Mean Girls
2004 film by Mark Waters
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| 2025 | Tom Xander receives a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his performance. |
| March 19 2025 | Announcement made that the Mean Girls musical will close on June 8, 2025, ending its run at the Savoy Theatre. |
| 2024 | Ongoing production of Mean Girls musical, maintaining its presence in theatrical performances with multiple cast variations. |
| 2024 | The musical wins Best New Musical at the WhatsOnStage Awards. |
| June 26 2024 | Official opening night of Mean Girls musical at the Savoy Theatre in the West End. |
| June 5 2024 | Mean Girls musical begins previews at the Savoy Theatre in the West End, with Charlie Burn as Cady, Georgina Castle as Regina, and an ensemble cast. |
| May 2024 | Second non-equity national tour is scheduled to conclude. |
| April 30 2024 | Released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment. |
| March 5 2024 | Film began streaming on Paramount+. |
| February 20 2024 | The deluxe edition of the soundtrack, titled Bonus Track Version, was released, which included reprises and additional musical numbers not in the standard edition. |
| February 20 2024 | Mean Girls released digitally. |
| January 2024 | Film adaptation of the musical was released in theaters. |
| January 2024 | Film debuted to $28.65 million in its opening weekend (and $33.2 million over four days), with 75% of the audience being female and 34% between ages 26-35. |
| January 17 2024 | Film released in the United Kingdom. |
| January 17 2024 | Mean Girls released in the United Kingdom. |
| January 12 2024 | Film adaptation of the 'Mean Girls' musical was released in theaters by Paramount Pictures, directed by Arturo Perez and Samantha Jayne, with Tina Fey writing the screenplay. |
| January 12 2024 | The film's official soundtrack was released by Interscope Records, featuring twelve musical numbers from the movie. |
| January 12 2024 | The film launched in select major international markets, achieving number one positions in Australia and Mexico. |
| January 12 2024 | Theatrical release in the United States by Paramount Pictures. |
| January 12 2024 | Mean Girls film released in the United States and Canada, opening alongside The Beekeeper and The Book of Clarence. Made $11.6 million on its first day, including $3.25 million from Thursday night previews. |
| January 11 2024 | Film released in Australia. |
| January 10 2024 | First international release of the film in selected territories. |
| January 8 2024 | World premiere of Mean Girls held in New York City. |
| 2023 | Mean Girls musical continued with new cast iterations, including Charlie Burn as Cady Heron, Georgina Castle as Regina George, Elena Skye as Janis Sarkisian, and Tom Xander as Damian Hubbard. |
| December 2023 | Rachel McAdams discusses potential cameo with Tina Fey, which ultimately did not materialize. Lindsay Lohan is confirmed for a cameo, reportedly paid $500,000. |
| December 15 2023 | Reneé Rapp and Megan Thee Stallion released 'Not My Fault' as a single, which would play during the end credits of the Mean Girls film. |
| September 2023 | Mean Girls switches from a Paramount+ streaming-only release to a theatrical release after receiving positive test scores. |
| September 26 2023 | Second non-equity national tour begins at the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York, featuring a new cast led by Natalie Shaw, Maya Petropoulos, Kristen Amanda Smith, MaryRose Brendel, Alexys Morera, Ethan Jih-Cook, Joseph Torres, and Shawn Mathews. |
| May 2023 | First U.S. national tour concludes in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. |
| March 2023 | Mahi Alam, Connor Ratliff, and Jon Hamm join the cast as Kevin, Mr. Rapp, and Coach Carr. |
| February 2023 | Christopher Briney, Bebe Wood, and Avantika Vandanapu are announced to play Aaron, Gretchen, and Karen respectively. Briney initially turned down the role due to singing requirements. |
| December 2022 | Angourie Rice, Auliʻi Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey are cast in key roles, with Reneé Rapp reprising her stage musical role as Regina. |
| September 2021 | Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne signed on to direct the Mean Girls musical film, marking their feature film directorial debuts. |
| May 2021 | Tina Fey suggests to Variety that the original cast members of the stage musical would likely not reprise their roles in the film adaptation. |
| January 7 2021 | Mean Girls musical permanently closed after 833 performances |
| October 3 2020 | During the original film's cast reunion, Tina Fey invites fans to participate in casting by sharing their dream cast on the project's website for the musical film's 'burn book'. |
| April 8 2020 | A live recording of 'Bossed Up', a song from the show's Washington, D.C. tryout that was cut from the Broadway production, was officially released to commemorate what would have been the show's second Broadway anniversary. |
| March 11 2020 | Broadway performances halted due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| March 11 2020 | Mean Girls musical closed on Broadway after 833 performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2020 | Paramount Pictures announces the development of the Mean Girls film, with Tina Fey returning to write the screenplay and serve as a producer alongside Lorne Michaels. |
| January 23 2020 | Broadway production announced to have recouped its capitalization |
| 2019 | First U.S. national tour began, with Lindsay Pearce cast as Janis Sarkisian. |
| 2019 | Second National Tour of Mean Girls musical began, featuring Natalie Shaw as Cady Heron, Maya Petropoulos as Regina George, Alexys Morera as Janis Sarkisian, and Ethan Jih-Cook as Damian Hubbard. |
| September 21 2019 | U.S. national tour of Mean Girls musical begins at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, with the original cast including Mary Kate Morrissey, Danielle Wade, Mariah Rose Faith, Megan Masako Haley, Jonalyn Saxer, Eric Huffman, Adante Carter, and Kabir Bery. |
| 2018 | Sabrina Carpenter joined the Broadway cast as Cady Heron, replacing the original actress. |
| 2018 | Mean Girls musical receives multiple Tony Awards nominations, including Best Musical, with nominations for leading performers Taylor Louderman, Grey Henson, and Ashley Park. |
| 2018 | Mean Girls musical won Outstanding Visiting Production at the Helen Hayes Awards. |
| 2018 | Tina Fey wins Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for the Mean Girls musical. |
| 2018 | First National Tour of Mean Girls musical launched, with Danielle Wade as Cady Heron, Mariah Rose Faith as Regina George, Mary Kate Morrissey as Janis Sarkisian, and Eric Huffman as Damian Hubbard. |
| 2018 | Grey Henson was nominated for Outstanding Performer – Visiting Production at the Helen Hayes Awards. |
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