Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Tom5
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/11
#1Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/1/16 at 6:49pm
A report says she's considering doing a "Mean Girls" musical. I think that would be fine, but what I'd rather see her write is an original straight play on Broadway, perhaps large cast, ala Larry David's "Fish In The Dark". It would be great if she was in the cast and I'm sure many top names would love to be in it with her. I'm sure "Fish" would still be running if Larry stayed with it, and I think, perhaps, a pseudo off-shoot of 30 Rock as one possibility on stage would equally in demand Perhaps she should have a talk with Scott Rudin about it.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#3Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/1/16 at 7:31pm
"A report" said a long time ago that she and her husband were, in fact, working on the Mean Girls musical.
#4Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/1/16 at 7:37pm
Would it be like Legally Blonde or more like Bring it On?
#5Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 12:54am
I'd love to see her onstage, but that new quote about her working on the musical ("We'd still love to"
doesn't bode well that Mean Girls is going to be happening anytime soon (or ever). I'd love her to write a play and appear in it, but for some reason she hasn't written a movie since Mean Girls. I can't see her writing anything big soon since she's busy working on Kimmy Schmidt.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#6Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 1:01am
And can the Marcia Clark segments really be said to have been written... at all?
#7Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 1:05am
I'd love to see her in a revival of "Reckless" - I don't really care if she writes anything though. I do enjoy her writing but it isn't as exciting to me, especially because she's such a funny performer.
#8Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 1:41am
Hopefully nobody breaks their vagina in the harness
asmith0307
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/14
#9Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 2:19am
Fantod said: "Hopefully nobody breaks their vagina in the harness"
Is that what people think? It was her hip...
I miss that show.
#10Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 3:32am
asmith0307 said: "Is that what people think? It was her hip... I miss that show."
I think Fantod was referencing Titus Burgess' character from Kimmy Schmidt.
Lousy
Understudy Joined: 6/10/13
#11Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 5:47am
gypsy101 said: "asmith0307 said: "Is that what people think? It was her hip... I miss that show."
I think Fantod was referencing Titus Burgess' character from Kimmy Schmidt.
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Nope, a running joke in popular theatre-based webseries Submissions Only was that a production of Mean Girls: The Musical had a malfunction which involved an ensemble member breaking her vagina in a harness stunt (there's a phrase I never thought I'd type).
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#12Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 8:05am
They have been working on a mean girls musical. Last I read they had completed act one or something and were going to a workshop I think this summer
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#13Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 8:13am
Excuse me I gave the wrong info. This playbill article says act 2 is complete and they had a reading around that time. http://www.playbill.com/article/mean-girls-musical-gets-private-reading-as-work-continues-on-second-act-com-369009
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#14Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 10:40am
CindersGolightly said: "I'd love to see her in a revival of "Reckless" - I don't really care if she writes anything though. I do enjoy her writing but it isn't as exciting to me, especially because she's such a funny performer.
She appeared in a one-night-only benefit reading of RECKLESS last year. I wasn't there, but I heard she was very good from people who were.
#15Tina Fey Musical or Straight Play?
Posted: 3/2/16 at 10:53am
Lousy said: "Nope, a running joke in popular theatre-based webseries Submissions Only was that a production of Mean Girls: The Musical had a malfunction which involved an ensemble member breaking her vagina in a harness stunt (there's a phrase I never thought I'd type)."
Wow, that sounds strange! I've never seen the Submissions Only, but that sounds painful.
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