The Interestings
Book by Meg Wolitzer
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Sep 27, 2026
KarenNARRATOR
He probably will haunt me for not doing it right.
KarenNARRATOR
Burrell's the singer-songwriter who became a theater fan favorite with her musical Waitress, and then reinvented herself again for TV with the critically beloved Girls 5 Eva, has been haunted a lot over the past few years.
KarenNARRATOR
Creel and another pivotal friend had succumbed far too young to cancer.
KarenNARRATOR
Anxiety pinned her down more than ever.
KarenNARRATOR
This era's social and political upheavals, including the pandemic, it all threw her for a loop.
KarenNARRATOR
I couldn't get over the surreal sense of, oh, the world is not what I thought it was, she said.
KarenNARRATOR
Even as her career blossomed with new challenges, she is at work on another buzzy Broadway musical, an adaptation of the best-selling Meg Wolitzer novel, The Interestings.
KarenNARRATOR
Burrell was awash in sorrow.
KarenNARRATOR
I couldn't get over the surreal sense of, oh, the world is not what I thought it was, she said.
KarenNARRATOR
Even as her career blossomed with new challenges, she is at work on another buzzy Broadway musical, an adaptation of the best-selling Meg Wolitzer novel, The Interestings.
KarenNARRATOR
Burrell was awash in sorrow.
KarenNARRATOR
She finally gives voice to it in Good Grief, her first studio album in seven years, released late last month.
KarenNARRATOR
Burroughs later earned a Tony nomination for her performance in a revival of the Sondheim musical, Into the Woods, and a Grammy for the cast album.
KarenNARRATOR
Her songwriting on Girls 5 Eva about a washed-up girl group aiming for a comeback in their 40s garnered an Emmy nomination in 2024.
KarenNARRATOR
The Interestings is set to premiere early next year at Berklee Rep with an eye on Broadway.
KarenNARRATOR
She's hit success in a variety of forms, and when you're up close working with her, you see why, said Aaron Dessner, the in-demand producer, Taylor Swift, Brandi Carlile, who...
Sara BareillesGUEST
The woman, I'm working on a new musical.
Sara BareillesGUEST
Her name's Meg Wolitzer and she wrote this book called The Interestings.
Sara BareillesGUEST
And she is so exacting about her language.
Sara BareillesGUEST
And it is so funny because I wouldn't say I'm a grammarian.
Catherine LawHOST
I'm working on a new musical.
Catherine LawHOST
Her name's Meg Wolitzer, and she wrote this book called The Interestings, and she is so exacting about her language, and it is so funny 'cause I'm...
Catherine LawHOST
I wouldn't say I'm a grammarian.
Catherine LawHOST
I'm learning that term.
Josh LoraGUEST
Um, I think my favorite friend group, I'm either thinking of the group, but that, they're not really friends in that one.
Josh LoraGUEST
Um, maybe The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer.
Eli RalloHOST
Ooh.
Josh LoraGUEST
Um, it's about a group of kids who all go to camp together at, like, a performing arts camp in the '70s, and then it follows them for 30 years after and seeing how their lives...
ClaudiaNARRATOR
Her new album, Good Grief, mourns friends, including her Broadway co-star, Gavin Creel.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
She's also adapting the Meg Wolitzer novel, The Interestings, into a musical.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
As staycations go, the one Sara Bareilles took one bright weekend in August checked all the relaxation boxes.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
A luxury midtown Manhattan hotel, a A passel of besties bonding over drinks, the promise of spa treatments, but Burlis' respite also carried an echo of loss.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
This era's social and political upheavals, including the pandemic, it all threw her for a loop.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
I couldn't get over the surreal sense of, oh, the world is not what I thought it was.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
She said, even as her career blossomed with new challenges, She is working on another buzzy Broadway musical, an adaptation of the best-selling Meg Wolitzer novel, The Interestings.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
Borilis was awash in sorrow.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
Her new album, Good Grief, mourns friends, including her Broadway co-star, Gavin Creel.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
She's also adapting the Meg Wolitzer novel, The Interestings, into a musical.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
As staycations go, the one Sara Bareilles took one bright weekend in August checked all the relaxation boxes.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
A luxury midtown Manhattan hotel, a A passel of besties bonding over drinks, the promise of spa treatments, but Burlis' respite also carried an echo of loss.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
This era's social and political upheavals, including the pandemic, it all threw her for a loop.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
I couldn't get over the surreal sense of, oh, the world is not what I thought it was.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
She said, even as her career blossomed with new challenges, She is working on another buzzy Broadway musical, an adaptation of the best-selling Meg Wolitzer novel, The Interestings.
ClaudiaNARRATOR
Borilis was awash in sorrow.