Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (musical)

The musical follows an antiques dealer who is on trial for the murder of a male prostitute in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., based on the killing of Danny Hansford.

[9][8] Berendt was not involved with writing the musical's book, although he and Mac met a number of times for dinner, where he was able to discuss stories that were not included in the novel and events following its publication.

[1] It was directed by Rob Ashford, choreographed by Tanya Birl-Torres, and starred J. Harrison Ghee as the Lady Chablis, Tom Hewitt as Jim Williams, and Sierra Boggess as Emma Dawes.

The production had sets by Christopher Oram, costumes by Toni-Leslie James, lighting by Neil Austin & Jamie Platt, and sound design by Jon Weston.

[13] Charles Isherwood of The Wall Street Journal also praised the performances of the cast but had some criticism for the problems resulting from the adaptation of a digressive novel for the stage.

The Bird Girl sculpture (by Sylvia Shaw Judson ), which appears on the cover of the 1994 novel, is also featured in the show's posters and playbill . The Chicago production's scenery used the same fiberglass replica created for the 1997 film adaptation and loaned from the Cliff Dwellers Club . [ 10 ]