

The Notebook musical team has been given complete freedom to create a very new piece of art from the source material of the book and our mission for the past 3 years has been and continues to be to create a story of love and humanity that reflects our core values of diversity and inclusion.“ – The Notebook producers and creative team Sparks has made a strong statement of support of the LGBTQ+ community today.


Lena Hall To Star In Broadway-Aimed Roy Orbison Jukebox Musical From '& Juliet' Writer & Director The Daily Beast article quotes and reprints messages written by Sparks that suggest the author was opposed to the inclusion of sexual orientation in the school’s non-discrimination policies. The fired Benjamin is suing Sparks and the Epiphany board over his dismissal, and claims, among other things, that Sparks made homophobic remarks. Included in the Daily Beast article – which detailed a lawsuit that pits Sparks and the faith-based Epiphany School of Global Studies (which he co-founded) against former headmaster Saul Benjamin. The pointed assertion of artistic independence came just several hours after Sparks released a lengthy statement (read it below) in which he took issue with last week’s Daily Beast article that portrayed the hugely successful romance writer as homophobic and racist.

The Notebook is the love story to end all love stories – it will break your heart, heal it back up and break it all over again.The producers and creative team behind Broadway’s upcoming musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook say they are “encouraged” by the author’s “strong statement of support of the LGBTQ+ community today,” and note in a statement of their own that they have “complete freedom to create a very new piece of art from the source material of the book” that “that reflects our core values of diversity and inclusion.” Only this time, it’s not just her parents in the way – Allie is engaged and she’s not a woman to go back on her promises. When Allie Hamilton shows up on his doorstep, exactly as he has held her in his memory for all these years, Noah has one last chance to win her back. A girl who stole his heart at the funfair, whose parents didn’t approve, a girl he wrote to every day for a year. Noah Calhoun has returned from war and, in an attempt to escape the ghosts of battle, he sets his mind and his body to restoring an old plantation home to its former beauty.īut he is haunted by memories of the beautiful girl he met there years before. Once again, just as I do every day, I begin to read the notebook aloud… Celebrating 25 years of The Notebook – the classic novel which became the heart-wrenching film.
