In February 2002, Anne Hathaway starred in the City Center Encores! concert production of Carnival! in New York City, receiving positive reviews for her portrayal of Lili. Also in 2002, Hathaway began voicing the audio book releases of The Princess Diaries and has since voiced the first three books of the series. Anne Hathaway also provided the voice of the character Haru in the English version of Hiroyuki Morita's The Cat Returns.