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Waitress, 2016

Opened 2016

Closed January 5, 2020

1,544 performances

Brooks Atkinson Theatre

Original

Broadway

Waitress
Ssilvers

Of the productions that opened in the 2010s, this had the 11th longest run.

Other stagings of Waitress 2 more

2019
ProductionLondon
2021
Ethel Barrymore TheatreBroadway Return-Engagement, directed by Diane Paulus
122 performances

Who was in it63 named

Thay Floyd
Jordin Sparks
Chris Diamantopoulos
Benny Elledge
Noah Galvin
Steven Good
Todrick D Hall
Jeremy Jordan
David Josefsberg
Richard Kline
Larry Marshall
Joey Mcintyre
Bill Nolte
William Popp
Al Roker
Will Swenson
Ben Thompson
Joe Tippett
Steve Vinovich
Lee Wilkof
NaTasha Yvette Williams
Maia Nkenge Wilson
Alex Wyse
Mariam Bedigan
Regan Ciccarelli
Dayna Jarae Dantzler
Matt Deangelis
Keri Rene Fuller
London Skye Gilliam
Jessie Hooker Bailey
David Hughey
Molly Jobe
Anastacia McCleskey
Riley Summer Perler
Delaney Quinn
Sophia Rodriguez
Raigan Olivia Saunders Newton
Scarlett Sher
Dan Tracy
Sara Bareilles as Jenna
David Hunter as Dr. Pomatter
Lenne Klingaman as Dawn
Jeremy Morse as Ogie
Nick Bailey as Earl
Kelly Agbowu as Nurse Norma

Creative team

Director
Diane Paulus
Choreographer
Lorin Latarro

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Nominated

Recordings 2 released while this run was on

2016
Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording) DMI Soundtracks, released June 3, 2016
Worldwide
2016
Waitress
Waitress DMI Records 2-555320, released June 3, 2016
United States

4 more exist for other runs of this show: see Waitress for all of them.

Around this production

Waitress is a musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson. It is based on the 2007 film, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. It tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a baker and waitress in an abusive relationship with her husband, Earl. After Jenna unexpectedly becomes pregnant with Earl's child, she begins an affair with her obstetrician, Jim Pomatter. Looking for ways out of her troubles, and at the urging of her friends, she enters a pie-baking contest, seeing its grand prize as her chance. After a tryout at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in August 2015, Waitress premiered at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway in April…

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