10 Things I Hate About You on Broadway: Cast, Music, Release Dates, and Everything We Know

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Writing the book of a musical requires brutal economy. Every page of dialogue must earn its keep while leaving room for musical numbers to advance plot and emotion. The pairing of Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang unites two distinct writing voices to tackle Kat Stratford's worldview.

Dunham, who captured the prickly, self-conscious neuroses of young womanhood across six seasons of HBO’s Girls, brings an ear for brittle dialogue and social friction. Huang, a playwright whose work on Mother Machine and regional theater stages has earned widespread praise, provides the foundational architecture essential for stage pacing. Their joint assignment requires preserving the irreverent snap of the original film without letting Kat soften prematurely.

Kat Stratford cannot be tamed in the traditional Elizabethan sense. The 1999 movie famously subverted Shakespeare’s misogynistic resolution by having Kat retain her principles while finding vulnerability on her own terms. Dunham and Huang are expected to sharpen that dynamic, exploring what it costs an outspoken young woman to let her guard down without surrendering her autonomy.