MEAN GIRLS ON BROADWAY RELEASE NEW SONG & VIDEO FOR "ROCKIN' AROUND THE POLE
Broadway’s Mean Girls and Atlantic Records have released a new song and video for “Rockin’ Around The Pole,” performed by cast members Erika Henningsen, Taylor Louderman, Ashley Park, and Kate Rockwell, just in time for the holidays. The video premiered earlier today via People Magazine. “Rockin’ Around The Pole” comes on the heels of the recently released video for “I’d Rather Be Me” performed by cast member Barrett Wilbert Weed. Even more recently, the full cast of Mean Girls performed “Fearless” during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The “Mean Girls Original Broadway Cast Recording,” which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Cast Albums chart, is out now and was produced by Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, Tina Fey, Mary-Mitchell Campbell and Lorne Michaels and co-produced by Pete Ganbarg, Craig Rosen and John Clancy.
Mean Girls is now playing at Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street. New York, NY) where it opened to critical acclaim in April. The National Tour launches in the fall of 2019.
Produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson, Sonia Friedman, and Paramount Pictures, Mean Girls features a book by nine-time Emmy Award winner Tina Fey, based on her screenplay for the film, music by three-time Emmy Award winner Jeff Richmond, and lyrics by two-time Tony Award nominee Nell Benjamin. Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw directs and choreographs.
The Broadway cast is led by Erika Henningsen as Cady Heron, Taylor Louderman as Regina George, Ashley Park as Gretchen Wieners, Kate Rockwell as Karen Smith, Barrett Wilbert Weed as Janis Sarkisian, Grey Henson as Damian Hubbard, Jennifer Simard as Mrs. Heron / Ms. Norbury / Mrs. George, Kyle Selig as Aaron Samuels, Cheech Manohar as Kevin Gnapoor, Rick Younger as Mr. Duvall. The cast also includes Stephanie Lynn Bissonnette, Tee Boyich, Collins Conley, Ben Cook, DeMarius R. Copes, Kevin Csolak, Ashley De La Rosa, Devon Hadsell, Curtis Holland, Myles McHale, Chris Medlin, Brittany Nicholas, Becca Petersen, Nikhil Saboo, Jonalyn Saxer, Brendon Stimson, Riza Takahashi, Kamille Upshaw, Bria Jené Williams, Gianna Yanelli, and Iain Young.