The 1998 graduating class of Huntington Hillside Excessive Faculty is lastly getting collectively for his or her twenty fifth reunion… and it’s a musical!
On Saturday, Can’t Hardly Wait co-writer/director Deborah Kaplan introduced a stage musical within the works based mostly on her and Harry Elfont‘s 1998 cult traditional teen film, which starred Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Inexperienced and Charlie Korsmo.
She shared the title artwork and tagged the official Instagram profile for Can’t Hardly Wait: The Musical, writing within the caption, “And that’s all I’m in a position to say @canthardlywaitthemusical #comingsoon.”
Kaplan tells Deadline that she and Elfont are “principally benevolent godparents watching from the sidelines” on the upcoming manufacturing.
The musical “follows a bunch of highschool seniors on the eve of commencement, as they navigate the ending of this chapter of their lives at a classmates’ home celebration. What is going to the longer term carry? That could be a query for an additional day.”
Seth Inexperienced, Lauren Ambrose, Ethan Embry, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Peter Facinelli and Charlie Korsmo in Can’t Hardly Wait (1998). (Columbia Photos/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Co-writers and administrators Deborah Kaplan Harry Elfont on the set of Can’t Hardly Wait (1998). (Columbia Photos/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Can’t Hardly Wait: The Musical will probably be directed by Kate Sullivan (Nineteen, Grease Reside!, Hire: Downtown LA) and written by Sinead Daly (Amazon’s The Summer season I Turned Fairly, Netflix’s Soiled John) with preparations and orchestrations by Jesse Vargas (Glory Days, The Ritz). The musical is produced by Michael Barra and Allison Bressi of Energetic McCabe Leisure, in addition to Natalia Nastaskin and Ramon Villa of Main Wave Music.
The rating will function some iconic hits of the late ’90s and early 2000s, major from the Main Wave and Sony Music Publishing Catalogs.
“Can’t Hardly Wait has grown to develop into a cult hit for 3 generations of movie audiences and it has lengthy been a dream of ours to adapt it for a broad theatrical viewers,” says Barra, CEO of Energetic McCabe. “We’re grateful to Deb and Harry and our associates at Columbia Photos for entrusting us with this iconic property, and are so wanting ahead to once more collaborating with our companions at Main Wave to contribute to its legacy.”
Can’t Hardly Wait: The Musical director Kate Sullivan, author Sinead Daly and composer Jesse Vargas.
“The teenager rom-com narrative of Can’t Hardly Wait is relatable, enjoyable, and heart-warming. We’re thrilled to work with Kate, Sinead, Jesse and the Energetic McCabe staff and produce our huge catalog of hits to energy the soundtrack of this timeless story,” says Natalia Nastaskin, Chief Content material Officer of Main Wave Music.
The unique 1998 romantic comedy adopted six highschool seniors at their grad evening home celebration, the place Preston Meyers (Embry) plans to provide his very long time crush (Hewitt) a love letter after their probability encounter 4 years earlier than.
Can’t Hardly Wait boasts an all-star ensemble of the period’s younger Hollywood, together with Selma Blair, Jason Segel, Melissa Joan Hart, Jerry O’Connell, Donald Faison, Jaime Pressly, Clea DuVall, Leslie Grossman, Breckin Meyer, Sara Rue, Sean Patrick Thomas, Amber Benson, Marisol Nichols, Joel Michaely and Jennifer Elise Cox.
The film served as Kaplan and Elfont’s directorial debut earlier than they went on to helm Josie and the Pussycats (2001), in addition to the exhibits Mary + Jane (2016) and Liza on Demand (2018-2021).