When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom's big wedding. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, gives a fresh, modern point of view and is a hilarious, contemporary update on an American classic in which a mother and daughter really see what it is to be a family and experience each other's lives first-hand, if only for a day. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter.
"Delightfully spunky" with "timeless appeal" (Variety), Freaky Friday features a new book placed in the social media age by Bridget Carpenter (Parenthood, Friday Night Lights) and is propelled by an original pop/rock score by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal, If/Then). This dynamic story puts a fresh new spin on a "polished, peppy, modern fairy tale" (The Washington Post).