Yes, They Once Tried to Make a Broadway Musical Out ofLolita
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. But 1960 was 11 years past. The less said aboutCoco(1969), starring Katharine Hepburn as Chanel, the better. The musicals Lerner excelled at had abruptly become passe, and they didnt make bank. Then one of Lerners assistants had a left-field suggestion: What about adaptingLolita? Vladimir Nabokovs novel had been a best seller upon its 1958 American release....