Based on Adrienne Shelly‘s 2008 film “Waitress” with Keri Russell, “Waitress: The Musical” is one of Broadway’s longest-running musicals in recent history. It ran for more than 1500 performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and returned for a limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre after Broadway reopened after the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. READ MORE: Fall Film Preview: 60+ Most Anticipated Movies To Watch Now, the hit show based on a movie gets the movie treatment itself, with “Waitress: The Musical” hitting theaters this December.