Stage and Screen: “Mean Girls”

See it if Great insights into bringing a Movie to Broadway as a musical from the guest speakers

Don't see it if you're more excited by the speakers than the movie.

See it if have any interest at all in Mean Girls

Don't see it if Well, there really is no reason not to see it

See it if you're interested in how large entertainment companies select films to adapt for Broadway, and how the show is "positioned" for the audience

Don't see it if the "Mean Girls" movie is too lowbrow for you.

Also Well-run event in the attractive small cinema at the School for Visual Arts. Program opened with Mean Girls movie trivia; the interlocutor threw candy to the people who gave correct answers. Then the show's press agent and a producer from Paramount Films talked about the process of adapting a movie for Broadway and what elements were kept or changed. Substantive discussion from people in the know. We concluded with a screening of the film. I was never a fan of the film; I admire Tina Fey for her work on SNL taking down Sarah Palin's vice-presidential candidacy, and I think her movies are beneath her stature, appealing too much to the lowest common denominator. However, I saw "Mean Girls" with new eyes in a crowd of serious fans. Great way to spend the afternoon.... Read more Read less

See it if You'd like the opportunity to hear people associated with the show/film. If you're not particular about the film screened, worth going.

Don't see it if Have NO interest in MG movie or its path to Bdwy. The panel was interesting and it was fun to look at the movie thru their perspectives.

Also i didn't care for the movie much when it first came out and found it was merely tolerable to watch now. However, thinking about how shows go from one medium to another and knowing I like Tina Fey, the Broadway show still holds some appeal to me.... Read more Read less

See it if If you like high school stories

Don't see it if you are no longer in high school

See it if you are somehow interested in "Mean Girls".

Don't see it if you are not interested in "Mean Girls" at all.

See it if You enjoy a fun comedy&want a laugh at your high school days. Nice to hear speakers talk about the process on turning it in to a musical

Don't see it if You can’t take a joke😜