Más allá de Hamilton: Más musicales basados en libros

Fiddler on the Roof, inspired by Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye the Milkman, tells the story of Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman in pre-revolutionary Russia, as he struggles to accept his changing world. When his eldest daughters reject tradition in favor of marrying for love and violence against Jewish villages threatens his home, Tevye must weigh the value of tradition over the happiness and safety of his family. Fiddler on the Roof is a beloved classic that won nine Tony Awards the year it premiered and has had five Broadway revivals. You can watch the classic 1971 film version starring Topol on Hoopla.

Into the Woods is a musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine based on both Grimm’s Fairy Tales and the fairy tales of Charles Perrault. When a baker and his wife, desperate for a child, approach a witch for help, she sends them on a quest to find four magical items: a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, a hair as yellow as corn, and a slipper as pure as gold. In retrieving these items, the couple encounter characters from across various fairy tales and find themselves waylaid in their task. As the characters’ stories intertwine, they discover there are consequences to getting what you want and more to life than happily ever after. Watch Bernadette Peters and the rest of the original Broadway cast perform this spectacular musical with your library card today.

Based on Victor Hugo’s epic tale, Les Miserables is the story of Jean Valjean, a poor man who spent 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread to feed a starving child. After his release, Valjean forges a new identity and attempts to begin his life anew but finds himself relentlessly pursued by Inspector Javert for breaking his parole. As the French Revolution boils over around them, Valjean and Javert are caught up in the fight. The original London production of Les Miserables closed in 2019, running for 34 years and over 13,000 performances. You can watch the star-studded special 25th anniversary production today. 

Inspired by, but not necessarily faithful to, Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha is a play within a play wherein Cervantes is depicted performing the tale of Don Quixote while awaiting trial during the Spanish Inquisition. He enlists his fellow prisoners to reenact the tale of Alonso Quijano, an elderly gentleman obsessed with knights and chivalry who becomes convinced that he is a knight named Don Quixote. As he travels the land with his trusty squire, Sancho Panza, Don Quixote does battle with a four armed giant (a windmill), finds his one true love, Dulcinea (a inn server named Aldonza) and battles his arch nemesis the Enchanter (a priest his family has enlisted to cure him of his delusions.) Man of La Mancha has won five Tony Awards and been revived on Broadway four times since its original 1965 production. Watch the 1972 film version starring Peter O’Toole and Sofia Loren on Hoopla today!