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“Romy & Michele: The Musical” will open Oct. 28 at Stage 42, with previews starting two weeks prior, Playbill.com reviews. Tickets can be out there later this month.
Robin Schiff, who penned the 1997 movie — starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow as Romy and Michele, respectively — wrote the present, which made its debut at Seattle’s fifth Avenue Theatre in 2017.
Kristin Hanggi, who directed that manufacturing and Broadway’s “Rock of Ages,” will helm the upcoming “feel-good joyride,” whose “’80s and ’90s pop-inspired rating” comes from Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay.
Very similar to its large display predecessor, the stage manufacturing facilities on two ditzy associates who plan a comeback at their 10-year highschool reunion, fueled by lies about their position within the origin of Publish-its, whereas sporting dresses that look like they may have been stolen from “Austin Powers” Fembots.
“Romy and Michele have been icons of friendship, vogue, and individuality from the second we first met them,” Barry Kemp and Stephen Soucy, who’re producing alongside Peter Schneider and Laurence Mark, mentioned in a press release to Playbill. “Bringing their story to the New York Stage is the right residence for his or her daring and quirky spirit to be reborn. We are able to’t await audiences to get pleasure from this hilarious and heart-filled new musical.”
The information follows one other main growth The Hollywood Reporter broke within the cult traditional’s legacy. As of late January, Sorvino and Kudrow had been each in negotiations to reprise their roles for in a long-awaited sequel.
The follow-up was expected to start filming in June and can be directed by “Excessive College Musical: The Musical: The Collection” creator Tim Federle.
