{"id":61570,"date":"2026-04-02T21:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/king-princess-to-star-in-aimee-manns-girl-interrupted-musical\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:37:21","slug":"king-princess-to-star-in-aimee-manns-girl-interrupted-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/king-princess-to-star-in-aimee-manns-girl-interrupted-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"King Princess to Star in Aimee Mann\u2019s Girl, Interrupted Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/aimee-mann-writing-music-for-girl-interrupted-musical\/\">musical adaptation<\/a> of <em>Girl, Interrupted<\/em> featuring original songs by <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/2664-aimee-mann\/\">Aimee Mann<\/a> has been in the works for nearly a decade. The production will finally come to the stage later this year, and with it, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/king-princess\/\">King Princess<\/a>\u2019 theatrical debut. <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/king-princess-girl-interrupted-aimee-mann-1236212885\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/king-princess-girl-interrupted-aimee-mann-1236212885\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/king-princess-girl-interrupted-aimee-mann-1236212885\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Billboard<\/em><\/a> reports that Mikaela Straus will star as Lisa, the same role that earned Angelina Jolie her Best Supporting Actress Oscar in the 1999 film based on Susanna Kaysen\u2019s memoir.<\/p>\n<p>Previews for <em>Girl, Interrupted<\/em> begin May 13 at New York\u2019s Public Theater. The show\u2019s official run extends from June 4 through June 21. Mann has been working on the project since at least 2018, when she revealed her involvement in an <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/all-the-poets-musicians-on-writing-aimee-mann\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/all-the-poets-musicians-on-writing-aimee-mann\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/all-the-poets-musicians-on-writing-aimee-mann\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> with the Los Angeles Review of Books. She wrote her latest album, 2022\u2019s <em>Queens of the Summer Hotel<\/em>, in tandem with the music for <em>Girl, Interrupted<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>King Princess isn\u2019t new to acting altogether. Straus had a recurring role in the second season of the Hulu series <em>Nine Perfect Strangers<\/em> and played the daughter of Hugh Jackman\u2019s character in <em>Song Sung Blue<\/em>, the 2025 movie about a Neil Diamond tribute band. She appears alongside Este Haim, Maya Hawke, and Julia Fox in Will Gluck\u2019s forthcoming rom-com <em>One Night Only<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/king-princess-to-star-in-aimee-manns-girl-interrupted-musical\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A musical adaptation of Girl, Interrupted featuring original songs by Aimee Mann has been in the works for nearly a decade. 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