Netflix’s ‘Queen’s Gambit’ to Become Stage Musical

Showbiz 411: Broadway producers have made their move, and it’s checkmate. They’ve optioned “The Queen’s Gambit” to be a musical. Level Forward, the story-driven entertainment company, has acquired the theatrical stage rights to Walter Tevis’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” and is developing the novel for the stage. Recently adapted into a Netflix miniseries, “The Queen’s Gambit” became the streaming service’s most-watched scripted miniseries with over 62 million viewers in the first month.