WAITRESS: THE MUSICAL Film to Screen in Movie Theaters This December

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WAITRESS-THE-MUSICAL-Film-to-Screen-in-Movie-Theaters-This-December-20230906

Order up! The filmed capture of Waitress: the Musical starring Sara Bareilles is coming to movie theaters this December.

Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to the filmed musical from composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson, following its critically acclaimed world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.

Waitress: the Musical is set to release nationwide on December 7, 2023 in partnership with Fathom Events as a unique and must-see theatrical experience.

 

Has anyone seen a list yet of specific theatres/cities where it will be playing? I know tickets aren’t yet on sale but I’m just dying to know if it will be showing in my area… (we do have a theatre that frequently shows Fathom Events so fingers crossed!) 

it will eventually be on disney plus, disney paid for it to be filmed.

forfivemoreminutes said: "Is it only in theatres for a week (from Dec 7-11)?"

Most Fathom Events are usually only in theatres for 2 days and only 1 showing each day so if WAITRESS is actually going to be in theatres for 5 days consider yourself lucky.

Watch the opening number: https://ew.com/theater/sara-bareilles-waitress-broadway-film-opening-number

Jesse St. James said: "it will eventually be on disney plus, disney paid for it to be filmed."

I was just listening to an interview with Sara Bareilles and producer Jessie Nelson on the podcast The Business With Kim Masters. They said the Waitress:The Musical was filmed before they had a distributor and they hope eventually to be on a streamer. They didn't say anything about that deal already being set up. 

Jonathan Cohen said: "Jesse St. James said: "it will eventually be on disney plus, disney paid for it to be filmed."

I was just listening to an interview with Sara Bareilles and producer Jessie Nelson on the podcast The Business With Kim Masters. They said the Waitress:The Musical was filmed before they had a distributor and they hope eventually to be on a streamer. They didn't say anything about that deal already being set up."

Yeah, what I heard was that they wanted to go straight a streamer, but nobody was interested. That's why they did the Tribeca premier and now this theatrical release. It's all in the hope of eventually finding someone who wants it. 

Now can we get a Waitress Live on NBC with Kelly Clarkson?

I went tonight.  You definitely want to get there at showtime.  We were late due to popcorn by like 5 minutes and it was just starting.

I did this in a three movie day (FNAF, Waitress, and The Boy And The Heron) this was number 2 and the amount of whiplash i got going from FNAF to Waitress to The Boy And The Heron was... oh boy. Waitress and The Boy And The Heron HURT ME. And fnaf was great as always, 17th viewing. But i'd give this an 9/10, i liked it.

tacotheatrelover said: "I did this in a three movie day (FNAF, Waitress, and The Boy And The Heron) this was number 2 and the amount of whiplash i got going from FNAF to Waitress to The Boy And The Heron was... oh boy. Waitress and The Boy And The Heron HURT ME. And fnaf was great as always, 17th viewing. But i'd give this an 9/10, i liked it."

17th VIEWING???

We just got in from seeing this. I have to say I loved this. I went in knowing almost nothing about it, and I am very glad we went. 

KathyNYC2 said: "Elspeth3 said: "Anyone see this tonight? I have tickets to a showing tomorrow and suspect that it will start more or less on time as opposed to having ~20 minutes of ads and previews beforehand like a normal movie but wanted to check to confirm. I was considering trying to see another movie beforehand but not sure I’ll have enough time."

I guess it depends on the theater. We saw it at Union Square in NYC and it started a full half hour after the announced time. The 2:30 show started at 3 pm.

Good news they have added a couple of days so now some theaters are showing this until Wednesday. I’ll have to go again hopefully.  I guess the approx 995 x I saw it on stage (usher) wasn’t quite enough)..felt like home