Sara Bareilles, the acclaimed singer-songwriter turned musical theater sensation, is set to work on a musical adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s best-selling novel, “The Interestings.” Teaming up with Pulitzer finalist playwright Sarah Ruhl and under the production guidance of Matt Ross, the trio is ready to bring to life a tale of friendship, creativity, and the quest for meaning.
Bareilles made her entry into musical theater with “Waitress” in 2015 – the Grammy-nominated original cast recording, successful Broadway run, and international acclaim solidified Bareilles’s position as a composer, lyricist, and performer in the theater world. Her return to Broadway with “The Interestings” is highly anticipated, especially after her Tony-nominated performance in “Into the Woods in 2022.”
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Sarah Ruhl, primarily a playwright, is known for her intricate and thought-provoking works, some of which have been Pulitzer finalists. “The Interestings” marks Ruhl’s potential debut in musical theater.
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“My novel ‘The Interestings’ is populated by a group of characters I still think about and truly miss, and the music they listen to and play when they’re young resonates in the book, so the idea of a musical adaptation is thrilling,” Wolitzer said in a statement. “To see and hear Sara’s and Sarah’s interpretation of my novel onstage will be an absolute joy, a novelist’s dream.”
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