{"id":1345,"date":"2018-10-03T11:46:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T11:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwilsontheatre.org\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2018-10-03T11:46:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T11:46:30","slug":"mean-girls-at-august-wilson-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newyorkbroadwaytheatre.com\/august-wilson-theatre\/mean-girls-at-august-wilson-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Mean Girls at August Wilson Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- NewTheme-Responsive-Text -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block;background-color:transparent;\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2783012870533657\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1489656471\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1351 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwilsontheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mean-Girls-Slider.png\" alt=\"mean girls august wilson theatre tickets\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>\nIf you\u2019re a fan of the extremely popular 2004 film \u201cMean Girls,\u201d then you\u2019ll be thrilled to hear about the new musical adaption! With music and lyrics by Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin,\u00a0and a book by Tina Fey, the creator of the original film, Mean Girls: The Musical, is a fun, highly engaging, and hilarious look at the popularity contests and cliques of high school life in a way that gets to the serious core of its subject matter while remaining a light and highly enjoyable watch. Tickets on sale now!!<\/p>\n<h3>Mean Girls Tickets:<\/h3>\n<p>function TN_SetWidgetOptions() {<br \/>\nTN_Widget.newWindow = true;<br \/>\nTN_Widget.btnText = &#8220;GET TICKETS&#8221;;<br \/>\nTN_Widget.footerLink = &#8216;https:\/\/www.ticketsqueeze.com\/venues\/virginia-august-wilson-theatre-ny&#8217;;<br \/>\nTN_Widget.footerText = &#8220;View All Events&#8221;;<br \/>\nTN_Widget.CreateCustomUrl = function(row){return &#8220;https:\/\/www.ticketsqueeze.com\/tickets\/&#8221; +  row[6] + &#8220;\/?utm_source=lionking-minskofftheatre&#8221;;};}<\/p>\n<div class='tn_results_container'><\/div>\n<h5>\u201cVibrant, beautifully sung and visually splendid, this funny charmer broadens the original Paramount movie\u00a0to full musical comedy scale without sacrificing any of the mordancy and compassion that made a superstar of Lindsay Lohan and a generational descriptor of the title\u201d &#8211; <em>Deadline\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Based on the semi-guide-book nonfiction work \u201cQueen Bees and Wannabes\u201d, by Rosalind Wiseman in 2002, Mean Girls follows the story of\u00a016-year-old Cady Heron. Moving back to the US after having spent the last 12 years of her life homeschooled by her parents as they researched in Africa &#8211; making her an immediate oddity. Falling in easily with fellow misfits Janis Ian and Damian Leigh, Cady is warned by the others to avoid the most prominent of the school\u2019s popularity groups: \u201cthe Plastics\u201d led by the confident and nasty Regina George with the wealthy, insecure Gretchen Wieners and confused but well-meaning Karen Smith. However Cady\u2019s lack of history means she isn\u2019t of total disinterest to the Plastics, and when Janis sees her getting along well enough with them on a lunch break, she devises a plan of revenge against Regina, using Cady to infiltrate the group. Initially averse to this idea, Cady\u2019s motives change after she unwittingly makes Regina jealous by developing a crush on her ex-boyfriend. Spurred on by Regina\u2019s spiteful actions in response, she begins to carry out the plans in earnest, gradually making Regina\u2019s life hell &#8211; but running the all-too-real risk of, in adopting her cruel behaviors to combat her, eventually turning into a replica of Regina herself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwilsontheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mean-girls-2.png\" alt=\"mean girls tickets\" width=\"580\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>\u201cIt&#8217;s the new gags that freshen the formula, actually improving on the source material&#8217;s somewhat soft ending with a more satisfying payoff\u201d &#8211; The Hollywood Reporter<\/h5>\n<p>The Mean Girls musical premiered at the\u00a0National Theatre\u00a0in Washington, for two months in October 2017. Greeted with a positive response, the musical moved on to preview on\u00a0Broadway\u00a0at the\u00a0August Wilson Theatre\u00a0on March 12, 2018, and opened officially on April 8, 2018.\u00a0Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw\u00a0and produced by\u00a0Lorne Michaels\u00a0and Stuart Thompson, the musical also features as costumes by\u00a0Gregg Barnes, scenic design by\u00a0Scott Pask, video design by Finn Ross and Adam Young, lighting by\u00a0Kenneth Posner\u00a0and sound by Brian Ronan. The team behind Mean Girls is a highly talented one, and it shows &#8211; the musical was nominated for no less than 12 Tony Awards and 8 Drama Desk Awards, winning the award for Outstanding Book Of A Musical.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwilsontheatre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mean-girls-3.png\" alt=\"mean girls musical\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>\u201cFey\u2019s script, evoking the best of her contributions to NBC\u2019s\u00a030 Rock, is tailor-made for any adult ear that grooves on mischievous wit\u2026\u00a0Best of all, in a marketplace filled with mindless work about teens, here\u2019s one that doesn\u2019t insult their intelligence \u2014 or yours\u201d &#8211; The Washington Post<\/h5>\n<p>In terms of script and plot, fans will be pleased to know that the musical follows the film quite closely, including several of its most popular lines that have seeped into popular culture today &#8211; those who haven\u2019t even seen the film are likely to be familiar with the lines \u201cYou go, Glen Coco!\u201d and \u201cShe doesn\u2019t even go here!\u201d The comedic material is much the same, with snappy lines and witty dialogue. What the musical version adds is all-new emotion and meaning conveyed by Casey Nicholaw\u2019s superlative choreography, as well as a higher level of focus and humanity given to the musical\u2019s secondary characters. Finally, of course, it gives Mean Girls songs!! Accompanied by live musicians and featuring a range of genres from traditional musical theatre to rap, the score of Mean Girls: The Musical is likely to stay in your head for days on end.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t one to miss &#8211; and if you loved the original film, you absolutely can\u2019t afford to! 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