Making its premiere at The National Theatre in Washington, D.C. this fall, Mean Girls is one of the most anticipated Broadway musicals in years. Mean Girls will be part of the 2017-18 Broadway at The National fall program before it heads to New York. Here are 11 facts about the new Mean Girls musical that will get you excited about Fey having her day on the Great White Way.
- Tina Fey wrote the book based on her screenplay for the Mean Girls smash hit film
- SNL superproducer Lorne Michaels is producing
- Broadway great Stuart Thompson (The Book of Mormon) also producing
- Multiple Emmy winner Jeff Richmond is doing the music
- Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon) — lyrics
- Mean Girls premieres in The National on Halloween!
- Halloween is the second best possible opening, after Mean Girls Day — October 3. (Mean Girls fans know why. If you don’t, see video below.)
- The original Mean Girls film grossed $130 million
- The original Mean Girls film cost less than $20 million to make
- SNL king Lorne Michaels produced the film too
- The film opened in more than 3,000 theaters at once; the musical will open in just one!
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