Waitress: The Musical more than justifies its existence by finding new layers to a familiar story. The musical, now streaming ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (UPI) --Sara Bareilles wrote the music for a 2015 stage adaptation of the 2007 movie Waitress. In Waitress: The Musical, in movie theaters Thursday, she plays the lead role.

The movie made its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. According to Box Office Mojo, it reeled in $22,240,529 worldwide. “Waitress: The Musical” will appear in movie theaters ...

Bareilles hadn't even yet seen the source material, the 2007 indie movie starring Keri Russell as Jenna, a small-town waitress in an abusive marriage who bakes for solace and self-expression.

“Waitress” began life as 2007 comedy-drama starring Keri Russell ... with Bareilles in the lead role, hits movie theaters. But putting waitresses in the spotlight is nothing new for Hollywood.