a new story set mostly in the present day. Radio adaptations All of the books have been adapted and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The BBC series names and first broadcast dates are: Tales of the City (January/February 2013) More Tales of the City (February 2013) Further Tales of the City (July 2014) Babycakes (July 2014) Significant Others (June/July 2015) which also includes Sure of You. Michael Tolliver Lives (May 2016) Mary Ann in Autumn (May 2016) The Days of Anna Madrigal (July 2017) Musical adaptations Maupin has collaborated on several Tales-themed musical projects. In March 1999, he participated in Tunes from Tales (Music for Mouse), a concert series with the Seattle Men's Chorus that included readings from the series and music from the era. Maupin provided a new libretto for Anna Madrigal Remembers, a musical work composed by Jake Heggie and performed by choir Chanticleer and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade on 6 August 1999. After a developmental reading at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Music Theater Conference in 2009, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City premiered at the American Conservatory Theater in 2011, with a book by Jeff Whitty and the score by Jake Shears and John "JJ" Garden. The musical stage adaptation ran for two months with direction by Jason Moore, and a cast featuring Judy Kaye as Anna Madrigal, Betsy Wolfe as Mary Ann Singleton, Mary Birdsong as Mona Ramsey, and Wesley Taylor as Michael "Mouse" Tolliver. Reviews were generally positive, with new songs that "range from bawdy comic numbers to traditional solo ballads in which the principals give vent to the secret suffering in their hearts." Critical reception In 2019, the BBC News listed Tales of the City on its list of the 100 most influential novels. See also LGBT culture in San Francisco References External links ArmisteadMaupin.com – Maupin's official website Armistead Maupin discusses Tales of the City on the BBC World Book Club Barbary Lane Senior Communities - retirement homes for LGBT people named after the setting of Tales; Introduction by Armistead Maupin American comedy novels Novels set in San Francisco Russian Hill, San Francisco