apollo Theatre in November after premiering last year in the British city of Chester for a short run.
The musical is based on U.S. author Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 debut novel, which has previously been turned into a film and television series.
Stewart, 70, and Stone, 36, have long collaborated together, but writing songs for a musical brought new challenges.
While Stewart previously worked on a musical adaptation of the film "Ghost," "The Time Traveller's Wife" was Stone's first foray into writing songs for a musical.