{"id":1610,"date":"2026-11-02T16:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:35:10","slug":"first-tour-dates-announced-for-freida-mcfaddens-the-housemaid-stage-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"First tour dates announced for Freida McFadden\u2019s &#8216;The Housemaid&#8217; stage play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-11-02\/E_TheHousemaid_091625.png\" alt><figcaption>Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in &#8216;The Housemaid.&#8217; (Daniel McFadden\/Lionsgate)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Grab your girls and hide your house keys!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lionsgate recently announced the first tour dates for the world premiere of <\/span><em><span>The Housemaid<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s stage play adaptation. Based on the novel by Freida McFadden, Tony Award nominee Bekah Brunstetter will write the play, with Olivier Award nominee Matthew Dunster signed on to direct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The highly anticipated production\u00a0is set to open at London\u2019s Richmond Theatre on Sept. 14, 2027.\u00a0The physiological thriller is set to tour throughout the United Kingdom and end its run on April 29, 2028. There&#8217;s no word yet on whether it will hop across the pond to the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The announcement comes a year after the book\u2019s movie adaptation starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney hit theaters in December 2025. Shortly after the film\u2019s release, Lionsgate confirmed that the box office hit would be getting a sequel based on McFadden\u2019s book<\/span><em><span> The Housemaid\u2019s Secret<\/span><\/em><span>, set to premiere in theaters on Dec. 17, 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith the stage play debuting next year and our sequel film in production, the momentum behind The Housemaid franchise continues to grow,\u201d Jenefer Brown, Lionsgate\u2019s president of Global Products &amp; Experiences, said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fairypoweredproductions.com\/first-tour-dates-announced-for-the-world-premiere-of-the-stage-play-adaptation-of-lionsgates-global-blockbuster-hit-the-housemaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>press release.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Housemaid<\/em> follows Millie, a convicted felon, who begins working as a maid for the wealthy Nina Winchester. Nina quickly outs herself as a demanding, irrational boss, and Millie starts to fall in love with Nina\u2019s husband, Andrew. The story takes a sharp turn when Millie discovers both Nina and Andrew are not who they claim to be, leading to chaos, violence and ultimately, murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in &#8216;The Housemaid.&#8217; (Daniel McFadden\/Lionsgate) Grab your girls and hide your house keys! Lionsgate recently announced the first tour dates for the world premiere of The Housemaid\u2019s stage play adaptation. Based on the novel by Freida McFadden, Tony Award nominee Bekah Brunstetter will write the play, with Olivier Award nominee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}