William Shakespeare’s tales are as previous as time and have stood the check of (tweaked) relevance for hundreds of years and counting. One such artistic offspring is ready to get a musically-charged 2025 replace, doubtlessly this yr.
1999 era-defining launch 10 Issues I Hate About You, is formally getting a Broadway makeover, as per Billboard and Selection reviews. Golden Globe-winning Women creator Lena Dunham and the Grammy-nominated Name Me Possibly pop sensation Carly Rae Jepsen are the important thing names taking cost of the difference. Not simply this, the two-time Tony-winning director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator Tom Kitt — additionally a two-time Tony winner — additionally kind a part of the artistic crew. With such felicitated names mounting what might very properly outline this period of teenage romances, the ten Issues I Hate About You musical is already sounding like an absolute deal with to at least one’s theatrical senses.
The Shakespearean join
The OG 10 Issues itself was, in its period, a hyper-updated retelling of the story of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. The 1594 play primarily shot leads Heath, Julia and Joseph to the frontline of Hollywood fame. Not solely did the movie develop into a industrial success, however over the many years has cemented itself as an absolute cult basic relating to the long-lasting teen romance world of cinema.
How rapidly the Broadway makeover of this iconic movie shapes up although, is up for debate owing to the truth that Lena is presently splitting her time between her new Netflix collection Too A lot along with penning a movie based mostly on Sam Bankman-Fried and directing the Natalie Portman starrer rom-com Good Intercourse.
An official opening date for the ten Issues I Hate About You musical then, is but to be introduced.
