TORONTO - A musical version of Edith Nesbitt's book "The Railway Children" is coming to Toronto this spring.
Published in 1906, the children's book tells the story of a family that moves to a house near a railway after the father is jailed for allegedly selling state secrets to the Russians.
Mirvish Productions described "The Railway Children" as an "event theatre spectacle" this morning at a news conference.
The Toronto production -- slated for May -- will mark "The Railway Children"'s North American premiere.
The show will be mounted in a new 1,000-seat theatre to be built near the Rogers Centre.
