The Night of the Hunter: NY Musical Theater Festival September 28, 2008

When Ben Harper steals ten thousand dollars from a bank in depression era West Virginia and tells his young son and daughter to never reveal the whereabouts of the cash, he sets in motion one of the most thrilling, frightening and heartfelt stories ever to fill the pages of a best selling novel. In 1954 Davis Grubb penned 'The Night of the Hunter,' a southern gothic tale that spent weeks on 'The New York Times' Best Seller list. The film version, named one of the 100 greatest films of the 20th Century, starred Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. Stephen Cole (book and lyrics) and Claibe Richardson (music) have transformed this powerful tale into a bold, daring and beautifully melodic work for the musical stage.