--- description: The 1993 Groundhog Day comedy film will appear as a Broadway musical in March 2017, with casting for the production still in the works. title: 'Groundhog Day' Broadway Musical to Premiere In 2017 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt449b825aac1683d0/6987868ccd1bba28166f600f/163063811.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Groundhog Day_ Broadway Musical to Premiere in 2017 by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 5:30 AM CUT  Bill Murray runs through the snow in a scene from the film Groundhog Day in 1993. Bill Murray runs through the snow in a scene from the film Groundhog Day in 1993.Columbia Pictures/Getty Images by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 5:30 AM CUT The 1993 comedy blockbuster _Groundhog Day_ will make its debut as a Broadway musical in March 2017, with casting for the production still in the works, Variety [reports](http://variety.com/2015/legit/news/groundhog-day-musical-broadway-1201465453/ "undefined"). The Bill Murray classic features a discontented television weatherman stuck repeating Feb. 2 ad infinitum. The comedy favorite grossed $70 million at the box office over its lifetime, according to [IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ "undefined"). Now it’s being adapted for the stage by the same talent behind the Tony-award winning _Matilda_ production, including director Matthew Warchus, lyricist-composer Tim Minchin and choreographer Peter Darling. The musical will also involve screenplay writers Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin, who wrote the original story. The previews are slated to begin Jan. 23, 2017. \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/legit/news/groundhog-day-musical-broadway-1201465453/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3770278/groundhog-day-broadway-musical-march-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3770278/groundhog-day-broadway-musical-march-2017/"},"headline":"Groundhog Day Broadway Musical to Premiere in 2017","datePublished":"2015-04-03T05:30:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:19:19.364Z","description":"Now you can experience it again and again","url":"https://time.com/3770278/groundhog-day-broadway-musical-march-2017/","keywords":["movies","broadway","Groundhog Day","Bill Murray","films","Musicals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt449b825aac1683d0/6987868ccd1bba28166f600f/163063811.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt449b825aac1683d0/6987868ccd1bba28166f600f/163063811.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bill Murray runs through the snow in a scene from the film Groundhog Day in 1993.","caption":"Bill Murray runs through the snow in a scene from the film Groundhog Day in 1993.","creditText":"Columbia Pictures/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3770278/groundhog-day-broadway-musical-march-2017/","name":"Groundhog Day Broadway Musical to Premiere in 2017"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)","description":"TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). 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