The Notebook Musical
The Notebook musical is a theatrical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel, which was also turned into a popular film.
The Notebook will come to Broadway in 2024, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The show will begin previews on February 6 before an opening night on March 14.
Synopsis
The story is a poignant and deeply moving tale of enduring love, set against the backdrop of the 20th-century American South.
The musical unfolds with an elderly man named Noah reading a story from his notebook to Allie, a fellow resident at a nursing home.
The story he reads recounts the passionate and turbulent romance between a young couple, Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton, during the early 1940s. Noah, a poor but passionate young man, falls deeply in love with Allie, a wealthy young woman, during a summer in Seabrook, South Carolina.
Despite their vastly different social backgrounds, they are undeniably drawn to each other. However, Allie’s parents disapprove of the relationship, leading to their separation.
As World War II begins, Noah enlists in the army, while Allie volunteers as a nurse. They both lead separate lives, with Allie getting engaged to another man.
However, their love for each other remains unextinguished.The climax of the musical reveals the powerful twist in the narrative: the elderly couple in the nursing home are, in fact, Noah and Allie. The story Noah has been reading is their own, written down in his notebook.
Despite Allie’s struggle with dementia, Noah’s dedication to their love story helps rekindle her memories, however fleeting.
About the show
- Written by: Ingrid Michaelson, Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen
- Premiered: 2022
- Genres & themes: 2020s, Book Adaptation, Jazz, Movie Adaptation, New, Pop
- Setting: America