Almost 20 years after the original Mean Girls hit theaters, the musical adaptation held its global premiere at the AMC in Lincoln Square, calling all the star to the carpet. While the current cast of the movie musical showed up and showed out, some of the original movie’s cast also made some fabulous guest appearances.
On the carpet, the new cast stepped out in stunning ensembles including Angourie Rice, the newest star to play the iconic Cady Heron, Auli’i Cravalho, our new rockstar Janis Ian (rocking stunning pink hair), and Jaquel Spivey, who plays the too-gay-to-function icon Damian.
Reneé Rapp, the vocal powerhouse who played queen bee Regina George in the broadway run as well, was joined by two of the beloved ‘Plastics’: Avantika Vandanapu, who plays Karen Smith, and Bebe Wood, who plays Gretchen Wieners.
The pink carpet also saw many of the other cast members like heartthrob Christopher Briney, who plays Aaron Samuels, Mahi Alam, who plays flirtatious brainiac Kevin Gnapoor, John El-Jor, Brian Altemus and Allison Winn.
While the great fashion on the carpet was no surprise, Lindsey Lohan, one of the cast members of the original mean girls, did make a surprise appearance. She reunited with Tina Fey, who starred in and produced both the original film and the new musical adaption being celebrated at the premiere. Lohan was also joined by fellow original cast members Daniel Franzese and Rajiv Surendra. Also on the carpet, revising his role as Coach Carr in the film, was the legendary Jon Hamm
Megan Thee Stallion, the writer of “Not My Fault” being featured on the movie musical’s soundtrack also joined the carpet, taking pictures with Rapp who sings on the track with her.
Even some of the incredible filmmakers behind the project stepped onto the scene, including directors Samantha Jane and Arturo Perez Jr., producer Lorne Michaels, choreographer Kyle Hanagami and executive producers Erin David, Jeff Richmond, Eric Gurian, Nell Benjamin and Pamela Thur.
Mean Girls is only in theaters January 12th!
Check out our interview with the cast here.