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May 21 2013 07:00 PM ET

Watch a full musical number from 'Big Fish,' starring Norbert Leo Butz -- EXCLUSIVE

by Jason Clark

Tags: An EW Exclusive!, Big Fish, Musicals, Norbert Leo Butz, Stage

Image Credit: Paul Kolnik

After a warm reception in Chicago this past spring, the musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s phantasmagorical 2003 film Big Fish will be hitting Broadway this fall, and EW has an exclusive clip to get you ready for the circus. Here in its entirety is “Time Stops”, featuring two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can) and Tony-nominee Kate Baldwin (Finian’s Rainbow), one of several new tunes penned by composer Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party). The production features a book by John August (who also wrote the film) and is directed and choreographed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers).

Big Fish begins previews on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre on Sept. 5, with an opening scheduled for Oct. 6.

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Mar 18 2013 09:00 AM ET

Listen to a song from new 'Big Fish' musical -- EXCLUSIVE

by Erin Strecker

Tags: Big Fish, Broadway, Stage, Stage/Theater - DO NOT USE, Movies

Broadway fans, here’s a Monday morning treat. Norbert Leo Butz (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can) and Kate Baldwin (Giant, Finian’s Rainbow) are set to star in a musical version of Big Fish, and you can listen to a new song from the show, “Time Stops,” exclusively on EW.

The new musical, which will premiere in Chicago on April 2 and officially opens on Broadway in October, is based on the 2003 award-winning movie. The book for the musical was written by John August, who was also the screenwriter for the film. Big Fish will be directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, The Scottsboro Boys), with music and lyrics by Grammy- and Tony-Award nominee Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party, The Addams Family).

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Jan 14 2013 04:41 PM ET

'Big Fish' musical swimming to Broadway this fall

by Hillary Busis

Tags: Big Fish, Broadway, Musicals, Stage, Stage/Theater - DO NOT USE, Tim Burton, Movies

A fishy musical based on Tim Burton’s fantastical 2003 film is coming to the biggest pond of all — Broadway.

The show, which also incorporates material from Daniel Wallace’s original novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, will open in the Neil Simon Theatre this October. Its Broadway run will be preceded by a five-week limited engagement at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre that begins in April.

Big Fish stars two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz as Edward Bloom, a charismatic storyteller whose tall tales have estranged him from his son Will (Bobby Steggert). As the elder Bloom’s health begins to fail, he decides to tell his child all about his eventful life — a saga featuring giants, werewolves, one-eyed witches, and his true love, Will’s mother, Sandra (Kate Baldwin).

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