{
  "id": 17572248,
  "title": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review: The real mystery of this musical is why",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-review-the-real-mystery-of-this",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-the-musical"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the Olivier Award-winning musical currently playing Off-Broadway at the Public Theater, takes inspiration from F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 short story. Despite the film adaptation of 2008 earning 13 Oscar nominations, this musical adaptation doesn't quite reach the same level of acclaim. The story revolves around Benjamin Button, who is born an elderly man and ages in reverse, leading to his untimely death. The musical, written by Jethro Compton and composed by Darren Clark, relocates the narrative to a Cornish fishing village during World War I.",
  "summary": "The award-winning West End production \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" is now Off-Broadway. Review.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}