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Dunham and Jepsen's '10 Things I Hate About You' Broadway Musical
A movie from 1999 called '10 Things I Hate About You' is becoming a Broadway musical.
Broadway is where big plays and musicals are performed in New York City.
The musical will tell the same story about two sisters who want to be themselves.
One sister is very independent, and the other wants to date.
A boy tries to find someone to date the independent sister.
The story comes from a very old play by William Shakespeare called 'The Taming of the Shrew.'
Famous people are helping make the musical.
Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang are writing the story for the stage.
Singer Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska are writing the songs.
The show will start its previews on August 17, and the theater will be announced later.
A musical adaptation of the 1999 film '10 Things I Hate About You' is heading to Broadway next year.
Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang wrote the book, with music and lyrics by Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska.
Christopher Wheeldon will direct and choreograph, with music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Tom Kitt.
Preview performances begin August 17 at a theater to be announced, with casting revealed at a later date.
The show retells the cult-classic film, itself based on William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew.'
- Who
- Lena Dunham, Jessica Huang, Carly Rae Jepsen, Ethan Gruska, Christopher Wheeldon, Tom Kitt, and producer Mike Bosner are leading the production.
- What
- A Broadway musical adaptation of the 1999 film '10 Things I Hate About You' is being developed.
- Where
- Broadway, at a theater to be announced.
- When
- Preview performances begin August 17, with the show heading to Broadway next year.
- Why
- To bring the cult-classic story of two sisters defining themselves on their own terms to the stage.
Key facts
- Based on
- 1999 Touchstone Pictures film '10 Things I Hate About You'
- Source material
- William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew' (1594)
- Book by
- Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang
- Music and lyrics by
- Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska
- Director and choreographer
- Christopher Wheeldon
- Music supervision, arrangements, orchestrations
- Tom Kitt
- Producer
- Mike Bosner
- Preview start
- August 17 (theater TBA)
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