Independent Arts News Reporting The Baby-Sitters Club Optioned for Musical Adaptation by TWTheatricals
Reported on Friday, October 17, 2025.
Pictured Above: Kate Wetherhead. Photo Credit: Contributed.
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An exclusive industry presentation is scheduled for November 13, 2025 in New York City, with plans for a theatrical premiere in Spring 2027.
New York, NY– TWTheatricals has optioned the theatrical rights to the bestselling book series The Baby-sitters Club by acclaimed author Ann M. Martin, setting the stage for a new musical adaptation currently in development. Author Ann M. Martin is represented by Writers House. Amy Berkower and Cecilia de la Campa negotiated the deal. An exclusive industry presentation is scheduled for November 13, 2025 in New York City, with plans for a theatrical premiere in Spring 2027.
This new, full-length for general audiences production features a book by Kate Wetherhead (The Devil Wears Prada, Ever After), music and lyrics by Emmy and Drama Desk-nominated Mark Sonnenblick (KPop Demon Hunters, The Devil Wears Prada, Spirited, Theater Camp), and direction and choreography by Annie Tippe (Octet, Lucille Lortel Award for Best Direction, Three Houses, Ghost Quartet, HUZZAH!).
The musical picks up twelve years after the disbanding of The Baby-sitters Club when the founding members – Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia and Stacey – return to Stoneybrook, Connecticut to honor the pact their 13-year-old selves made to reunite. Now twenty-five, the young women realize over the course of the show that the reunion not only presents an opportunity to revisit defining moments of their past, but to answer critical questions that have surfaced in their present-day lives: questions of identity, career, relationships and fulfillment.
The four women relive their time in the BSC and rediscover the invaluable friendships that guided them throughout. This multigenerational show is appealing to tweens and teens, nostalgic millennials, and anyone else who longs for days spent with friends when worries weren’t too worrisome.
“The Baby-sitters Club series introduced the original girl bosses, shaping and inspiring the lives of millions of young women and girls then—and still today,” said Barbara Pasternack, Producing Artistic Director at TWTheatricals. “For adults who loved the books, it taps into a shared sense of nostalgia, inviting each of us to revisit the memories that shaped us while reflecting on how far we’ve come. For audiences of any age, it’s an inspiring story of friendship, empowerment, and finding your own voice, and a reminder that our stories are always evolving. And the score is amazing!”
The Baby-sitters Club creator Ann M. Martin said, “It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost four decades since the first Baby-sitters Club book, Kristy’s Great Idea, was published. And now a Baby-sitters Club musical? What a great idea! I love musicals and am excited to see the adventures of Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, and Stacey come to life on stage. I’m humbled by the ongoing popularity of the series, and couldn’t be more thrilled by this news.”
Pictured Above: Mark Sonnenblick. Photo Credit: Contributed.
“We look forward to bringing The Babysitters Club themes of friendship, growing pains, independence and self-discovery to a live audience, so that both young people and adults can see for themselves (or their former selves) that they are not alone in the grand adventure of ‘growing up.’” said bookwriter Kate Wetherhead.
“Though their triumphs and struggles and crushes are evergreen, these are girls of the 80’s and 90’s,” said composer/lyricist Mark Sonnenblick. “So the score’s inspired by some of our favorites—Sheryl Crow, Indigo Girls, Shania Twain. We’re just very excited for everyone to hang out with the club in Stoneybrook, Connecticut, whether it’s your first time or your five hundredth.”
For more information on The Baby-sitters Club Musical, or the industry presentations, please visit TWTheatricals.com
About The Baby-sitters Club
Published by Scholastic, The Baby-sitters Club by Ann M. Martin is one of the bestselling children’s book series of all time with nearly 200 million books in print to date and translations in 23 languages. After launching in 1986, the series’popularity skyrocketed and expanded to more than 250 titles, four spin-off book series, bestselling graphic novel adaptations, a TV series on HBO, a feature film from Sony Pictures, and an acclaimed original Netflix series.
About TWTheatricals
TWTheatricals (Barbara Pasternack, Producing Artistic Director; Tegan Meyer, Managing Director) is a new division of TheaterWorksUSA dedicated to creating fully produced, full-length works for multigenerational audiences. Works in production include The Baby-sitters Club Musical, Helen Hayes Award Winner Long Way Down, and Dog Man: The Bark Knight. New York Times Critics’ Pick Dog Man: The Musical completes the current roster.
Creative Team Bios:
Mark Sonnenblick (composer/lyricist) most recently co-wrote seven songs for KPop Demon Hunters (the most watched movie ever on Netflix), including the global hit “Golden.” He also wrote songs with Elton John and Shaina Taub for the musical version of The Devil Wears Prada, currently starring Vanessa Williams on the West End. Other projects: Theater Camp (Searchlight Pictures), Spirited (AppleTV+), Lyle Lyle Crocodile (Sony Pictures)
Kate Wetherhead (Book) is a versatile writer, performer, and director in theatre. She is the book writer of The Devil Wears Prada musical (London, 2024) and Ever After, with music by Zina Goldrich and lyrics by Marcy Heisler. Alongside Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Wetherhead is co-creator and star of the popular web series Submissions Only, as well as co-author of the young adult book series Jack & Louisa. On stage, she has appeared on Broadway in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Legally Blonde, along with numerous Off-Broadway and regional productions.
Annie Tippe (Director). Off-Broadway: Octet (World Premiere; Signature. Lortel Award: Best Direction, Best Musical), Three Houses (World Premiere; Signature. Lortel Award: Best Musical), Ghost Quartet (World Premiere; Bushwick Starr. Norton Award: Best Visiting Production), Magnificent Bird / Book of Travelers (Playwrights Horizons), Your Own Personal Exegesis (LCT). Regional: HUZZAH! (World Premiere; Old Globe), Life After (Ed Mirvish CAA; Goodman, Jeff Award Nominee), COWBOY BOB (World Premiere; Alley), Cult of Love (World Premiere; IAMA), Potus (Berkeley Rep). Film: “HELP ME MARY” (Lower East Side Film Fest; Best Narrative Short). Honors: Ars Nova Director-in-Residence, Drama League Directing Fellow, Williamstown Directing Corps. Education: Playwrights Horizons Theatre School at NYU Tisch.
