Julie Andrews Plans to Adapt Children's Book The Great American Mousical at Goodspeed

Oscar winner Julie Andrews is adapting her children's book The Great American Mousical, which she co-wrote with daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, for Connecticut's Goodspeed Opera House, the actress told The Los Angeles Times. No dates or casting have been revealed.

Released in 2006, The Great American Mousical follows a troupe of theatrical mice who live below the boards of a Broadway theater.

Andrews did not comment on her involvement with the project, but did discuss her previous interest in producing a Broadway show. "If someone gave me the opportunity to produce, of course I'd do that," Andrews said. "But I'm interested in flexing my muscles a little bit to see if what I love, which is directing, if I could get used to more of that. I loved doing it, and it felt like a way of giving back to younger talent." Andrews directed a 2003 revival of The Boy Friend, the show in which she made her Broadway debut in 1954, at Goodspeed followed by another production of the show at Long Island's Bay Street Theatre the same year.