Banned Book Week takes place September 24–30 each year, celebrating the freedom to read. Many of the books still became plays and musicals that even made their way to Broadway. Flip through the shows below to see how many of these 11 shows based on banned books you know.


Fun Home
Joan Marcus
Banned: Fun Home
Grapes of Wrath
Peter Cunningham
Banned: The Grapes of Wrath
The Color Purple
Paul Kolnik
Banned: The Color Purple
Lolita
Banned: Lolita
Of Mice and Men
Banned: Of Mice and Men
Native Son
Photo by Photo by Eliot Elisofon
Banned: Native Son
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Banned: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Big River
Banned: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Charlie and Algernon
Banned: Flowers for Algernon
Carrie
Peter Cunningham
Banned: Carrie
1984
Julieta Cervantes
Banned: 1984