Weston Woods Studios produced a short film adaptation in 2015 with animation by
Pete List. Willems adapted the book for the stage with original music by
Ben Folds. The work was performed by the
National Symphony Orchestra in April 2022 at the
Kennedy Center in
Washington, D.C. and featured performances by Evan Casey,
Montego Glover, Erika Rose, Andrew Ross Wynn, and
Tony Yazbeck with direction by Willems. The
Nashville Symphony produced the work in March 2023, with performances by Kenzie Wynne,
Galen Fott, Nettie Kraft, Kit Bulla, and Charles Edward Charlton, and with
Enrico Lopez-Yañez conducting. ==References==