Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Dunham's '10 Things I Hate About You' Musical Sets Broadway Start for August 2027
A musical adaptation of the 1999 teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You will begin preview performances on Broadway on 17 August 2027, producers announced on 17 August 2026 — exactly one year to the day before the curtain rises (Deadline; BroadwayWorld).
The show pairs pop star Carly Rae Jepsen, who writes music and lyrics alongside composer Ethan Gruska, with writer Lena Dunham and playwright Jessica Huang on the book — the spoken script that frames the songs in a stage musical (Deadline). Christopher Wheeldon, a Tony-winning choreographer and director, will stage the production and handle choreography. Tom Kitt, whose credits include Next to Normal, supervises the music, arrangements, and orchestrations. Mike Bosner produces, by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical (Deadline).
The source material has a longer lineage than the 1990s. The original film, released by Touchstone Pictures and written by Karen McCullah and Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, is itself a modern retelling of William Shakespeare's 1594 play The Taming of the Shrew (Deadline). The movie launched the careers of Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles (Broadway.com).
The venue has not yet been named. The announcement specified only that a theatre would be confirmed at a later date (Deadline).
The project has been on industry radars for some time. It was among the new musicals previewed at the Broadway Across America 2026 conference in February, where producers showcase upcoming titles to theatre presenters and investors (Broadway.com). The 17 August announcement confirmed the timeline, locking the show into the summer 2027 corridor.
For fans of Jepsen, whose pop catalogue includes the 2012 hit "Call Me Maybe," this marks her most prominent stage writing credit to date. For Dunham, best known as the creator of the HBO series Girls, it is a first Broadway book. The combination of a pop-chart songwriter, a television auteur, a celebrated choreographer, and a Shakespeare-rooted property gives the production an unusually broad creative pedigree for a musical arriving a year from now.
