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the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation
a careful adaptation of the book for the silver screen could take several years
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Elphaba was always the meatier part — in the faceoff for best actress in a musical at the 2004 Tonys, original Elphaba Idina Menzel prevailed over Kristin Chenoweth’s Glinda — and the character’s arc carries even more weight in this adaptation.
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Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
Anymore Just two years after Baum published his book, a musical adaptation, The Wizard of Oz, opened in a Chicago theater.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2025
Linda Woolverton’s first script was a straight film adaptation; a small part of the mix was the origin story of two witches of Oz, Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
While the original Nosferatu is actually an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the ghoulish Count Orlok is quite different from Count Dracula’s charming, handsome nobleman.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
Anymore Just two years after Baum published his book, a musical adaptation, The Wizard of Oz, opened in a Chicago theater.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2025
Linda Woolverton’s first script was a straight film adaptation; a small part of the mix was the origin story of two witches of Oz, Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
While the original Nosferatu is actually an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the ghoulish Count Orlok is quite different from Count Dracula’s charming, handsome nobleman.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Adaptation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adaptation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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