Playing a couple in the show, Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett are a real-life couple also. The pair met during the early stages of Waitress' production in 2015 and became engaged in 2023.
Filmed during the show's limited return engagement on Broadway in September 2021, which was the primary reason the ProShot was produced.
Waitress was the first Broadway production to boast a female production team, with Diane Paulus as director, Sara Bareilles as composer and lyricist, Jessie Nelson as book adaptor, and Lorin Latarro as choreographer.
The limited theatrical release began on Sara Bareilles' birthday.
December 7th 2023
Stephanie Torns (Francine Pomatter) has played Jenna on Broadway.