Movies That Have Been Turned Into Broadway Musicals: ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ ‘Pretty Woman’ and More

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Lights are bright on Broadway! When it comes to bringing a new musical to the Great White Way, producers find inspiration in all sorts of places — including beloved movies.“I mean, I’ll probably come back here, like, five more times before we actually come to Broadway, but it’s a real thing now,” Mean Girls scribe Tina Fey teased of the musical treatment of her ‘00s flick during a May 2017 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “It’s so cool.

It’s so fun because — you can sing — but I’ve been in stuff that’s like movie musicals, whatever, a little bit.”She added: “The secret with movie musicals is you can secretly suck and be a star.

But to do things on stage? Like, these kids are so talented! We have the cast now. We’ve been rehearsing for about a month. There’s a bunch of baby Timberlakes.

Everyone can do everything! They just sing so loud and they dance so hard.”Mean Girls: The Musical ran from April 2018 to March 2020, originally starring Erika Henningsen, Taylor Louderman, Emily in Paris’ Ashley Park, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Grey Henson, Kyle Selig and Kate Rockwell.“The greatest thing about bringing this musical to life is that our creative team didn’t say, ‘Can you just recreate the iconic film performance?’ We could never hope to,” Henningsen, who played Lindsay Lohan’s role of Cady Heron on stage, exclusively told Us Weekly in April 2018. “I could never deliver the performance that Lindsay did. … It has been really special being able to recreate these characters for a musical and in this current time period.”She continued: “I know Lindsay Lohan wants to come see the show.