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‘Like Water For Chocolate’ Stage Musical In Development With Grammy-Winning La Santa Cecilia
Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticLaura Esquivel’s 1989 novel Like Water For Chocolate, adapted for the screen in 1993, is now headed to the stage: A musical version to be directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer with original music by the Grammy Award-winning Latin group La Santa Cecilia is in development, producers announced today.La Santa Cecilia will write the lyrics along with Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes, with a book by Lisa Loomer (The Waiting Room, Girl, Interrupted), according to producers Tom Hulce and Ira Pittleman.A section of the never-before-heard music will by performed tonight by La Santa Cecilia as part of the digital concert event ¡Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices at BroadwayCares.org.
