Desc: Nine Lives: A Musical Adaptation Live: Directed by John Sanchez. With Michael Cerveris, Harry Shearer, Bryan Batt, Paul Sanchez. A musical adaptation of the best-selling novel by Dan Baum. Nine Lives follows the lives of nine people in New Orleans from 1965 (the year hurricane Betsy ravaged the city) through 2005 (the year of hurricane Katrina) and beyond.