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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Sara Bareilles Musical The Interestings Will Make World Premiere in 2027

Playbill: The Interestings, a new musical adapted from Meg Wolitzer's 2013 bestseller featuring a score by Waitress composer-lyricist-star Sara Bareilles, has set a world premiere in Berkeley Rep's 2026-2027 season, to be presented in association with Matt Ross. Previews will begin January 31, 2027, at the California theatre, with opening night set for February 17.

1 comment:

Emily Riojas said...

This seems like such an exciting new piece in the works and sounds like it has a lot of potential! The idea of turning a book into a musical seems to be happening a decent amount these days, but this I have never heard of The Interesting like I have The Outsiders. Not saying The Outsiders is bad in anyway( I love that show) but it just is not as well known as the Outsiders. I am sure that it will be great and make ticket sales in California not inly because it is based on a book, but because of the people associated with the show's writing. With people like Sara Bareilles, Micheal Arden, and Sarah Ruhl the show will be while written. These people's reputation will create ticket sales for the show. I am a big fan of Sara Bareilles work, and want to see what she contributed to this new work.