Exciting News!  Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame will be directing a new Broadway-bound adaptation of Warren Adler’s The War Of The Roses written by multi-award winner Peter (Rescue Me, Analyze This, Analyze That) Tolan. The first public performances will be held at The Ogonquit Playhouse in Maine from August 28th through September 17th.

‘War of the Roses’ adaptation coming to Broadway

By Hillary Busis

June 30, 2014 at 08:00 PM EDT
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The War of the Roses

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There’s a war coming to Broadway—but don’t expect to see dueling Yorks and Lancasters.

Instead, this War of the Roses will see Warren Adler adapting his own 1981 novel, a black comedy that follows an affluent couple (yes, their last name is Rose) as they embark on a contentious divorce. The book was adapted into a movie in 1989, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito, who also directed the film. (It marked the trio’s third time working together, after 1984’s Romancing the Stone and its 1985 sequel The Jewel of the Nile.)

Adler, also the author of Random Hearts, The Sunset Gang, Private Lives, and Funny Boys, has released 33 novels total and is also a playwright with the stage versions of Windmills, Libido, and Dead in the Water under his belt. Tony-winning veterans Jay Gutterman, Cindy Gutterman, Cathy Chernoff, Carl Moellenberg, and Wendy Federman will produce the Broadway version of Roses. Further details about casting, the show’s creative team, its theatrical home, and its opening date have not yet been announced.

Stage Adaptation of THE WAR OF THE ROSES Coming to Broadway in 2015-16 Season!

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Tony Award winning Producers Jay Gutterman, Cindy Gutterman, Cathy Chernoff, Carl Moellenberg and Wendy Federman just announced that THE WAR OF THE ROSES, the riveting stage adaptation by Warren Adler based on his original best-selling novel of the same name, will bow on Broadway during the 2015-2016 season. Warren Adler’s THE WAR OF THE ROSES […]

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Literary Fiction

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The Play’s the Thing

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The creation of “The Sunset Gang” musical by Warren Adler In the mid 1970’s, I wrote fifteen short stories inspired by my parent’s life in “Century Village,” a community in West Palm Beach Florida that, in those days, catered to retired civil servants, teachers, former shopkeepers and salesman who had lived through the depression and […]

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Speech Delivered by Warren Adler

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At the NIST Electronic Book 2001Conference in Washington, DC, November 6, 2001 Last year at this convention, I announced my intention of putting all of my 23 backlist novels on the web. I had concluded that it was the only alternative available for an author like myself with a large backlist of books, translated into […]

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Peachtree City Library launching online book dialogues in August

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From The Atlanta Journal Constitution, August 9, 2001 By  ABBY G. BRUNKS The Peachtree City Library will soon be offering more than the usual literary selections. Starting Aug. 16, Author Access online book discussions will debut with author Warren Adler as the first guest. Adler, who has written 23 novels, is one of the few, […]

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Writers Write

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A Conversation With Warren Adler by Claire E. White A product of the New York public school system, internationally bestselling author and playwright Warren Adler graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and New York University, where he majored in English literature. Inspired by his freshman English Professor Don Wolfe, Mr. Adler went on to study […]

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Authors Branding 101: Engage Readers Every Way You Can

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Savvy Authors Speak To Potential Book Buyers In-Person and Online BY JIM BARNES The Internet has changed our lives in many ways, not the least of which is the way we buy and learn about books. But has it really changed that much? Isn’t the Internet just another version of the stone circle around which […]

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