LA JOLLA, Calif. – Due to overwhelming demand, La Jolla Playhouse is adding a seventh week of performances for Disney’s Freaky Friday. The show will extend its run through March 19. This is the second and final extension as this production must travel to engagements in Cleveland and Houston.
Hailed by The Washington Post as “a polished, peppy, modern fairy tale” and a “Critic’s Choice” by the San Diego Union-Tribune, Disney’s new musical Freaky Friday is based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and two hit Disney films. The classic story of a mother and daughter who magically swap bodies for 24 chaotic hours has been given a contemporary spin with a hilarious new book by Bridget Carpenter (“Parenthood,” “Friday Night Lights”) and “a driving pop‐rock score” (DC Metro Theatre Arts) by Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize winners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal, If/Then). With inventive staging by Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley (Come From Away, Memphis) and sharp choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Memphis, Jersey Boys), this dynamic production is “delightfully spunky” with “timeless appeal” (Variety).
“It is tremendously gratifying that audiences are embracing this vibrant and touching new musical,” said Ashley. “This extraordinary company gives their all at every performance, sharing a classic story that is heartfelt, hilarious – and absolutely universal.”
Tickets and information available at 858-550-1010; LaJollaPlayhouse.org.
