FREAKY FRIDAY Set for Additional Regional Productions at La Jolla and Cleveland Playhouse

Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's new musical adaptation of FREAKY FRIDAY is set for two additional regional productions at La Jolla Playhouse (January 28-March 5, 2017) and Cleveland Playhouse (April 15-May 17) as licensed by MTI. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the musical will also play the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA this fall.

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The title was developed by Disney Theatrical to be licensed via partner MTI. It follows the trajectory of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, which is now available to professional theatres worldwide following acclaimed engagements at La Jolla Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouse.

FREAKY FRIDAY, the new musical comedy based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and hit Disney films, will be released into the world of stage musical licensing following its world premiere at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. The new musical, developed by Disney Theatrical Productions expressly for licensing to theatres, features a book by Bridget Carpenter, music by Kitt and lyrics by Yorkey.

When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom's big wedding. FREAKY FRIDAY, a new musical comedy based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and hit Disney films, is a hilarious, contemporary update of an American classic in which a mother and daughter really see what it is to be a family and experience first-hand each other's lives, if only for a day.

Set in the present day, FREAKY FRIDAY features a tuneful pop-rock score, befitting a work that has effortlessly updated throughout its several iterations. The novel (1972), the first film starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster (1976), the second film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan (2003) and this new stage musical are all set in their respective present day.

The writing team comprises some of the most sought-after artists working in musical theatre and a major voice new to the medium. Playwright Bridget Carpenter writes her first musical book, having served as co-executive producer and writer on two recent beloved TV hits, "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood," and currently as executive producer and showrunner of Hulu's highly-anticipated event series "11.22.63," based on the Stephen King best-selling novel. Tom Kitt (Bring It On, High Fidelity) and Brian Yorkey (The Wedding Banquet, Play It By Heart) won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award for their ground-breaking Next to Normal and most recently created the celebrated musical If/Then.