Bleecker Street debuted the official trailer for Waitress: The Musical, the film of a live stage recording of the Broadway musical of the same name, based on the late actress Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film of the same name.
Sara Bareilles stars as Jenna Hunterson, a pie-maker and waitress stuck in an unfulfilling marriage in a small town. When she becomes pregnant, she decides to take control of her life, confronts her past, faces her fears, and makes life-changing choices.
Also starring in the filmed Broadway show are Charity Angél Dawson, Caitlin Houlahan, Drew Gehling, Dakin Matthews, Eric Anderson, Joe Tippett and Christopher Fitzgerald.
Release Date
Directed by Brett Sullivan, Waitress: The Musical world premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and opens in theaters with a release date of December 7th, 2023 for 5 nights only.
Synopsis
Waitress: The Musical brings the Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon to the big screen – in theaters this fall. Featuring composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles as Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim a long-forgotten part of herself. Through the support of her fellow waitresses and an unexpected romance, Jenna begins to find the courage to take a long-abandoned dream off the shelf. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.
Reviews
In their review, Deadline raved about the film when it premiered at Tribeca, writing “Surprisingly for a musical — well, it must be one or it wouldn’t need an exclamation mark — the production ebbs and flows quite nicely. Some songs are obviously more memorable than others, but there’s no sense of desperation for a breakout tune; everything serves the story. And by the time the credits roll, you might be amazed to realize that nearly two and a half hours have just whizzed by, only 40 minutes shorter that Damien Chazelle’s Babylon. As they say in theater land, bra-vo!”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for Waitress: The Musical.