"If the show doesn't feel like the books, the audience will revolt. They're going to have quibbles no matter what that guy doesn't look like the character in the book' or that character doesn't speak the way I heard them in my head' but if you capture the sensibility of the books, I've found they can forgive all of that and go for the ride. Children, he said, feel a particular ownership of the Dog Man universe because the books feel gleefully unsupervised by adults. It's that sense of fun anarchy the team wanted to capture."
"When I was commissioned to adapt Dog Man my son was in fourth grade and extremely well versed in the books, so it was incredibly helpful to have a young expert at the breakfast table every morning, Del Aguila said. The Emmy-winning writer and actor, whose credits include stage versions of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Click Clack Moo, and Cat Kid Comic Club, said for him it all comes down to tone."
"Pilkey, who created the series, said the musical adapted by Kevin Del Aguila and previously a sell-out off-Broadway surpassed my highest expectations and left the audience, especially me, in complete awe."
Multiple contemporary stage adaptations of beloved children's classics continue to populate theatres, with Dog Man set for a London debut at the Southbank Centre. The Dog Man musical, adapted by Kevin Del Aguila, received high praise from creator Dav Pilkey, who said the production exceeded expectations. Del Aguila emphasized the importance of tone and capturing the sensibility of the books to satisfy audiences, noting child readers feel ownership because the books appear gleefully unsupervised by adults. Creative teams sought to preserve that fun anarchy while accommodating the demands of a new medium, including Pilkey's stipulation that Dog Man not speak.
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