MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS
WORLD PREMIERE NEW MUSICAL
Previews begin Thursday, April 30, 2026
Opening Saturday, May 2, 2026
Performances through Sunday, May 17, 2026
At The Colony Theatre (555 N 3rd St, Burbank, CA 91502)
Emma Hunton, star of the Hulu series “Good Trouble” (also Spring Awakening and Next to Normal on Broadway, Elphaba in Wicked National Tour) will play ‘Brenda,’ John Krause (Hadestown on Broadway, Wicked National Tour, Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl) will play ‘Nate’ and ‘Atlas,’ and Diana Huey (Disney’s The Little Mermaid) will play ‘Katrina’ in the world premiere production of Millennials Are Killing Musicals at The Colony Theatre in Burbank before the show heads to New York. The original musical comedy, with book, music, and lyrics by Nico Juber, will play a limited engagement from May 2–17 (previews on April 30 and May 1).
The production will be directed by Tony Award-nominee Kristin Hanggi, best known for the Broadway and global smash hit Rock of Ages. Anthony Lucca (Calvin Berger and The Civility of Albert Cashier at The Colony, King of Pangea) will serve as music director, arranger, and orchestrator, and Michelle Elkin (associate choreographer Wonderland on Broadway, The Wedding Singer at The Colony) will choreograph. Casting is by Michael Donovan, CSA, and Richie Ferris, CSA. Design team and additional casting news will be announced later.
With a contemporary pop-rock score, this entirely original musical comedy offers a fierce, funny look at identity in the age of social media. Brenda, a single millennial mom, just wants to do better “adulting” (like the seemingly perfect Jake’s mom at her daughter’s school), when her younger #influencer sister Katrina shows up eight months pregnant and totally unprepared for motherhood. The three women work to shed the Greek Chorus of social media filters on their lives to achieve their dreams.