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27th Jan 2015

Book Lovers Rejoice – Water For Elephants is Headed for Broadway!

The circus romance hit the big screen in 2011.

Rebecca McKnight

An adaptation of beloved romance novel Water for Elephants is set for the Great White Way. 

Producers announced on Monday that they have secured the rights to Sara Gruen’s 2006 novel, with a view to developing a Broadway musical based on the tale.

The novel charts the love story between Jacob Jankowski, a 23-year-old who joins the Benzini Brothers’ circus as a carer for their animals, and Marlena, wife of cruel equestrian director August.

Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson starred in a 2011 film adaptation of the book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6b2XhXkPpg