A 13 Occurring 30 musical is within the works based mostly on the 2004 coming-of-age rom-com starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo.
It may be time to brush up in your “Thriller” dance strikes as a result of a 13 Occurring 30 musical is heading to the stage! That’s proper, coming-of-age rom-com followers, a musical adaptation of the 2004 comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo is in growth by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa.
In keeping with Selection, 13 Occurring 30 The Musical premieres “subsequent summer time with music and lyrics by Michael Weiner and Alan Zachary (Excessive Faculty Musical: The Musical: The Collection) and path by Andy Fickman, who additionally directed the unique stage adaptation of “Heathers the Musical.”
Goldsmith and Yuspa have plans for a two-week workshop on the Battersea Arts Centre in London, U.Ok., with 4 performances (Oct. 25-28) open to the general public. Bulletins for solid members will comply with within the coming weeks.
A glittering gem of romance cinema within the early 2000s, 13 Occurring 30 tells the story of Jenna Rink (Christa B. Allen/Jennifer Garner), a younger girl who makes an unorthodox want on her birthday. Surprisingly, her want comes true, and the 13-year-old Jenna wakes up the subsequent day as a 30-year-old girl. What occurs subsequent is a lesson in being cautious what you would like for, as 30 can be a difficult age to navigate. Whereas spending time in her new physique, Jenna shortly learns to understand the wonders of being an adolescent and lives her life in another way.
“Once we poured our center faculty ache into the film ’13 Occurring 30,’ we by no means fairly imagined it will stick round to this present day as a rom-com mother and father present their youngsters, a Halloween costume, a scene in an Ariana Grande music video, and a teen sleepover staple,” stated Goldsmith and Yuspa. “Now we’re thrilled to be bringing our ache throughout the pond with ’13 Occurring 30 The Musical.’”
“It’s been endlessly enjoyable working with ROYO [the theater company], Todd Garner, Revolution Studios, composer/lyricists Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, and director Andy Fickman to reinvent this story for the London stage,” the duo added. “We will’t anticipate a brand new technology to seize some Razzles and really feel thirty, flirty, and thriving.”
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