From a food truck for “Mean Girls” to a second-line parade for “A Wonderful World,” box office opening events are an increasingly popular way to grab attention and build an audience.

Actor Sean Astin will make his Broadway debut this holiday season as Santa in the revival of Elf The Musical, producers announced today. Astin, best known for his roles in the original Lord of the Rings films a…

Happy Mean Girls Day! To celebrate October 3rd, we played Fetch Or Not Fetch with the West End cast of Mean Girls The Musical. It's not like a regular musical. It's a cool musical. Get tickets for Mean Girls …

Featured casting is complete for the Broadway revival of Gypsy, starring Audra McDonald as Momma Rose. Directed by five-time Tony winner George C. Wolfe with choreography by four-time Tony nominee Camille A.…

MEAN GIRLS returns to the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco from December 19–22. Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock”), composer JEFF RICH…

In this video, Ben is joined by a 'new guard' of leading men- Casey Likes (Back to the Future, Almost Famous), Kyle Selig (Water for Elephants, Mean Girls) and Vincent Jamal Hooper (The Lion King).

Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock”), composer JEFF RICHMOND (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blonde) and dir…

Auliʻi Cravalho and Adam Lambert join the Broadway revival of Cabaret on September 16 as Sally Bowles and Emcee, respectively. Both making their Broadway debuts, they take over the roles originated by Gay…

The cast is complete for the national tour of Shucked. As previously reported, the tour will kick off at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island on October 20 and play more than 30 cities includin…

Though she has recently turned most of her attention to the world of pop music, Reneé Rapp still hopes Broadway is in her future. In a new interview, the Mean Girls star that she dreams of being in the musica…

The Blood Quilt, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall, has its cast. The show will begin performances at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on October 30, with an official opening set for November 21, ope…

Three popular productions have announced extensions to their London runs, delighting fans and theatre-goers alike. The hit musical Mean Girls

The Shucked and Mean Girls star will be Buddy the Elf in a special holiday engagement of the 2010 screen-to-stage musical.

Elf; Real Women; McKean in Glengarry; New LCT Leaders By: David Sheward September 12, 2024: A new production of Elf the Musical will hit Broadway just in time for the holidays. Following two runs in London'…

Tony nominee Grey Henson, best known for originating roles on Broadway in Mean Girls and Shucked, will lead a holiday engagement of Elf: The Musical at Broadway's Marquis Theatre. Performances will run fr…

Elf The Musical is returning to Broadway for a limited holiday engagement this November, with Tony nominee Grey Henson (Mean Girls) in the lead role. Producers Temple Live Entertainment and Crossroads Live Nort…

A new show celebrating the 20th anniversary of the original Broadway musical Hairspray and reuniting three of its stars will play New World Stages. Mama I’m a Big Girl Now!, starring Marissa Jaret Winokur (th…

Meet The Plastics – Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest…

The producers of Mrs. Doubtfire have announced new casting for the final engagements of the 2023-2024 North American Tour.  Joining the company as Miranda Hillard beginning tonight, September 3, in Reno, NV i…

Kyle Selig, best known as Aaron Samuels in Broadway's Mean Girls, returns to the Broadway stage on September 3 as the new Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants. He takes over for Grant Gustin, who originate…

The cast is set for the world premiere of the My Best Friend's Wedding musical. The new musical adaptation of the Julia Roberts-led 1997 romantic comedy, set to the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David and di…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: This is a cautionary interview...  Don't be fooled by the characters they play. The ladies of Mean Girls are tight, and we've got the proof!  Right before the show's whopping t…

BroadwayWorld has just learned that WATER FOR ELEPHANTS will welcome Kyle Selig (Mean Girls) to the role of Jacob Jankowski beginning Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

“I’m calling from Times Square,” said Kyle Selig on a break from rehearsal for Broadway's Water for Elephants—the show he'll be leading beginning September 3. “I haven’t been here in a while.” In…

“I’m calling from Times Square,” said Kyle Selig on a break from rehearsal for Broadway's Water for Elephants—the show he'll be leading beginning September 3. “I haven’t been here in a while.” In…

Kyle Selig, last seen on Broadway as the original Aaron Samuels in the musical adaptation of Mean Girls, will take over as Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants at the Imperial Theatre. He assumes the role…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today we rewind to challenge you with choreography from a past episode. Watch as Ben goes back to high school with Mean Girls' Brendon Stimson. Can you keep up?

