‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ Stage Musical Sets Los Angeles World Premiere Opening Date, Venue — SkimNews
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- 'The Baby-Sitters Club: A New Musical' will run for four weeks at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, with previews starting May 6, 2027 and opening night on May 16, produced by Center Theatre Group and Mountain A, the company co-founded by Oscar winner Natalie Portman.
- Portman called the book series 'formative' to her childhood and said combining it with musical theater is a 'dream,' per the producing team's announcement.
- The creative team includes Kate Wetherhead writing the book (known for 'The Devil Wears Prada' musical), Mark Sonnenblick on music and lyrics ('KPop Demon Hunters'), and Annie Tippe directing and choreographing ('Octet').
- Casting will be handled by The Telsey Office in New York and Henry Russell Bergstein Casting in Los Angeles, beginning soon.
- The musical reimagines Martin'S characters — Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey — now 25 years old, returning to Stoneybrook for a reunion where 'long-buried tensions resurface' and the women confront 'who they are' and 'what they want,' per the synopsis.
- Ann M. Martin's book series has sold more than 200 million copies worldwide since launching at Scholastic in 1986, expanding from a planned four-book run to over 250 titles and four spin-off series.
- Producers include Netflix's 'The Baby-Sitters Club' series team members Naia Cucukov Richards and Lucy Kitada, alongside Riva Marker (Linden Productions), Peter Richards (Working Barn Productions), and others, linking the stage adaptation to all three prior screen versions.
Why it matters: With more than 200 million books in print and a four-decade track record of adaptations, 'The Baby-Sitters Club' is being repurposed for adult audiences — the four protagonists are now 25, not tweens — giving Center Theatre Group a built-in nostalgia draw for a show that runs just four weeks starting May 2027. The producer lineup, which bridges the 2020–21 Netflix series and Portman's Mountain A, signals a coordinated IP play rather than a one-off licensing deal.
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