He has written the book for another musical retelling of the famous vampire legend.
This version of "Once Upon a Mattress," a musical retelling of "The Princess and the Pea," would probably be unrecognizable to anyone who saw it on Broadway in 1959 or in revival after that.
Jeff Wayne released his musical retelling, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus in 1992.
The show was a partially musical comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an incompetent ex-tailor.
The Philharmonia Virtuosi's resident pianist, James Winn, is the soloist and the program, among other enticements, lists Poulenc's delightful musical retelling of "Babar the Elephant" (693-5595).
Mr. Darcy becomes Marcy in this gender-switching musical retelling of "Pride and Prejudice," which stars Stephane D'Abruzzo from "Avenue Q" (2:00).
With the success of Eric Idle's musical retelling of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, called Spamalot, Idle announced that he would be giving Life of Brian a similar treatment.
With eleven musical arrangements interspersed throughout (all retaining a traditional British air about them), the award-winning motion picture is a faithful musical retelling of the original, with one exception noted below.