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All Rights Reserved. From the BIG SCREEN to the BROADWAY STAGE: HOW THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING INDIE FILM ONCE was transformed into the 8-TIME TONY AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAL n 2007, the charming, off-beat Irish film absolutely loved it. I’d never heard music Once opened to glowing reviews and like that, and the music is the reason why quickly developed a fervent following. I wanted to do the show. Not just the music IOnce is simultaneously graceful and grit- itself, but the fact that it’s a story about creat- ty, and has a naturalism and intimacy that ing music, a story about the healing power are generally best achieved in film. of music. Immediately I thought, ‘We’re go- The touching, lyrical musical tells the sto- ing to be able to see actors create that music ry of two down-on-their-luck musicians, an in front of us’ That’s really exciting. Actors angst-ridden Dublin street singer/songwriter have played instruments onstage for years, who works as a vacuum repairman, and a but not always in a show about making mu- Czech immigrant who sells flowers in order sic.” to support herself and her family. Girl (as she The twelve adult members of the cast play is known) initiates a friendship with Guy (as at least one instrument, and are onstage vir- he is known), and in the course of a week tually throughout the show. “I didn’t want anyone onstage who we didn’t get to know in- timately,” says Tiffany. By individualizing each character, adds Walsh, “we built a commu- nity, and that became the heart of the piece. They’re an ensemble of misshapen people who sing and tell the story. Once tour company, photo ©Joan Marcus. Watching them play the music and sing and find their voice is very beau- they make music together, fall in love and tiful and very strong. But in addition to mak- part, but not before changing each other’s ing it about community, we also wanted the lives. show to be hugely communal. So how do we Irish playwright Enda Walsh and direc- do that? We allow the audience onstage.” tor John Tiffany, who are longtime friends, Prior to the start of the show, the audi- both had doubts as to the viability of adapt- ence is welcome to come onstage and mingle ing the film as a Broadway musical, but they with the cast, who are having a jam session. did not reject the idea outright. “John said, This bonding ritual doesn’t merely break the ‘Let’s just take two days, and we can read fourth wall; it obliterates it. “We wanted the the screenplay and listen to the songs and audience to own the experience,” says Walsh. talk about it.’ So I said, ‘Okay, we’ll do two The material has proved to be as powerful days. And that’s all we’ll do,” recalls Walsh. onstage as it is on film. “I think what’s very “Those two days convinced us that we want- moving about the piece is how sometimes we ed to do this show,” says Tiffany. That was meet people who we don’t necessarily stay the beginning of a journey that led to Broad- with forever, but they give us the resources way and eight 2012 Tony Awards, including to move on to the next part of our life,” says Best Musical, Best Book (Walsh), and Best Tiffany. “There’s something very truthful in Direction of a Musical (Tiffany). that. People have said to me, ‘When I was “I never think about adapting films for sitting in the theatre watching Once, I felt the stage,” says Tiffany. “That’s not the way like I was watching it with everyone I’ve ever FISHER THEATRE • FEBRUARY 3–15 I work. And when I was approached about loved, whether or not they’re still in my life.’ ” ticketmaster.com, 800-982-2787 & Fisher Theatre box office. Once, I hadn’t even seen the film. 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