‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ Stage Musical Sets Los Angeles World Premiere Opening Date, Venue
A new musical based on Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-sitters Club will have its world premiere at Los Angeles’ Kirk Douglas Theatre this spring. The production matters as a new stage adaptation of a long-running children’s series, with the adult characters revisiting their friendships and life choices.
Previews begin on 6 May 2027, ahead of the 16 May opening, for a four-week run presented with Center Theatre Group. Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey return to Stoneybrook aged 25; the creative team includes writer Kate Wetherhead, composer and lyricist Mark Sonnenblick, and director and choreographer Annie Tippe. The books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide and inspired television and film adaptations.
- The musical premieres in Los Angeles in May 2027.
- Four friends reunite in Stoneybrook at 25.
- The book series has sold over 200 million copies.
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Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club is a children’s book series about friends in the fictional town of Stoneybrook who run a babysitting business. Its central characters include Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey, and the books have also been adapted for television and film.
The musical brings the friends back together at 25, looking at their relationships and choices as adults. It is a new stage adaptation of a series that has sold more than 200 million books worldwide.
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