Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Poster for original Broadway production
Music	Richard and Robert Sherman
Lyrics	Richard and Robert Sherman
Book	Jeremy Sams
Basis	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Roald Dahl Ken Hughes Richard Maibaum Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang by Ian Fleming
Premiere	April 16, 2002: London Palladium
Productions	2002 West End 2005 Broadway 2005 national UK tour 2007 Singapore 2008/09 national US tour 2009 UK & Ireland Tour 2012/13 Australian national tour 2014 Munich 2015 - 2017 national UK tour 2024/25 national UK Tour

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical with music and lyrics written by Richard and Robert Sherman and a book by Jeremy Sams. It is based on the 1968 film of the same name with screenplay by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes, and Richard Maibaum. The 1968 film was based in turn on the book of the same name by Ian Fleming. The musical's world premiere was staged the London Palladium on April 16, 2002, directed by Adrian Noble before the show opened on Broadway in 2005.