Lena Dunham & Carly Rae Jepsen’s ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Heading To Broadway In 2027
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- 10 Things I Hate About You musical begins Broadway preview performances August 17 at a theater to be announced, with casting and additional creative team members also forthcoming.
- Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang wrote the book, while Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska provide music and lyrics for the production.
- Christopher Wheeldon, director of "An American in Paris" and "MJ the Musical," will direct and choreograph the show.
- Tom Kitt ("Next to Normal") handles music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations; Mike Bosner produces, under special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.
- The musical adapts the 1999 Touchstone Pictures film written by Karen McCullah and Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, itself a retelling of Shakespeare's 1594 play "The Taming of the Shrew."
Why it matters: For Broadway, the creative team pairs pop artist Jepsen writing original score with theater veterans Wheeldon ("An American in Paris," "MJ the Musical") directing and Kitt ("Next to Normal") orchestrating — a blend of pop and Broadway craft behind a film that, per the source, gained cult status only in later years. With casting still unannounced and previews not until August 17, the named creative lineup is the project's identity for now.
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