Waitress

Shows · Waitress

Jenna, a gifted pie baker trapped in an abusive marriage in a small Southern town, discovers she is pregnant and pours her emotions into creating extraordinary pies. When she begins an affair with her new doctor and enters a pie contest that could be her ticket to freedom, Jenna must find the courage to take control of her own life and bake her way to independence.

Opened: 2016
Performances: 1,544
Type: Musical
Era: Contemporary

Music: Sara BareillesLyrics: Sara BareillesBook: Jessie Nelson

Productions3 on Broadway

2016	Brooks Atkinson Theatre Original. · Diane Paulus	1,544 performances
2019	Transfer Theatre not recorded. March 7, 2019
2021	Ethel Barrymore Theatre Return-Engagement. September 2, 2021 · Diane Paulus	122 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 1 entry

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