Tina Fey has announced that a musical theatre production of Mean Girls is in the works.
The writer, actress and comedienne wrote 2004 film Mean Girls and garnered critical acclaim. Attending a press conference for her new film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, she revealed that a theatrical stage version of the hit film is currently being written.
As Metro reported today (March 7), Fey remained tight lipped, saying: “My husband, (composer) Jeff Richmond and I, (along with lyricist) Nell Benjamin, have been working on it,’ Fey said – although gave nothing else away.
The original film, released in 2004, starred Lindsay Lohan as a Cady Heron, who falls in with a clique known as the ‘Plastics’ after swapping home school for high school – but she soon discovers that being popular isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It also starred Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert.
PressThe film has been rumoured to undergo an adaptation for theatre since Fey announced her plans back in January 2013.
Last week (March) Fey has spoke out about the gender pay gap in comedy, arguing that women do “amazing work for less”.
The 30 Rock creator said she strongly disagreed with people who say it’s a “amazing time for women in comedy” in an interview with Town & Country magazine.
“Amy [Poehler] and I just did two months of press for Sisters, and journalists were still bringing up, ‘People say women aren’t funny’,” she said.
Every single interviewer asked, ‘Isn’t this an amazing time for women in comedy?’ People really wanted us to be openly grateful – ‘Thank you so much!’ – and we were like, ‘No, it’s a terrible time. If you were to really look at it, the boys are still getting more money for a lot of garbage, while the ladies are hustling and doing amazing work for.”
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Speaking of the derogatory remarks Carrie Fisher’s received online about her appearance following her role in the latest Star Wars movie, Fey said: “I thought it was heartbreaking, and also smart of Carrie to be, like, ‘This hurts,’ because a lot of times we talk about the politics of it, the unfairness of it, which is all true, but I think it’s clearer to people when you go, ‘Hey, that hurts my feelings.’”
Fey added: ”The greatest challenge for me as an actress is just getting older,” she says. “Trying to play the scene at hand while also trying to hold your face up. Fast-forward to being 68, and it’s a glorious act of bravery.”
