Excerpt from 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak. By ABC News. February 19, 2006, 2:08 PM. March 17, 2006— -- Kind and compassionate Death narrates the tale of a town in Nazi Germany.

The Book Thief required a performance as dynamic as Nélisse’s to be effective, as it did not have the benefit of literally putting the viewer in the head of Liesel like the novel did.Although ...

With a charming libretto by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald, and folk-style music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, The Book Thief is filled with the warmth of a young girl's ...

By her brother's graveside, 12-year-old Liesel steals a book abandoned in the snow - her first act of book thievery. Soon she is stealing from libraries, churches, and book burnings.

Exclusive: Take a look at the company of The Book Thief in rehearsals ahead of runs at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry and Leicester Curve. The musical, based on Markus Zusak’s 2005 novel of the same ...

The Book Thief is produced by Deus Ex Machina Productions with Writer’s Cage, Andrew Paradis, and Christopher Ketner in association with Belgrade, Coventry. T he cast recording, released by Center ...