10 Things Musical Sets Broadway Premiere for Aug 2027
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- "10 Things I Hate About You" musical will begin Broadway preview performances on Aug. 17, 2027 — exactly one year from the announcement — with opening night, casting, and theater venue still unannounced
- Lena Dunham is co-writing the musical's book with Jessica Huang, while Carly Rae Jepsen is composing music and lyrics with Ethan Gruska
- Christopher Wheeldon is directing and choreographing the production, with Tom Kitt handling music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations
- Mike Bosner — whose producing work spans "Shucked," "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," and "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" — is producing the show
- The musical adapts the 1999 film starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, which the source notes launched the careers of Stiles, Ledger, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- The film itself is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," following two Stratford sisters navigating teenage cliques, crushes, and a strict father
- The show's logline frames it as a "rebellious" story about "growing up, discovering yourself, and refusing to live by others' expectations"
Why it matters: The adaptation pairs a pop hitmaker (Jepsen) and a TV auteur (Dunham) with a Tony-winning director (Wheeldon) and one of Broadway's most active producers (Bosner), betting that a '90s teen-movie cult favorite — itself built on a Shakespeare adaptation — can anchor a commercial run. The Aug. 17, 2027 preview start gives the team roughly a year to lock casting and a venue, the two missing pieces that will determine ticket-demand reality.
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