Almost 15 years since Tina Fey’s 2004 comedy exploded with the teenage set, “Mean Girls” is preparing to once again wear pink on Wednesdays — well, actually make that eight times a week. A Broadway musical adaptation of the eminently quotable high school satire opened Sunday at the August Wilson Theatre following a string of previews.
For Cambridge-born-and-bred actress Barrett Wilbert Weed — who stars as sharp-tongued Janis “Ian” Sarkisian, originally played on screen by Lizzy Caplan — “Mean Girls” marks the latest highlight in an accomplished career that’s seen the Elon grad originate the lead role of Veronica in “Heathers: The Musical” and take on parts in productions as diverse as “Lysistrata Jones” and the off-Broadway “bare the musical.”
Ahead of “Mean Girls” bowing on Broadway, Weed, 29, spoke by phone about the very fetch adaptation, her path to the limelight, and activism off-stage.
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