The Broadway adaptation of “The Notebook” sells tissues at the concession stands — and audiences often need them. Dorian Harewood and Maryann Plunkett, who star in the show as the older versions of Noah and Allie, confirm they can hear the sound of sniffles from the Broadway stage. “We can hear it sometimes, and sometimes it’s very loud,” Harewood says. “But we hear tons of laughter throughout the show, too.
Like the film, the story isn't told chronologically. Instead, it jumps between how they fell in love and their older selves. Throughout the show, older Noah reads the story of their romance to older Allie, who has dementia, from the titular notebook, meant to spark her memory. Plunkett and Harewood's scenes are primarily set in a retirement home or in the hospital — and occasionally in subliminal spaces outside of linear time.