'Wind' blows onstage

Legiters are trying once again for just about any effective stage version of "Gone while using Wind": The 2012-13 season within the Royal Manitoba Theater Center, Canada's greatest and earliest regional, includes the earth preem of Winnipeg playwright Niki Landau's new adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's Civil War tale.Whereas Landau's version can be a play, other notable legit efforts at adapting the title are actually tuners. Broadway regular John Lee Beatty will design the groups of the completely new Manitoba version, set to start Jan. 10.To start the final failures was "Scarlett," put together by Harold Rome, which shown successful if the opened up up in Tokyo, japan, japan in 1970 but didn't conjure the identical box office miracle when the show, retitled "Gone while using Wind," hit free air travel Finish in 1972. A U . s . States version folded on the road in 1973.Another musical adaptation, helmed by Trevor Nunn and put together by Margaret Martin, eked out a 79-perf West Finish run in 2008 after producing negative reviews.Other major shows inside the RMTC season add a revival of Aaron Sorkin's "A few Good Males" as well as the hit Toronto output of "Assassins," being presented since the signature small town-wide festival of composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim's work. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com