Auliʻi Cravalho and Adam Lambert will be the new Sally Bowles and Emcee in the Broadway revival of Cabaret. They take over the roles originated by Gayle Rankin and Eddie Redmayne, beginning performances at the…

Willkommen, bienvenue Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho. There’s a new act at the Kit Kat Club. Lambert, a Grammy nominee and “American Idol” breakout, and Cravalho, the star of the movie adaptation of �…

Cheyenne Jackson is set to appear in the new horror comedy Queens of the Dead from Tina Romera, the daughter of George A. Romero. Other stage and Broadway alums include Jacquel Spivey (A Strange Loop and the Me…

The new musical is written by My Son's a Queer... songwriter Pippa Cleary and P Burton-Morgan.

NETworks Presentations has announced full casting for the 2024-2025 North American tour of Mean Girls, the record-breaking new musical comedy adapted from the hit Paramount Pictures film by Tina Fey. Reprising …

Casey Hushion directs the Tina Fey-Jeff Richmond-Nell Benjamin musical.

The full cast has been revealed for the upcoming second year of the Mean Girls North American Tour. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Old Vic, London; Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon; Savoy theatre, LondonJames Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin struggle for urgency in Joe Penhall’s drama about a threatened female MP; climate crisis talks are turned …

Fans of the film will love it, but it's like being in a pink fever dream Nothing anybody over the age of 30 says about the new Mean Girls musical, spawn of Tina Fey’s witty script for the 2004 screen sideswip…

In the 2004 film Mean Girls, Regina George – queen of the Plastics – told her fellow clique member Gretchen:

Lacking a musical identity and feeling spiritually like a period piece, this stage adaptation of Tina Fey’s Noughties classic feels like an exercise in doing the bare minimum

Savoy theatre, London Plastics and fellow students give high-grade performances but the songs and production don’t get quite enough As It’s 20 years since Tina Fey’s sharp-tongued tale of Plastics, Mathle…

The Broadway and big screen hit has crossed the pond to London's Savoy Theatre.

A first look at Charlie Burn playing Cady Heron in Mean Girls The Musical on the West End. Get in loser, we're going to London ✈️💅🇬🇧💄 Broadway’s hilarious hit musical from an award-winning c…

The transfer of the Broadway and big screen hit is playing the Savoy Theatre.

A first look at Georgina Castle playing Regina George in Mean Girls The Musical on the West End. Get in loser, we're going to London ✈️💅🇬🇧💄 Broadway’s hilarious hit musical from an award-win…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The world premiere of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, written by Jocelyn Bioh (School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play) and directed by Whitney White just opened last week. I…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Mean Girls is now on stage at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre and BroadwayWorld was there as the musical's stars walked the red carpet, along with producer Lorne Michaels. Learn m…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We've got a totally fetch duet for you in today's Living Room Concert: Charlotte Harwood and Claire-Marie Hall performing 'Apex Predator' from the hit Broadway musical Mean Girls.…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today is a massive deal: it's October 3rd, aka Mean Girls Day! To celebrate the grool holiday, we're heading to North Shore High to look back at opening night of Mean Girls at Br…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Daylight come and the Broadway season's over! Beetlejuice officially opened last night at the Winter Garden Theatre, marking the end of the 2018-19 Broadway season. Directed by Ale…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The August Wilson Theatre was the place to be last night as Mean Girls officially opened on Broadway! How would we describe the night in one word? Fetch! Learn more: https://ww…

She is currently starring in Jonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM! for the second time.

The Mean Girls alum joins a cast that includes Fey, Steve Carell, and Colman Domingo.

Erika Henningsen, who originated the role of Cady Heron in Mean Girls on Broadway, has joined the cast of The Four Seasons, an all-new comedy series adaptation from Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield. …

Watch the OG Mean Girls wish the UK cast 'good luck' before their first preview tonight!

