A new musical based on “The Baby-sitters Club” series of novels will make its worldwide debut in 2027. Also titled “The Baby-sitters Club,” the musical will begin previews at Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles on May 6, 2027, ahead of a May 16 opening.
The world premiere of “The Baby-sitters Club” musical is being produced by TWTheatricals, which previously produced the stage adaptation of the novel “The Lightning Thief”; Rivka Marker for Linden Productions, a Tony Award-winning production company for “Stereophonic”; Naia Cucukov Richards and Lucy Kitada, executive producers of Netflix’s “Baby-sitters Club” streaming series; Peter Richards for Working Barn Productions, Center Theatre Group and MountainA, Academy Award-winning actor Natalie Portman and Sophie Mas’ production company. The mounting will be co-produced by Gregg Arst and Laura Kaufmann of Tanna Entertainment and Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon of LD Entertainment.
“‘The Baby-sitters Club’ was a formative part of my childhood, as was musical theater, and I feel so lucky to get to be part of bringing these two worlds together,” said Portman in a statement. “I can’t wait to share the joy these characters brought me as a kid with audiences this spring.”
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Casting, by the Telsey Office and Henry Russell Bergstein, will be announced.
As previously announced, “The Baby-sitters Club” musical is based on the book series by Ann M. Martin, which features a group of girls operating a babysitting business in their suburban town. The musical is set years after the novels, as the central characters, now in their mid-20s, reunite in their hometown.
“The Baby-sitters Club” musical features a book by Kate Wetherhead, who previously penned the musical adaptation of “The Devil Wears Prada.” Music and lyrics are by Mark Sonnenblick, the Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter for the animated movie “KPop Demon Hunters.” Annie Tippe, director of the Off-Broadway premiere of Dave Malloy’s “Octet,” will direct and choreograph the Los Angeles premiere.
