MEAN GIRLS Previews — Page 4

I'm.....very upset with the changes they've made. The new version of Till Someone Gets Hurt is a fine song, but it pales in comparison to the old version. It feels a bit more sinister, but it feels like it's pushing too hard. Isn't the whole point of Regina to be a manipulative, secret mean girl? Even Cady says that she likes her at first, and THEN she manipulates Aaron with Till Someone Gets Hurt. But this new version is too Bond villain, not enough teenage girl. I LOVE the Bond villain vibe with the opening Plastics number and Regina's Revenge - but those two songs are internal. It's just overdone and it doesn't fit the character. It's even highlighted when she talks to Mr. Duvall - she goes from singing about ruining Cady to immediately cutting herself off by talking with her innocent, breathy baby voice. That being said, very glad Regina's Revenge made it out fairly untouched. I get that they wanted to add more meaty material for Regina, but I feel like everyone was suggesting that they added more to the book for Regina. Her material in the music was pitch perfect and so in character. Now it feels confused.

I didn't love Wildlife at first listen, but now I sorta miss it. It was charming, and it made me really love Cady right off the bat.

The biggest thing I'm upset about is what they did to Revenge Party. Perhaps my favorite number in the score, and truly one of the most catchiest, it packed a punch with Janis' verse about Regina's birthday party and someone scratching "dyke" on her locker with a key. Now, the exposition is moved to the beginning of the song, any mention of "dyke" is removed, and there's no emotional punch. It's just.....it's still catchy. But it's not as good. I really, really hope Revenge Party will be restored to how it was on closing night of DC.

Sorry, did any of that make sense? I'm just really upset. This was my favorite new score and it was near perfection in DC - but unfortunately, they went backwards. And I'm very sad about it.

GeorgeandDot said: "Teen broadway fans are f*cking crazy."

I know. I am a teen myself, and it really sucks.

Thank you for your in-depth input, @WhizzerMarvin! I've heard the same thing, that Mean Girls lacks any real bops (which is disappointing), and that it lacks fresh material, relying too much on recycled jokes from the movie. Might end up checking out Waitress instead as many users here have vouched for that over Mean Girls, too.

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I didn't love Waitress to be honest. I remember liking the movie ok, but to me the musical was sort of blah. I like big flashy effects and/or dancing though so take that with a grain of salt. It's a mellow show. I also have a hard time with the story, which for me doesn't feel like a woman-empowerment story at all. I know people who react the total opposite and I don't want to spoil things if you haven't seen it, I just don't love it. Mean Girls sounds way more fun to me.

novinovia said: "LxGstv said: "Did a lot of people show up for the in person lottery?"



There was quite a lot of people, I would say around 100."



Does anyone know how many online lottery seats there are? In person lottery seats?

I was at the show last night-Always an honor to be at the theater the same night as Whizzer.

Count me in the camp that really likes this one, but let me acknowledge that I grew up with the film, and can recite large chunks of the script verbatim.

The show is long, not helped by the 25 minute intermission due to the absurd length of the ladies restroom line. Each act could use to lose a song, or a verse each from a few songs, to tighten the piece.

The piece does a nice job of acknowledging everyone of the quotables from the film, and infusing the modern references. This does make obvious the plot gaps, but there is no fixing that without fully rewriting the concept of the story.

The music is catchy enough, and I am a sucker for Casey's choreography. I am the first to say that he was the wrong choice as a director for the intimate piece that Tuck Everlasting should have been, but he was a good choice for this, obligatory tap number and all. I only wonder how he will differentiate this one from The Prom when it opens in the fall-I watched back the Prom rehearsal clip that someone posted earlier today, and the style is very similar, not to mention that half of the ensemble did Prom at Alliance, and I'm not sure if they plan on recasting Mean Girls or Prom in the fall.

A thought on this ensemble-Casey has had a good number of ensemblists who have traveled from show to show with him. This is a largely new group, and will be his core for shows which need a younger look.

Erika is a find-killer voice, and similar look to Lohan, without being a carbon copy. Taylor and Kate a fine-they could have put any of a number of younger female performers into these roles and it would work just as well. The real find is Ashley as Gretchen-She manages to bring a real level of emotion to a role that really had none in the film. Kpop was one of my favorite shows from the fall, and I couldn't help but think that Gretchen grew up to be Mwe-She's clearly drawing from the same place internally.

Grey and Barrett are a hoot as Damian and Janis, and the audience eats them up. I feel like if anyone ends up with a performance nod, it will be these two.

Kerry is hilarious as Regina's mom, and effective at playing Tina Fey as the teacher, but I feel that she reads too young to play Cady's mom-they read as sisters from where I was sitting in the third row, maybe she reads older from further back.

Casey and his team were sitting center orchestra on the left side, 8 rows back so that is probably the ideal location to watch the show from downstairs, but I feel this is a good one to watch from the front mezz-there are a few moments where there is a whole lot going on.

Some shows don't work with projections as the primary scenic, but I feel generally that shows set in the digital age tend to work OK with digital scenery, and this is a good example. It allows them to maintain the number of different locations from the film, without each being just a couch or table.

I think this will have a similar trajectory to Legally Blonde but with better reviews. A respectable run on Broadway, decent touring life, and then it will be done by every high school and college theater in the country.

BroadwayConcierge said: "Here's the cast board tweet in question.

Pretty clear that somebody Photoshopped over her name to create a little social media drama. Dumb."

Apparently someone stole her name plate and they’ve replaced it with the one from DC. I feel like this tweet is coming from a place of sarcasm.... so stupid.

Updated On: 3/14/18 at 10:07 PM

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I saw Mean Girls in DC and really enjoyed it. I left thinking about what changes they would make for Broadway so thank you to everyone who is posting with what they are seeing now for us that are unable to see the new version.

I'm a big Casey Nicholaw fan and have been since Spamalot. I left Mean Girls in DC thinking it was pretty light on tap for a Casey Nicholaw show, so that's why I'm glad to hear they cut Bossed Up (a musical turducken of every tune in the first act) and added a tap number for Damien to open act 2! My question for those who have seen the latest previews is, would you say this new number is a big Casey Nicholaw production number? Or is it smaller with just Damien and a few other people tapping?