Weed will offer an evening titled Dear Diary in the fall.

The transfer of the Broadway and big screen hit is playing the Savoy Theatre.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: For today's performance we've got Krystina Alabado! Learn more: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Living-Room-Concerts-MEAN-GIRLS-Krystina-Alabado-20200403

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We kicked off our UK Living Room Concerts series with the fabulous Lauren Drew singing 'World Burn' from the Mean Girls musical - check it out here! Next up is Christina Benningt…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We're partnering with amazing performers and creatives to keep you entertained during the shutdown! In the first of our UK Living Room Concerts series, the fabulous Lauren Drew bri…

In June, while New York gets swept up in Tony Awards fever, the London stage is as bustling as ever.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch as Seth Rudetsky and Mean Girls's Erika Henningsen rehearse 'Meadowlark' in rehearsal for tonight's live streaming concert! Tune in at 8 PM ET to watch the one-time only liv…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Rehearsals are underway for Mean Girls, the new musical produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film. Preview per…

In June, New York may be in thrall to the Tonys, but life on the London stage continues apace. The month ahead promises a broad array of musicals, from a pocket-sized hit of the Edinburgh Festival that's been u…

... Playbill.com. 4 years ago. www.playbill.com · 'Mean Girls' closes on Broadway amid COVID-19, will still tour. 3 years ago.

The Bobby G Awards celebrate outstanding achievement in Colorado high school musical theatre. The 2024 Bobby G Awards took place on May 17 at the Buell Theatre. Our video above offers performance excerpts from …

Grammy Award winner Nathan Lee Grahamn  (Titaníque, Zoolander), Tony Award nominee Grey Henson   (Mean Girls, Shucked), Grammy Award winner Nicole Zuraitis (2024’s “Best Jazz Vocalist”), Antwayn Hoppe…

Gyllenhaal hosted the final episode of the show's season, with musical guest (and Mean Girls alum) Sabrina Carpenter.

The Chita Rivera Awards, an annual celebration of excellence in dance and choreography in film and theater, has released its list of 2024 nominees. Tony Award winner and current Cabaret star Bebe Neuwirth ann…

After a wildly successful run of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway earlier this season, Jocelyn Bioh has been hard at work developing projects for the stage and screen, both b…

A huge, all-star cast will perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies for one night only at Carnegie Hall. The concert, part of Transport Group’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series, will take pl…

Jenna Fischer is a trooper! According to a new interview, the Mean Girls actress broke her shoulder during a break in filming. “I shot for one day on Mean Girls, and then I didn't have to shoot for a month.…

The playwright Jocelyn Bioh, whose Jaja’s African Hair Braiding opened on Broadway in 2023, is to be honored by the Dramatists Guild at their annual ceremony on May 6 at Sony Hall. Bioh is the recipient of th…

There is a clique problem at Clarksburg High School…or at least, there is on stage, as Clarksburg takes on the iconic musical Mean Girls High School Edition! Packed with drama, friendship, and humor, Mean Gir…

Brittany Adebumola (“Miriam”) and Dominique Thorne (“Marie”) in Jaja’s African Hair Braiding. Photo: Matthew Murphy, 2023 Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Chris Jennings (E…

Let’s get this out of the way: Rachel McAdams is not starring in The Notebook on Broadway. The fact that the actress is about to make her Broadway debut in the same season as The Notebook—not to mention t…

The transfer of the Broadway and big screen hit is set to open at the Savoy Theatre this summer.

By Douglas Mayo Mean Girls the Musicals extends its run at the Savoy Theatre to 16 February 2025 by popular demand. This post Mean Girls extends Savoy Theatre run into 2025 first appeared on British Theatre. Hu…

Jonathan Bennett moved to New York at 19 in hopes of landing a role on Broadway -- but the first gig he got was a less than desirable role at a fashion boutique.

The Shubert's 2024-25 Broadway series will features “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Clue,” “Mean Girls" and “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life & Times of the Temptations.”