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''Honk!'' is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story ''The Ugly Duckling'', incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles (of the British songwriting duo Stiles and Drewe). The musical is set in the countryside and features Ugly – a cygnet who is mistaken as an ugly duckling upon falling into his mother's nest and is rejected by everyone but Ida (his mother), a sly tomcat who only befriends him out of hunger, and several other barnyard characters. The musical debuted at The Watermill Theatre in England in 1993. The West End production opened in 1999 and won the 2000 Olivier Award for Best Musical. The show is frequently produced by schools, as well as regional and community theatre groups in Britain, the U.S. and Canada. ==Production history== ;Newbury, England A version of ''Honk!'' opened in 1993 at The Watermill Theatre in Newbury, England, originally titled ''The Ugly Duckling or the Aesthetically Challenged Farmyard Fowl''. It returned to the Watermill Theatre in December 2007. Both productions were directed by Steven Dexter.〔Gardner, Lyn.("Theatre: Honk!", ) ''The Guardian'', 3 December 2007〕 ;Scarborough, England The original production of ''Honk!'' officially opened in 1997, directed by Julia McKenzie, at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, England.〔(talkinbroadway.com review with production information )〕 ;West End The West End production opened on 11 December 1999 at The Royal National Theatre in London and won the 2000 Olivier Award for Best Musical.〔(Albemarle listing )〕 In Ireland the Dublin Premiere of the show received a nomination for Best Show in 2003 from the Association of Irish Musicals〔(AIMS nominations, 2003 )〕〔(AIMS awards, 2003 )〕 and came in second place in the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera for 2004. ;Nyack ''Honk!'' made its U.S. premiere at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center (since 2006 known as the Riverspace Arts in Nyack) in Nyack, New York in February 2000. Although somewhat well received, the Nyack production had a rough start. Just a week before opening the show was quickly re-imagined and restaged, having replaced a key member of the creative team.〔Klein, Alvin. ("THEATER; Hit Musical From London Staged in Rockland County" ) ''New York Times', February 27, 2000〕 ;North Shore Music Theatre A slightly re-written production with a script more oriented to Americans opened at the North Shore Music Theatre in the same year as the Nyack production and had the same male lead, Gavin Creel, as Ugly. The NSMT production used almost the entire original creative team from Great Britain, with an American lighting designer. In its three week run, over 30 regional theatres from around the US were inspired to include the show in their next season.〔()〕 Changes included the Turkey having a fear of Thanksgiving instead of Christmas, and the first line of the song, "A Poultry Tale" being changed from "In this backwater of England" to "In our patch behind the farmhouse". This version is licensed in the USA by Music Theatre International. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Honk!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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