NEW YORK (AP) ��� Of all the movies out there, the indie "Dogfight" seems an unlikely source for a musical. For one, it's a moody character study. For another, it's about a mean-spirited prank that leads to an awkward first date.

Yet the playwright Peter Duchan and musical-theater songwriting team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul found something special in the little-seen .....