Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen Making ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Broadway Musical

Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen are bringing a musical adaptation of the 1999 rom-com “10 Things I Hate About You” to Broadway, Variety has confirmed.

The Golden Globe-winning “Girls” creator and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter have teamed up to adapt the beloved film starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger for the stage. Jepsen is co-writing the score with producer Ethan Gruska, with whom she worked on her most recent album “The Loveliest Time,” and Dunham is set to co-write the book with acclaimed playwright Jessica Huang.

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The adaptation’s creative team also includes the two-time Tony-winning director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon; music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator Tom Kitt, who is also a two-time Tony winner; and “Shucked” and “Beautiful — The Carole King Musical” producer Mike Bosner by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

“’10 Things I Hate About You,’ a retelling of William Shakespeare’s 1594 play ‘The Taming of the Shrew,’ launched the careers of Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and showcased a breakout performance by Alison Janney,” a press release reads. “The film was a box office hit and gained cult status thanks to its keen and witty examination of teenage life in a 1990s Seattle suburb and the nuanced portrayal of sisters Kat and Bianca Stratford.”

Besides the “10 Things I Hate About You” musical, Dunham is also set to launch her new Netflix series “Too Much” later this year, is writing a film about Sam Bankman-Fried for Apple and A24 and will write and direct the rom-com “Good Sex” starring Natalie Portman.

An opening date and theater for the “10 Things I Hate About You” musical has yet to be announced.

Billboard was the first to report the news of the musical.