Musical of ‘Mean Girls’ by Tina Fey set to debut in D.C.
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Tina Fey’s stage adaptation of “Mean Girls” is based on the 2004 film about a naive girl who falls in with her new high school’s coolest, prettiest, most treacherous triumvirate of girls, called The Plastics.
NEW YORK >> Tina Fey’s stage adaptation of “Mean Girls” will make its world premiere at The National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
The new musical is based on the 2004 film about a naive girl who falls in love with her new high school’s coolest, prettiest, most treacherous triumvirate of girls, called The Plastics. The show will run from Oct. 31-Dec. 3.
It will feature a story by Fey, based on her screenplay for the film, music by three-time Emmy Award winner Jeff Richmond (“30 Rock,” ”Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Nell Benjamin (“Legally Blonde”). Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw (“The Book of Mormon”) will direct and choreograph.
The film starred Lindsay Lohan, but there was no word on who would star onstage.
