The path from a high-profile press release to a packed Broadway theater is long, fragile, and fraught with financial peril. Musical adaptations live or die by the emotional authenticity of their songcraft. By assembling a team that pairs indie pop masterminds with incisive literary dramatists, the producers have taken an ambitious path.
If Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska can translate Kat Stratford’s raw heartbreak into anthems that rival her final classroom sonnet, the stage version will not just ride nineties nostalgia. It will secure its own place under the Broadway marquee.
