Julie Andrews to Direct Book-Adapted Broadway 'Mousical'?

Hollywood blogger Army Archerd, powered by Variety.com, reports that Julie Andrews will return to Broadway as a director in the musical stage-adaptation of her book "The Great American Mousical," which she co-wrote with daughter Emma Walton Hamilton.

Reportedly, the in-development production "is being musicked by Anthony Drewe and George Stiles, the team who tuned the musical Mary Poppins. The ultra charming Mousical also takes on some of the recognizable Broadway stars who appear on stage above the cellar-dwellng mice."

Tony Walton illustrated the book, and is rumored to set- and costume-design the production.

Andrews' and Waltons' previous book, "Simeon's Gift," will tour children's theaters and schools after an engagement at the Sag Harbor Bay Street Theater this Thanksgiving. The show features music by Ian Fraser and John Bucchino.

Screen and stage legend, Julie Andrews, is one of the world's most unforgettable faces having lent her voice and talent to countless classics.  Andrews debuted on Broadway in The Boy Friend (1955) but soon came into prominence as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady (1956) and as Guenevere in Camelot (1960). Andrews returned to Broadway in 1995 starring in Victor/Victoria.  Andrews has graced the screen in timeless movie-musicals like The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins (Academy Award 1965), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Victor/Victoria; and recently starred in The Princess Diaries and lent her voice to characters in Shrek and Disney's Enchanted.

Photo by Retna Ltd: Julie Andrews with "The Great American Mousical"