Chiles Rellenos Sing And Dance: Sundance Plans Musical Of Like Water For Chocolate The film by Alfonso Arau, based on the novel by Laura Esquivel, was one of the all-time hits of cinematic food porn. The Sundance Institute Theater Lab will be producing a stage musical of the property this fall. Can Mexican cuisine work onstage? (At the same time, the workshop will develop a musical version of the indie-cinema black comedy Little Miss Sunshine.) Los Angeles Times 09/22/09