Broadway's green girls are about to become mean girls. Wicked veterans Shoshana Bean, Eden Espinosa, Megan Hilty and Jenna Leigh Green will star in a one night only concert performance of a musical adaptation of the 1999 teen film Jawbreaker on July 29 at Los Feliz’ Show at Bare in Los Angeles. The show will feature a score by Jordan Mann and Jeff Thomoson and a book by the film’s original writer and director, Darren Stein. Jen Bender will direct.
Jawbreaker follows a group of popular high school mean girls who play a practical joke on their friend that ends with deadly consequences. The original film starred Rose McGowan, Julie Benz, Judy Greer and Rebecca Gayheart and has gone on to achieve cult status.
The concert will also feature James Snyder (Cry Baby), recording artists Scarlett Cherry and Katie Thompson, Leslie Margherita (Zorro), Marty Thomas (Xanadu), Deborah S. Craig (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Jackie Seiden (Jersey Boys), Jen Malenke (Into the Woods), Nick Galbraith (As The World Turns), Jason Heymann (Avenue Q), Elizabeth Brackenbury (Sunday in the Park with George), Aaron Neely, Katie Kern and Leslie Odem Jr.