Jawbreaker The Musical Adds Three Hollywood Shows with Lori Alan

Jawbreaker The Musical is staying on in Los Angeles. The workshop production will add three performances on Sept. 25, 26 and 27 at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood, Deadline reported on Sept. 16. The extension follows a sold-out run, according to BroadwayWorld.

Three nights is small. It matters. For a workshop, an extra weekend means more audience feedback, more word of mouth, and more time for the creative team to watch what lands.

Lori Alan will play Principal Sherwood for the extension weekend, Deadline reported. She takes the role for all three added dates. It is a clean handover, one actor to another, inside the same production.

She follows Rebecca Gayheart. Gayheart starred in Darren Stein's 1999 film Jawbreaker and played Principal Sherwood earlier in this workshop. That gives the stage version a direct thread back to the screen original.

For Alan, the room is familiar. She originated the role of Mae in Reefer Madness, which premiered at the Hudson Theatre in 1998. Coming back to the same building adds a neat symmetry. Same stage, new show, different chair in the story.

The musical is a stage adaptation of Stein's 1999 film Jawbreaker. Stein has written the book, the dialogue and structure that carry the songs. Original music is by Jeff Thomson, with lyrics by Jordan Mann. In plain terms, one person shapes the story, one writes the tunes, one writes the words the actors sing.

The workshop is directed by Matt DiCarlo. Choreography, the planned movement and dance, is by Jay Jackson, also known as Laganja Estranja. Knot Free Productions is producing the Hudson run. A workshop like this is deliberately simple. Lights, sound and design stay light so attention stays on story and songs.

What makes this stand out is the casting relay. An actor from the original film helped launch the stage role. An actor with history in this exact theatre now picks it up. For fans, this means three more chances to see how a 1990s screen story is being rebuilt for live performance.

Performances run Sept. 25 through 27 in Hollywood. Same show, same theatre, short extension. If the first run sold out, speed will count.