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Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen join ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ Broadway musical

Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen join ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ Broadway musical
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A 1999 rom-com favorite is headed to Broadway as a musical — with Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen helping make it happen.

Fans of the 1999 teen rom-com are getting a stage version: a new musical of 10 Things I Hate About You is headed to Broadway, with preview performances set to begin August 17, 2027 . The show adapts the film that made Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger household names, reimagined by a pop-forward and TV-to-stage creative team.

Previews begin August 17, 2027, on Broadway.

Who’s making it

  • Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang — book
  • Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska — music and lyrics
  • Tom Kitt — music supervision, arrangements, orchestrations
  • Christopher Wheeldondirector and choreographer
  • Mike Bosner — producer

The production is described as a “rebellious” coming-of-age musical about self-discovery and pushing back on social rules. At its center are two sisters trying to define themselves on their own terms amid high school cliques, crushes and chaos — a fresh spin that aims to channel the movie ’s sharp wit into a new score and staging.

From film to stage

Based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, the movie followed the Stratford sisters and a scheme that pairs the school’s fiercest skeptic of dating with its most enigmatic rebel. The original cast included:

  • Julia Stiles — Kat Stratford
  • Heath Ledger — Patrick Verona
  • Larisa Oleynik — Bianca Stratford
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Cameron

It also delivered one of the era’s most indelible set pieces: Patrick’s stadium serenade of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” a moment that practically begged for a musical reinterpretation.

Broadway venue, casting and opening night have not yet been announced.

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