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Waitress is a musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson. It is based on the 2007 film , written and directed by Adrienne Shelly . It tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a baker and waitress in an abusive relationship with her husband, Earl.
Waitress (also known by its promotional title Waitress: The Musical) is a 2023 American musical comedy drama film consisting of a live stage recording of Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson's 2015 musical based on the 2007 film by Adrienne Shelly.
She later wrote, directed, and co-starred in Waitress (2007), which was released posthumously and later adapted into a Broadway musical. On November 1, 2006, Shelly was found dead in her Manhattan office. Though initially ruled a suicide, her husband, Andy Ostroy, pushed for further investigation.
Based on Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film “Waitress,” the musical is the story of a pregnant small-town pie-maker who hopes to win a regional pie contest and use the $20,000 prize to break free ...
After Broadway shut down due to the pandemic, “Waitress” received an arts grant from Chuck Schumer’s office that allowed the production to reopen in 2021. Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music ...
Waitress is a 2007 American comedy drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, starring Keri Russell as a young woman trapped in a small town and an abusive marriage, who faces an unwanted pregnancy while working as a waitress. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it was accepted before Shelly's 2006 murder. [3]
Following its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s “Waitress: The Musical,” which is set for a ...
Mueller reprised her role as Jenna Hunterson in the musical adaptation of the film Waitress on Broadway, having previously played the role in a workshop of the musical in late 2014. [31] [32] With music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and direction by Diane Paulus, the musical began its out-of-town tryout at the American Repertory Theater in ...