The Off Broadway world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project, a new musical featuring dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals and pop songs found in files and boxes of the late Rent composer, will star…

A musical adaptation of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” the 1985 teen comedy starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt, is in the works. The stage show is based on the film’s screenplay by Amy Spies and features a score of 1980s chart-toppers, including the Cyndi Lauper hit that inspired the title. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” tells the story of…