Lena Dunham & Jepsen's '10 Things' Musical Hits Broadway
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- "10 Things I Hate About You" musical is heading to Broadway, with preview performances scheduled to begin August 17, 2027 at a theater to be announced.
- Lena Dunham and playwright Jessica Huang wrote the book, while music and lyrics come from pop star Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska.
- Christopher Wheeldon, the director-choreographer behind "An American in Paris" and "MJ the Musical," will direct and choreograph the production.
- Tom Kitt — the Pulitzer-winning composer of "Next to Normal" — is handling music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations, with Mike Bosner producing.
- The 1999 Touchstone Pictures film the musical adapts was itself a retelling of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," and starred Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik.
- Casting and additional creative team members will be announced at a later date, and the production is staged by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.
Why it matters: The pairing of a chart-topping pop songwriter (Jepsen) making her Broadway debut with a writer-director long associated with sharp millennial coming-of-age storytelling (Dunham) signals a deliberate play for younger Broadway audiences, while a creative team led by Wheeldon and Kitt gives the 1999 cult film the kind of pedigree that has converted screen-to-stage nostalgia into Tony contention before.
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