Waitress, based on the 2007 movie of the same title, follows the story of Jenna, a woman who is pregnant without any desire to be, trapped in an abusive relationship in a small town with no hope for a future outside of fear and false positivity.She escapes from her trauma through the baking of pies, creations of her own that she names after their uniquely combined themed ingredients. This is a musical comedy genre - and 12 year olds (and the 16 year old) need to know that adultery, being a stalker, etc is not cute - no matter how it's presented in this play. Nominated for four Tony Awards (including Best Musical), and cherished by audiences and critics alike, Waitress is inspired by Adrienne Shelly's beloved film and offers a special recipe for finding happiness in unexpected places. Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly Choreographed by Chase Brock Directed by Diane Paulus Jenna, played by Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller (Beautiful), a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a.
Waitress is the smash-hit, new Broadway musical, written by singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles. Based on the 2007 film of the same name, Waitress follows Jenna, who works in a diner and bakes pies that reflect her life and emotions. Featuring a folk-inspired score that has been praised by audiences and critics alike, Waitress has taken Broadway by storm. With songs such as “What’s Inside”, “Bad Idea” and “She Used to Be Mine”, the musical stars Jessie Mueller in the lead role, after she previously starred as Carole King in Beautiful. When Jenna realises that she is pregnant with her controlling husband’s baby, she quickly realises that she needs a way out. Meeting her new physician, Dr Pomatter, Jenna begins to think that life might just be better than it seems.
Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles
Jessie Nelson
Adrienne Shelly's 2007 film
Adrienne Shelly
Barry and Fran Weissler, Norton and Elayne Herrick
Diane Paulus
Lorin Latarro
Original Broadway Production
Brooks Atkinson Theatre - Opened 24 Apr 2016, closed 11 Jun 2017
Cast: Jessie Mueller (Jenna Hunterson), Drew Gehling (Dr Jim Pomatter), Nick Cordero (Earl Hunterson), Keala Settle (Becky), Kimiko Glenn (Dawn), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie), Eric Anderson (Cal), Claire Keane and McKenna Keane (Lulu) Replacements: Jenna Ushkowitz (Dawn)
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Based on Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film of the same name, Waitress follows Jenna, a waitress working in Joe’s Pie Diner in southern America. Trapped in a controlling marriage with husband Earl, she lives her life baking and selling pies with unusual titles. Jenna dreams of running away from her marriage, slowly gathering up the money to do so. Pinning her hopes of winning a large sum on the annual pie contest in a nearby town, she begins to dream big. Quickly her dreams are dashed when she discovers that she is pregnant with her husband’s baby.
With Jenna’s only friends being co-waitresses Becky, Dawn and regular customer Joe, her life changes when she meets her new physician Dr Jim Pomatter. Dr Pomatter has moved to the new town to accommodate his wife, who is completing her residency at the local hospital. Instantly, the pair are attracted to each other, and over the course of pre-natal appointments, Jenna and Dr Pomatter develop an attraction towards each other. On an unlikely evening, Jenna initiates an affair. When she is given a journal, Jenna begins to document her life and begins to reveal her thoughts through baking some increasingly peculiarly-named pies.
Meanwhile, after some persuasion, her fellow waitresses decide to embark upon romance themselves. Dawn meets Ogie, who both become so smitten with each other that they almost immediately vow eternal devotion. And whilst Becky’s marriage is not entirely fulfilling, due to her much older husband being very ill, her endless disputes with Joe’s Diner’s manager Cal lead to a more interesting romance of her own.
After Jenna gives birth to her baby girl, she gains the courage to leave her husband and begins to believe in herself a bit more. When leaving the hospital, Dr Pomatter chases after her, but she decides to end that too. She begins to serve brightly-coloured pies to her customers at a new diner where she works.
