Now beloved worldwide, the world premiere of Waitress opened at A.R.T. on August 20, 2015. We hope you’ll join us in celebrating a decade of sugar, butter, flour!
Just a Taste
Songs from Waitress
“Down at the Diner” was the original opening number from Waitress! It was replaced by the song we know and love, “Opening Up,” long before the production premiered at A.R.T., but back at the December 2014 workshop a little piece of theater history was made. Featured here are Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, and Barrett Wilbert Weed.
Baked with Love
The Development of Waitress
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What Baking Can Do
Waitress Around the World
Following its world premiere at A.R.T., Waitress charmed audiences on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. There, it ran for over 1,500 performances before closing on January 5, 2020. It received four Tony Award nominations, including nods for Best Musical and Best Original Score. After the pandemic, Waitress was remounted for a limited run as one of the first shows to reopen on Broadway. Live stage capture from that run was later released in 2023 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Waitress has traveled all over the world and been translated into multiple languages, teaching us there are many ways to say “you matter to me.”
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