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2024 Montreal. Waitress is a musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson. Based on the 2007 film of the same name, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, it tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a baker and waitress in an abusive relationship with her husband, Earl. After Jenna unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she ...
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Characters. Jenna. Dr. Pomatter. Becky. Dawn. Cal. Ogie. Earl. Joe. Nurse Norma. Ensemble and Swing. In addition to the main characters of Waitress, there are ensemble cast characters. The UK and Ireland tour cast named the ensemble tracks, and the West End cast sheet used Broadway tracks to reference various cast members:
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Waitress is a musical, based on the 2007 film of the same name (written and directed by, and starring, Adrienne Shelly), with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson. Story Waitress is the story of Jenna Hunterson , an employee of Joe’s Pie Diner , a small cafe off-Highway 27 somewhere in small-town Indiana.
Photos A Look Back at the Many Jennas of Broadway's Waitress, From Jessie Mueller to Sara Bareilles Ahead of the musical's return to Broadway, look back at the actors who have opened up the diner.
Apr 24, 2016 · Following a world premiere at the American Repertory Theater, Waitress opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre April 24, 2016, making history as the first Broadway musical to have women ...
Plot. Act One. Waitress opens with the words ‘sugar, butter, flour,’ three essential ingredients of a pie, and three separate notes that converge into a dreamlike harmony. The scene rises on the protagonist, Jenna, a young woman in her 20s, standing before a kitchen counter and assembling a pie with great care and passion.
A group of hospital residents come to observe and one of them introduces herself as Francine, Dr. Pomatter’s wife. Jenna is mortified. The residents leave, and Jenna gives birth to a girl. Jenna holds her daughter for the first time and is immediately in love. She tells Earl she’s leaving him and to get out.
