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Tony Award nominees Maryann Plunkett and Dorian Harewood in "The Notebook" on Broadway

By Sarah LaDuke

Published May 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM EDT

Maryann Plunkett and Dorian Harewood in "The Notebook" on Broadway - 2024

Allie and Noah are from different worlds - but in “The Notebook,” they share a lifetime of love.

Based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks, the new Broadway musical adaptation of “The Notebook” features music and lyrics by multi-platinum singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, a book by playwright Bekah Brunstetter and is directed by Michael Greif and Schele Williams with choreography by Katie Spelman. Brunstetter's book has earned one of the show's three Tony Award nominations.

To tell the story - which spans decades - 3 actors play each of the main characters at different points in their lives. As many listeners will know from the novel or the beloved 2004 film, the eldest version of Allie has advanced memory loss and the elder Noah spends each day reminding them of their triumphant journey by telling her their love story.

Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett plays Older Allie and Dorian Harewood is Older Noah. Both actors have been nominated for Tony Awards this season.

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Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.

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