Mean Girls (musical)

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Mean Girls is a Broadway musical comedy, adapted from the 2004 film of the same name, that satirically explores high school cliques and social dynamics through energetic songs and sharp humor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
stage musical
basedOn Mean Girls (2004 film)
bookBy Tina Fey
broadwayCastAlbumLabel Atlantic Records
broadwayCastAlbumReleaseDate 2018-05-18
broadwayClosingDate 2020-03-11
broadwayPremiereDate 2018-04-08
broadwayTheatre August Wilson Theatre
choreographer Casey Nicholaw
composer Jeff Richmond
costumeDesigner Gregg Barnes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Casey Nicholaw
genre musical comedy
satire
teen musical
hasFilmAdaptation Mean Girls (musical) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mean Girls (2024 film musical adaptation)
language English
lightingDesigner Kenneth Posner
lyricist Nell Benjamin
mainCharacter Cady Heron
Damian Hubbard
Gretchen Wieners
Janis Sarkisian
Karen Smith
Regina George
nominations Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
notableSong A Cautionary Tale
Apex Predator
Fearless
I See Stars
It Roars
I’d Rather Be Me
Meet the Plastics
Revenge Party
Stop
Stupid with Love
What’s Wrong With Me?
Where Do You Belong?
orchestrator John Clancy
premiereDate 2017-10-31
premiereLocation National Theatre, Washington, D.C.
surface form: National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
previewsBeginDate 2018-03-12
producer Lorne Michaels
Paramount Pictures
Stuart Thompson
setDesigner Scott Pask
setIn Illinois
setting North Shore High School
soundDesigner Brian Ronan
subjectMatter high school cliques
teen social dynamics
theme bullying
friendship
identity
peer pressure
yearOfBroadwaySeason 2017–2018 Broadway season

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this entity surface form: Mean Girls (Broadway musical)