Sara Bareilles recalls 'insecurity' writing Waitress: The Musical

Sara Bareilles recalls 'insecurity' writing Waitress: The Musical Sara Bareilles has opened up on her feelings of "insecurity" over the songs she wrote for Waitress: The Musical. 4 May 2026 Sara Bareilles felt "so much insecurity" writing Waitress: The Musical. Sara Bareilles reflects on over a decade of Waitress The Love Song hitmaker felt a unique kind of pressure stepping away from her usual songwriting world to pen the 2016 musical, which premiere at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre and moved to London's West End three years later.