Creating Coraline: The Making of a Musical | SF

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How do you take a popular children’s book plus Oscar-nominated movie and turn it into a stage musical? Go behind the scenes of making the new musical Coraline in this special presentation at the San Francisco Main Library.

Find out what it takes to go from the page to the stage with SF Playhouse’s Artistic Director Bill English & special guests. Learn how the show came about, how the cast was selected, how it learned to work with puppets on stage, the challenges of learning (and playing) Stephin Merritt’s score, how stage designers were inspired by Tim Burton, and what it is like to create the “Other World” each night.

The SF Playhouse is presenting the West Coast premiere of Coraline, a new work starting November 16, with book by David Greenspan, music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt (of the band The Magnetic Fields), and adapted from the children’s book by Newbery Award-winning writer Neil Gaiman.

Attendees also have a chance to win tickets to see the show.

• When: Sunday, November 28, 3-4:30 p.m.
• Where: San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, Koret Auditorium.
• Admission: Free

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