Freaky Friday (musical)

Freaky Friday
Music	Tom Kitt
Lyrics	Brian Yorkey
Book	Bridget Carpenter
Setting	Outside Chicago, Present Day
Basis	1972 book Freaky Friday
Premiere	October 4, 2016: Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia
Productions	2016 Signature Theatre, 2017 La Jolla Playhouse

Freaky Friday is a musical with music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, and a book by Bridget Carpenter. Based on the 1972 book of the same name, the musical is an adaptation of the 1976 and 2003 films. When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding.

Productions

It debuted at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia on October 4, 2016. The production moved to the La Jolla Playhouse in 2017.

Musical numbers

La Jolla Playhouse

Act I

• "Just One Day" – Company
• "I Got This" – Ellie, Katherine, Students, Teachers
• "What You Got" – Katherine, Torrey, Journalist, Photographer
• "Oh, Biology" – Ellie, Adam, Students
• "Vows" – Mike
• "Busted" – Ellie, Katherine, Parents, Students
• "Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame" – Katherine, Ellie, Dr. Ehrin, Señor O’Brien, Ms. Luckenbill
• "I Got This (Reprise)" – Katherine
• "Watch Your Back" – Ms. Meyers, Ellie, Students
• "Parents Lie" – Katherine
• "Just One Day (Reprise)" – Company

Act II

• "I’m Not Myself Today" – Katherine, Ellie, Company
• "Women and Sandwiches" – Adam and Fletcher
• "Bring My (Baby) Brother Home" – Katherine, Ellie, Mike, Officers
• "Go" – Adam, Company
• "After All of This and Everything" – Katherine
• "No More Fear" – Ellie
• "Just One Day (Reprise)/Today and Ev’ry Day" – Company

Studio Cast

Act I

• "Prologue"
• "Just One Day"
• "The Hourglass"
• "I Got This"
• "What You Got"
• "Oh, Biology"
• "Vows"
• "Busted"
• "Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame"
• "Watch Your Back"
• "Parents Lie"
• "Just One Day (Reprise)"

Act II

• "Not Myself Today"
• "Women and Sandwiches"
• "Bring My Baby (Brother) Home"
• "Go"
• "After All of This and Everything"
• "No More Fear"
• "The Other Hourglass"
• "Today and Ev'ry Day"

Characters and original cast

Character	Signature Theatre (2016)	La Jolla (2017)
Ellie	Emma Hunton
Katherine	Heidi Blickenstaff
Torrey	J. Elaine Marcos	Alet Taylor
Wells / Photographer	Julian Ramos
Pastor Bruno / Dr. Ehrin / Officer Kowalski	Jason SweetTooth Williams
Parker	Thaddeus McCants	Eean Cochran
Ms. Meyers / Journalist / Officer Sitz	Cicily Daniels	Jeannette Bayardelle
Fletcher	Tyler Bowman; Jake Heston Miller	Jake Heston Miller
Mike	Alan H Green	David Jennings
Grandpa George / Mr. Blumen / Señor O'Brien	Bobby Smith	Joseph Dellger
Grandma Helene / Mrs. Luckenbill / Mrs. Time	Sherri L. Edelen	Mary Jo McConnell
Hannah	Shayna Blass	Sumi Yu
Gretchen	Katie Ladner	Jennafer Newberry
Savannah	Storm Lever	Jessie Hooker
Adam	Jason Gotay	Chris Ramirez

Television Adaptation

A Disney Channel television adaption of the stage musical was announced on September 29, 2017. Blickenstaff will reprise her role as the mother, Katherine, while Cozi Zuehlsdorff will star as the daughter, Ellie. Carpenter will return to adapt the musical as a teleplay, while Kitt and Yorkey will return to oversee the music and lyrics. The TV adaptation will be produced by Susan Cartsonis and Thomas Schumacher.