Yahoo Sports ‘Waitress: The Musical’ Trailer: Broadway’s Beloved Pie Baker Heading To Movie Theaters
With more than 1,500 performances during its initial 2016-2020 Broadway run, and a subsequent three-month post-Covid-shutdown remount, Waitress: The Musical baked its way into the hearts of theatergoers, and in December folks who didn’t make it to New York City will get a chance to see what the fuss was about: Bleecker Street and Fathom Events have set nationwide special-event screenings for five nights only beginning December 7.
Bleecker and Fathom released a trailer today. Watch it above.
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Starring composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles as small-town waitress and pie-maker Jenna Hunterson, the musical, with book by Jessie Nelson, is based on the 2007 motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly. Synopsis: When a baking contest in a nearby county offers Jenna a chance at escape a loveless marriage, the expert baker fights to reclaim a long-forgotten part of herself, and through the support of her fellow waitresses and an unexpected romance, begins to find the courage to take a long-abandoned dream off the shelf.
The film, recorded during the 2021 remount, was directed by Brett Sullivan and for the stage by Diane Paulus. Jessie Nelson served as creative advisor.
In addition to Bareilles, the film version also stars Eric Anderson, Charity Angél Dawson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Drew Gehling, Caitlin Houlahan, Dakin Matthews and Joe Tippett. Producers are Michael Roiff, Barry and Fran Weissler, Bareilles, Nelson, and Paul Morphos, with Alecia Parker as an executive producer.
In addition to scoring four Tony Award nominations – Best Musical, Best Original Score by Bareilles, Best Leading Actress/Musical for Jessie Mueller and Best Featured Actor/Musical for Fitzgerald – the 2016 production was the first Broadway musical in history to have four women in the top creative team spots (book writer Nelson, composer Bareilles, director Paulus and choreographer Lorin Latarro).
Check out the trailer for Waitress: The Musical above.
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