Angelina Ballerina: The Musical is a musical stage adaptation of the popular series of children's books written by Katharine Holabird and illustrated by Helen Craig. The books feature the fictional mouse Angelina Ballerina, who loves to dance and dreams to one day become a ballerina. The book series has become an unprecedented success since the first book was published in 1983, and the musical is one in a long line of the series' adaptations for stage, television and film.