Christmas in Connecticut, a stage adaptation of the 1945 film, has joined the catalogue of Broadway Licensing. With a book by Patrick Pacheco and Erik Forrest Jackson, music by Jason Howland (The Great Gatsby), and lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz, the title will be available for productions beginning Christmas season 2025.

The story follows Liz Lane, a columnist and expert on marriage, cooking, and homemaking who's asked by her publisher to host a war hero for the holidays at her Connecticut farmhouse. Unfortunately that means people might find out that she actually knows nothing about cooking, is single, and lives in a small New York City apartment.

The stage adaptation was initially commissioned by Broadway Licensing and Peter Schneider Productions, and made its world premiere at Goodspeed Musicals in 2022. Pioneer Theatre Company staged a production in 2023.

“Christmas in Connecticut has been lovingly created by some friends of BLG, and friends of mine,” says BLG (of which Broadway Licensing is an imprint) Chief Executive Officer Ted Chapin in a statement. “The show is a cheerful modern take on a classic holiday tale, adapted from a much-loved film into the kind of stage musical that will charm holiday audiences. How fitting it had its world premiere in Connecticut! We are delighted to offer this joyous musical to theatres and audiences around the world—and can’t wait for it to become a holiday perennial.”

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