Good ‘Mean Girls’

Mean Girls The Musical certainly hit the right note when presented by the American Theatre Guild at the Granada.

The hilarious hit musical from 30 Rock actress Tina Fey and her husband, three-time Emmy winner Jeff Richmond, Legally Blonde lyricist Nell Benjamin, and Book of Mormon choreographer Casey Nicholaw, is the story of a naive newbie who falls prey to a trip of lionized frenemies.

The highly entertaining two-hour, 15-minute production – based on the 2014 Lindsay Lohan film – exuded energy, a wicked sense of humor, and an absolute cascade of inside jokes.

It was nominated for 12 Tony awards in 2018.

It follows Cady, played by Natalie Shaw, who grew up on the African savanna, encountering even more wild animals at a new high school in suburban Illinois, where she is torn between nerdy new friends or joining the Plastics, the top rung of the school’s social ladder.