Highlights
- Hollywood star Julianne Moore's children's book series Freckleface Strawberry is being turned into a stage musical.
- The Laws of Attraction star has promised that the Broadway musical, which will open on October 4, will appeal to people of all ages.
- The 46-year-old actress also insisted that the stage adaptation will stay true to her original story of a
- seven-year-old girl trying to come to terms with her red hair and freckles, New York Times reported.
Hollywood star Julianne Moore's children's book series <I>Freckleface Strawberry</i> is being turned into a stage musical.
The <i>Laws of Attraction</i> star has promised that the Broadway musical, which will open on October 4, will appeal to people of all ages.
The 46-year-old actress also insisted that the stage adaptation will stay true to her original story of a
seven-year-old girl trying to come to terms with her red hair and freckles, New York Times reported.
It's really exciting and fun, and kind of amazing and given my history as a performer, super-weird to be in this other position. Everybody should enjoy it, but remember that Freckleface Strawberry is 7 years old. That's the character, so I wanted to make sure that in the jokes and the humour, we stay within that, because that's the charm," said Moore.
The actress who has two children, nine-year-old Cal, and five-year-old Liz with director husband Bert Freundlich, wrote the books based on a nickname she was given as a child.
"Of course, you grow up and you go, 'What's so bad about that?' The message in the book is that the little girl grows up and her freckles don't go away. I didn't want it to be a fairytale. We all have things about ourselves that aren't our favourites, but in the grand scheme of things, it's the last thing that's important," she said.
The musical will be directed by Buddy Crutchfield and choreographed by Gail Pennington Crutchfield.