“A Musical About Girl Group TLC Will Make Its World Premiere in Washington DC Next Summer. Written and Directed by Olivier-Award Winner Kwame Kwei-Armah, Crazysexycool-The TLC Musical Will Premiere at Arena Stage Theater from June 12, 2026 Thraugh. 9. The Musical Is Descripted As A “Semi-Biographical” Look at the Chart-Topping Girl Group”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Written and Directed by Olivier-Award Winner Kwame Kwei-Armah, Crazysexycool – The TLC Musical Will Premiere at Arena Stage Theater from June 12, 2026 Through Aug. 9. The musical is descripted as a “semi-biographical” look at the chart-topping Girl GRUC, WHICH PRODUced Hits Such As “No Scrubs,” Waterfalls “and” Unpretty. ”
The Musical Will Feature Pre-Existent Songs from TLC. Chloe O. Davis Will Choreograph the Show. Kwei-Armah ALSO WROTE AND DIRECTED One Love: The Bob Marley Musical.
“TLC is synonymous with rebellion-using the art to challenge, Subvert and Entertain,“ Kwei-Armah Said. “WHY A MUSICAL? WHY NOW? Their Lives Need to be Sung. It’s about that time!”
The Musical ComESS As Part of Of Arena Stage’s 75th Anniversary Season, in 2025-2026, Which Will Encompass Nine Productions, Including A New Adaptation of Damn yankeesadapted by Will Power and Doug Wright, with Additional Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. Sergio Trujillo Directions of the Production.
The Season Will Also Include Pal JoeyDirected by Tony Award-Winning Choreographer Savion Glover and Actor, Director and Producer Tony Goldwyn, Who Teamed Up on A Reimaging of the Musical, Which Previously Played New York’s City City in 2023.
A Revival of Inherit the Wind, About Two Legal Giants Fighting Over the Right to Teach Evolutions in Schools, HelMed by Ryan Guzzo Purcell; The World Premiere of Fremont ave.A Multi-General Dramatic-Comedy Directed by Two-Time Helen Hays Award Winner Lili-Anne Brown; Christopher Chen’s The MotionDescribed as A “Charged Exploration of Humanity,” Directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif; and A one-Woman Show, A good day to me not youDirected by Lee Sunday Evans and Featuring Lamece Issaq, Will Also Be Part of the Season.
The Season Ends with A Lyrical Memoir, Entitled My Joy is Heavy, from abigail and shaun bengson about their journey through pregnancy loss. Tony Award-Winning Director Ruchel Chavkin Will Helm The Production.