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Mary Ellen Matthews

"Mean Girls" will not be returning to Broadway so here's your chance to see this Tina Fey musical based on the Tina Fey movie.

Tina Fey adapted her screenplay for the 2004 film Mean Girls into a Broadway sensation, featuring music by Jeff Richmond and lyrics by Nell Benjamin. Cady, formerly home-schooled, experiences culture shock when she starts attending a suburban Illinois high school. Revisit her war with “The Plastics,” rulers of the class. Fun fact: Fey based her screenplay on a self-help book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, by Rosalind Wiseman. Performances at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 30-31; 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sept. 1; 8 p.m., Sept. 2; 2 and 8 p.m., Sept. 3; and 1 p.m., Sept. 4.

Jan. 10 update: We regret to share that, due to breakthrough positive COVID-19 cases within the company of MEAN GIRLS, this week's engagement (January 11-16, 2022) has been rescheduled. MEAN GIRLS will now play at Overture Center from Tuesday, August 30 – Sunday, September 4, 2022. We apologize for the disappointment and inconvenience this scheduling change has caused ticket holders.

For ticketholders: seats remain secure and original tickets will be honored for the new performance dates.

press release: Overture Center is pleased that the First National Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film—is coming to Overture Hall from Tuesday, Jan. 11 to Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, as part of the 2021/22 Broadway at Overture season. Single tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at overture.org.

Mean Girls features a book by nine-time Emmy Award® winner Tina Fey, based on her screenplay for the film, music by three-time Emmy Award® winner Jeff Richmond; and lyrics by two-time Tony Award® nominee Nell Benjamin. Tony Award® winner Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs.

Mean Girls opened on Broadway in April 2018 to rave reviews at the August Wilson Theatre, following its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, DC, in the fall of 2017.

Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.

New York Magazine calls Mean Girls “HILARIOUS! A smart, splashy new musical that delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery.” Chicago Tribune said, “Tina Fey writes FUNNIER, SMARTER, SHARPER satire than anyone else in the business.” People Magazine calls the show “FRESH, FUN AND INFECTIOUS – Jeff Richmond and Nell Benjamin’s songs keep the laughs coming!” The New York Daily News said Mean Girls “TICKLES THE EARS, EYES AND FUNNY BONE – the direction by Casey Nicholaw packs style, invention and red bull-force energy.” And, Entertainment Weekly calls it “A MARVEL: DAZZLING & HILARIOUS!”

The creative team includes Scott Pask (Set Design), Gregg Barnes (Costume Design), Kenneth Posner (Lighting Design), Brian Ronan (Sound Design), Finn Ross & Adam Young (Video Design), Josh Marquette (Hair Design), Milagros Medina-Cerdeira (Make-Up Design), Mary-Mitchell Campbell (Music Director), John Clancy (Orchestrations), Glen Kelly (Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements), Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Jeff Richmond, and Natalie Tenenbaum (Vocal Arrangements), Howard Joines (Music Coordinator), and Telsey + Co / Bethany Knox, CSA (Casting).

Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording), produced by Atlantic Records, is now available.

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Broadway at Overture is sponsored by American Family Insurance. Our community partner for Mean Girls is SupraNet. Overture is grateful for this community support that helps make these experiences possible.

At this time, everyone who enters Overture Center must wear a mask and must show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 72 hours of entering along with a photo ID (children with a photo ID must be accompanied by a guardian). For more details, visit overture.org/health.

Building Hours: Monday-Tuesday, closed; Wednesday-Saturday, 11-6; Sunday, 12-6; and extended hours on event days.