‘Mean Girls’ national tour makes for a fetch time in Wichita

ELLY GRIMM
• Leader & Times
The past several months have provided me with some cool opportunities to see musicals as they’re touring through the U.S. and last Friday gave me the chance to visit Wichita for the national tour of “Mean Girls” with my college friend, Robyn.
I’d heard of the musical and had listened to the original cast recording once or twice, but last weekend was my first time actually seeing the show onstage, so I went into it slightly blind. For those who don’t know, the show is based on the 2004 movie of the same name, and follows Cady Heron, a teenage girl who transfers to a public high school after being homeschooled her whole life in Africa. At school, she befriends outsiders Janis Sarkisian and Damian Hubbard, who persuade her to infiltrate the 'Plastics,' a clique consisting of wealthy but insecure Gretchen Wieners, sweet but dimwitted Karen Smith, and 'queen bee' Regina George. Hilarity and humility ensue as Cady learns you can’t cross a Queen Bee without a chance of getting stung.