Arts & Entertainment
‘Mean Girls’ musical to make world debut in D.C. next year
Tina Fey will pen the screenplay
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For “Mean Girls” fans October 3 is now more than just the date Aaron Samuels asked Cady Heron what day it was. It’s also now the date the official news broke that “Mean Girls” will make its musical theater debut in D.C. next fall.
Details on dates and a theater have not yet been released, but “Mean Girls” screenwriter Tina Fey will pen the stage version’s script. “30 Rock” composer Jeff Richmond, also Fey’s husband, is set to write the music and “Legally Blonde: The Musical” lyricist Nell Benjamin will be included on the project.
The musical will be an adaptation of the 2004 cult classic movie starring Lindsay Lohan as a transfer high school student who becomes engrossed in the world of popular high school cliques. The film also stars Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, Jonathan Bennett, Amy Poehler and Daniel Franzese.
Casting for the musical has not yet been released.
BREAKING OCT 3rd NEWS! The “Mean Girls” musical is coming to Washington, D.C. Fall of 2017! #MeanGirls #OctoberThird #ThatsSoFetch #grool pic.twitter.com/oFfLmTFrAt
— Mean Girls (@MeanGirlsDC) October 3, 2016
Celebrate the start of Pride month at the Queer Magic Dance Party at the Black Cat on Saturday, June 6. Doors open at 9 p.m.
There will be pole performances and demonstrations, a free photo booth with glitter bar, a queer vendor market, tarot readings by Skye Marinda Tarot, a drag performance by Sapphica, and dancing to a blend of smooth R&B, Afrobeats, hip-hop and pop by Slammer & Saba. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 (plus fees) in advance, purchased here.
Local queer journalists will celebrate Pride this weekend at the annual NLGJA-DC Pride Happy Hour event at Trade (1410 14th St., N.W.) on Saturday, June 6, 3-5 p.m. Admission is free.
Out & About
DC Front Runners Pride Run 5K set for Saturday
Annual event held at historic Congressional Cemetery
The 14th annual DC Front Runners’ Pride 5K run/walk is set for Saturday, June 6 at historic Congressional Cemetery. The race starts and ends at the cemetery (1801 E St., S.E.) and passes through scenic D.C., along the Anacostia River trail and the fields at RFK campus. Registration ends Friday at 11:59 p.m.
Runners can pick up their race packets on Saturday from 7-8:30 a.m. at Congressional Cemetery; the race begins at 9 a.m.
The fee to run the 5K in person is $65 ($35 for those under age 20). Proceeds benefit local LGBTQ nonprofits, including Thrive DC, Wanda Alston Foundation, Blade Foundation, Ainsley’s Angels, SMYAL, and Team DC. Visit DCFrontRunners.org for more information.
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