Waitress: The Musical (2023) on Netflix
NR20232h 24mComedyDramaMusical
Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie baker in a small town, wants out of her marriage to Earl Hunterson. The stage musical was recorded live in New York City.
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Plot summary
Jenna Hunterson is a waitress and an expert pie baker in a small town, and she wants a way out of her marriage to Earl Hunterson, which is unhappy and abusive. Her story comes from a stage musical, and the film is a recording of a live performance of that musical in New York City. That limited Broadway engagement was the first musical to begin performances after the theater district's pandemic shutdown.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Waitress: The Musical (2023)
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- Waitress returned to Broadway on September 2, 2021, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, becoming the first musical to begin performances after the COVID-19 shutdown. The limited run existed mainly so the production could be filmed for a future public release.
- The Broadway run that Waitress: The Musical was filmed from concluded on December 22, 2021, two weeks earlier than planned, because of a spike of COVID-19.
