Waitress - Adelphi Theatre / U.K. Tour / Cinema

I was watching several videos for this last week, it looks like something I'd really enjoy. Sara's vocals on her songs are wonderful, but I'm sure Jessie will do them justice too. She sounds great on the Beautuful cast recording anyway.

I genuinely hope it does well. I have no experience of the film though, I'd never heard of it before.

This was a big ol hit in the UK in the mid noughties too...

Never heard of her before, and none of the songs sound familiar. The only reason for me to see the show would be Jessie Mueller who was fab in Beautiful.

I actually prefer Sara's version, which is more "sung" than Jessie's who, because of the character's journey throughout the show and by the time she gets to the song, is a bit more broken and not as fluidly sung.
BTW I think you might enjoy the movie. It's charming, cute and is just a very easy watch. From what I've seen from the show, I actually think they might have upped the drama notch and made the show slightly less quirky than the film, which, although deals with serious issues, does not take itself too seriously.

Enjoyed the film, so would be quite interested to see how this transfers into a musical. Might try and catch it on my next NYC trip

It'll be interesting if it has a life beyond Broadway and the just announced National tour.

Great piece (more of an opinion piece and analysis than review) on Waitress and domestic violence in musical theatre..

Vox-Domestic Violence in Musical Theatre

I hope it lives up to your expectations. Unfortunately I came away wishing I'd seen something else. The music was pleasant (albeit somewhat repetitive) and Jessie Mueller has a voice as sweet as apple pie, but the whole thing felt far too cartoonish IMHO. Not one of the characters was fully-drawn and, in a show which has domestic abuse as one of its sub-plots, this disconnect stopped me from engaging with any of them. If it had been a flat-out comedy musical this wouldn't have mattered but it fell between the two stools.

That said, I did enjoy Christopher Fitzgerald's scene-stealing hamming-up for what it was and the songs were very melodic, even if they'd weren't particularly memorable.

Anyone else seen it who didn't really enjoy it?

I heard the news tile song on EP also and loved it.

I think Jessie is a gem- fantastic actress and a voice to boot... She seems so genuine and soulfull in the few clips I've seen of "She Used to be Mine"..

I could see come in but probably not until 2018 since they'll want to avoid Hamilton. I could it somewhere like the Gielgud or the Piccadilly. 

I miss the days when new Musicals didn't have to be based on well known sources (succesful films. relevant public figures etc) or have well known creators (jukebox musicals/ pop composers etc)... Heck I miss having completely original books based on nothing but the writers' merit- eventually turning into great hits... :/