The Notebook headed for Broadway

Hit romantic drama, The Notebook, starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in the lead roles, is being adapted for Broadway as a musical. Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson has been developing the musical for more than year. Bekah Brunstetter, a producer on the family drama series, This is Us, is the writer behind the show, which will be produced in collaboration with Nicholas Sparks,  the author of the book on which it is based. The novel, which chronicles a couple's passion-filled and sometimes turbulent relationship, was published in 1996.

It was turned into a 2004 movie starring Gosling and McAdams as a couple who fall in love in the 1940s, then part and later reconnect. Despite mediocre reviews, the film became a runaway hit and has since appeared on multiple best romantic movie lists. No casting or opening date has been announced for the Broadway show, which follows recent musical adaptations of the movies, Mean Girls and Pretty Woman.