Wendy Federman on Possibly Bringing a '13 Going on 30' Musical to Broadway

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Legendary Broadway producer, Wendy Federman, teases the possibility of bringing a musical version of '13 Going on 30' to Broadway while chatting with THR at the 2025 Tony Awards.

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00:00Multiple shows that you have produced and are a nominee for.

00:03What's going through your mind right now?

00:05You know, I'm just excited to see all the performances tonight.

00:08I'm excited to see all the shows, get to see my friends.

00:11We're all dressed up and celebrating our industry.

00:14Everybody works really hard and this is our night.

00:17A lot of people have called this such a thrilling season for Broadway.

00:20Why do you think that is?

00:22The work this year has reached a whole nother level.

00:24The new musicals were great, incredible revivals, amazing plays.

00:29And Hollywood stars came to visit us this year, too.

00:31So it's really been quite wonderful.

00:33There's it's a great time to be a theater goer for sure.

00:36There's also been a lot of innovation and technology with this season, too.

00:40How special has that been to sort of incorporate?

00:42You know, between what's going on in Stranger Things,

00:44what Jamie Lloyd has done with Sunset Boulevard, among so many other shows,

00:48I think it's just only going to get better and better and make the storytelling even richer.

00:52And again, who's going to benefit the audiences, which will be great.

00:56Is there anyone here that you haven't gotten a chance to see or congratulate yet that you would love to run into tonight?

01:02You know, I think Bryan Cranston's presenting and I've done two shows and produced a film with him and I haven't seen him and Robin for a little while.

01:10So hoping I get to spot him somewhere just to say hello.

01:14And I believe I heard you say something about 13 going on 30.

01:18Yes, we've turned it into a musical.

01:19It's fantastic.

01:20We are doing starting at the Manchester Opera House in the U.K. in September.

01:25And Jen Garner is one of our producer partners.

01:28So we're thrilled.

01:29It'll be razzles for everyone.

01:30What can you tease us about bringing that to life on stage?

01:33It's just like I said, it's a joyful, wonderful sort of coming of age film that everybody loved, especially our Jen Garner.

01:43And now we've just turned it into a bigger and better, more fun, flirty and thriving musical, which, again, is doing our out of town up at Manchester, U.K., looking to the West End.