Act I
- “What’s Inside” – Jenna and Company
- “Opening Up” – Jenna, Becky, Dawn, Cal and Company
- “The Negative” – Jenna, Becky and Dawn
- “What Baking Can Do” – Jenna
- “Club Knocked Up” – Jenna and Company
- “Pomatter Pie” – The Waitress Band
- “When He Sees Me” – Dawn and Company
- “It Only Takes a Taste” – Dr Pomatter and Jenna
- “You Will Still Be Mine” – Earl and Jenna
- “A Soft Place to Land” – Jenna, Becky and Dawn
- “Never Ever Getting Rid of Me” – Ogie and Company
- “Bad Idea” – Jenna, Dr Pomatter and Company
Act II
- “I Didn’t Plan It” – Becky
- “Bad Idea (Reprise)” – Company
- “You Matter to Me” – Dr Pomatter and Jenna
- “I Love You Like a Table” – Ogie, Dawn and Company
- “Take It From an Old Man” – Joe and Company
- “Dear Baby” – Jenna
- “She Used to Be Mine” – Jenna
- “Contraction Ballet” – Jenna and Company
- “Everything Changes” – Jenna and Company
- “Opening Up (Finale)” – Company
2016 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Fitzgerald)
2016 Outer Critics’ Circle Awards: Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Fitzgerald)
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Waitress The Musical Libretto
- Waitress set the box office record for the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, grossing $1,626,478 for the week ending on January 28, 2018 over 8 performances.Brooks Atkinson Theatre-Wikipedia
- It was announced on September 5, 2018 that Roker will portray Joe in the Broadway musical Waitress for a six-week run from October 5 to November 11.Al Roker-Wikipedia
- Sparks was cast as a Broadway replacement for Jenna Hunterson in Waitress, from September 16 to November 24, 2019.Jordin Sparks-Wikipedia
- In June 2013, it was reported that Bareilles was to score Waitress, a musical adaptation of the 2007 film of the same title.Sara Bareilles-Wikipedia
- On September 27, 2017, it was announced that Mraz would make his Broadway debut in the musical Waitress.Jason Mraz-Wikipedia
- One particular occurrence of this, the late 2016 Waitress Pie Challenge, was initiated by the cast of the musical Waitress to raise awareness of breast cancer.Pieing-Wikipedia
Waitress Musical Libretto
- In March 2019, Waitress opened at the Adelphi.Adelphi Theatre-Wikipedia
- In June 2019, Hall announced that he will be returning to Broadway to play Ogie Anhorn in the musical Waitress opposite fellow YouTuber Colleen Ballinger.Todrick Hall-Wikipedia
- McPhee took over the lead female role of Jenna in Waitress as her Broadway debut.Katharine McPhee-Wikipedia
- One particular occurrence of this, the late 2016 Waitress Pie Challenge, was initiated by the cast of the musical Waitress to raise awareness of breast cancer.Ice Bucket Challenge-Wikipedia
- In August 2015, Bareilles met actor Joe Tippett during the out-of-town tryout for Waitress at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and they later began a relationship.Sara Bareilles-Wikipedia
- In the announcement, they cited 'stiff competition' from more well-known musicals like Waitress, Shuffle Along, and Hamilton.American Psycho-Wikipedia
- This trend is especially persistent with film adaptations, including (The Producers, Spamalot, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, Xanadu, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Waitress and Groundhog Day).Musical theatre-Wikipedia
- She is known for her performances in Broadway musicals such as The King and I and Waitress; and in the role of Tina Cohen-Chang on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee.Jenna Ushkowitz-Wikipedia
- Ushkowitz temporarily assumed the role of Dawn Williams from Kimiko Glenn in the Broadway production of Waitress, beginning performances July 29, 2016, and completing her run on October 19, 2016.Jenna Ushkowitz-Wikipedia
- He originated the role 'Joe' in the musical Waitress that opened on Broadway in April 2016.Dakin Matthews-Wikipedia
- Waitress on West End and Frozen on Broadway announced they are closed permanently, despite at the time of their announcements, they would be able to reopen after the shut down.Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts-Wikipedia
- Cullum joined the cast of Waitress as Joe on October 12, 2017, replacing Larry Marshall.John Cullum-Wikipedia
- She returned to Broadway in 2018, playing the role of Old Josie in Waitress.June Squibb-Wikipedia
- Bareilles composed music and wrote lyrics for the 2015 Broadway musicalWaitress, for which she earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album.Sara Bareilles-Wikipedia
- Robinson has since appeared in the off-Broadway musical Invisible Thread (2015) and the television series The Affair, and played the lead role in the Broadway musical Waitress from September 4 through December 9, 2018.Leslie Odom Jr.-Wikipedia
- In 2019 Jordan started appearing in the musical Waitress on Broadway alongside Shoshana Bean.Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984)-Wikipedia
- The following month, Roberts made her West End debut, portraying Dawn, in the musical, Waitress.Ashley Roberts-Wikipedia
- In 2017, Diamantopoulos starred in the musical Waitress on Broadway.Chris Diamantopoulos-Wikipedia
- The Tony Award nominations were announced on May 1, 2018 by Hamilton alum Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee, who was starring in Waitress on Broadway at the time.72nd Tony Awards-Wikipedia
- The nominees included American Psycho and She Loves Me – 8; Bright Star and On Your Feet! – 7; Dear Evan Hansen – 6; Eclipsed, Lazarus, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Spring Awakening – 5; and The Humans, A View From the Bridge and Waitress – 4.Outer Critics Circle Award-Wikipedia
- Settle originated the role of Becky in the musical Waitress, which opened on Broadway on April 24, 2016, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after premiering at the American Repertory Theater in August 2015.Keala Settle-Wikipedia
- The 2018-2019 Broadway in Miami series includes Hello Dolly, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Les Misérables, Waitress, School of Rock: The Musical, Come From Away, and The Lion King.Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts-Wikipedia
- He has played the roles of Jack Kelly in the 2012 musical Newsies, Clyde Barrow in the 2011 musical Bonnie & Clyde, Dr. Pomatter in the musical Waitress, and Jamie Wellerstein in the 2014 film The Last Five Years.Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984)-Wikipedia
- In 2016, singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles performed an impromptu rendition of 'Part of Your World' live at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre to entertain audiences while waiting for a production of her Broadway musical Waitress (2015), to recover from a technical malfunction involving a set piece.Part of Your World-Wikipedia
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