Nell Benjamin, Tina Fey and Jeffrey Richmond Penning "Mean Girls" Musical - Playbill.com

^{Tony Award-nominated Legally Blonde lyricist Nell Benjamin is collaborating with Golden Globe winner Tina Fey and Fey’s husband, composer Jeffrey Richmond, on a stage musical adaptation of Fey’s 2004 dark comedy film “Mean Girls.”}

^{Benjamin, whose play The Explorer’s Club recently ended its extended Off-Broadway run at Manhattan Theatre Club, told Playbill.com that the writers are in the early stages of developing “Mean Girls” as a stage musical. Fey is adapting the screenplay for the musical’s book, with Richmond penning music and Benjamin writing the lyrics, though Benjamin states that the three will likely share lyrical input during the development.}

^{"It’s a great movie," Benjamin told Playbill.com. "It’s one of the few movies out there that really kind of does the high school thing from a girl’s perspective really well. You can tell it was a labor of love for Tina Fey. Her intelligence shines through the whole thing and it will throughout the whole musical as well. I’m very excited that I’m lucky enough to be working on it."}