{"id":497115,"date":"2026-10-15T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497115\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:04:08","slug":"the-baby-sitters-club-musical-sets-los-angeles-world-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/497115\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baby-sitters Club Musical Sets Los Angeles World Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stage musical adapted from Ann M. Martin’s children’s book series\u00a0The Baby-sitters Club, revealed as in development last year<\/a>, has set a world premiere bow via Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group<\/a>. Performances will begin May 6, 2027, ahead of a May 16 opening, followed by a four-week run.<\/p>\n

Priority Access tickets will go on sale November 4, with general sales following November 5 at CenterTheatreGroup.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The new musical comes from Oscar-winning\u00a0KPop Demon Hunters songwriter Mark Sonnenblick<\/a> and book writer Kate Wetherhead<\/a> (The Devil Wears Prada).\u00a0The musical will take on an original story, following the club’s founding members\u2014Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey\u2014as they return to the Connecticut hometown as 25-year-olds to honor a reunion pact. As they reminisce about their past, critical questions about identity, career, relationships, and fulfillment emerge.\u00a0Annie Tippe<\/a> (Octet) is directing and choreographing.<\/p>\n

The title is being produced by TWTheatricals,\u00a0Riva Marker<\/a> for Linden Productions<\/a>,\u00a0Naia Cucukov Richards & Lucy Kitada,\u00a0Peter Richards for Working Barn Productions, Center Theatre Group, and Natalie Portman<\/a> and Sophie Mas\u00a0via their production company\u00a0MountainA, alongside co-producers\u00a0Gregg Arst<\/a> and Laura Kaufmann of Tanna Entertainment, and Mickey Liddell<\/a> and Pete Shilaimon<\/a> of LD Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Baby-sitters Club was a formative part of my childhood, as was musical theatre, and I feel so lucky to get to be part of bringing these two worlds together,” says\u00a0Portman in a statement. “I can\u2019t wait to share the joy these characters brought me as a kid with audiences this spring.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel incredibly lucky that we\u2019ve been entrusted with The Baby-sitters Club: A New Musical,”\u00a0add Linden Productions and TWTheatricals in a joint statement. “This series has meant so much to so many people, and we feel a real responsibility to the generations who grew up loving these books\u2014and just as much excitement about the young people who will discover Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey and the rest of the BSC for the first time. We’re especially thrilled by the team we\u2019ve brought together to make this musical. We\u2019re creating something that is big hearted and timeless, while honoring what people love about The Baby-sitters Club.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stage musical adapted from Ann M. Martin’s children’s book series\u00a0The Baby-sitters Club, revealed as in development last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-497115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}