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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.
Jenna wonders if having an affair is a mistake, but Dr. Pomatter reassures her. Jenna begins writing a letter to her baby ("You Matter to Me"). After happily dating for several months, Dawn and Ogie get married at the diner ("I Love You Like a Table"). Jenna arrives with a tiered pie resembling a wedding cake. (When the show reopened on ...
“Waitress: The Musical” stars Bareilles as Jenna Hunterson. Hunterson is a waitress who works at a small-time Southern diner and has dreams of leaving her controlling and abusive husband named ...
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 ...
"She Used to Be Mine" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles for Waitress, her musical stage adaptation of the 2007 film of the same name. [1] It was recorded by Bareilles for her fifth studio album, What's Inside: Songs from Waitress (2015), and was released to digital retailers as its lead single on September 25, 2015. [2]
Nothing produces a tingle up the spine quite like live theater, and “Waitress: The Musical” joins the list of filmed musicals that have preserved their stage qualities while giving viewers the ...
Mueller reprised her role as Jenna 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 August 2015. [33]
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 ...