We’re living in generation reboot. Roseanne is back on TV, '90s style Matrix sunglasses are all the rage, and Mean Girls is now on Broadway—and fans can’t get enough. As one Twitter account put it, in all caps, “MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL IS AMAZING OMG I JUST NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW.” In a recent review Entertainment Weekly called it, “Pretty grool.” After checking out the show with my dad, he turned to me and exclaimed, “That was unbelievable! Sweetie, keep the playbill.”

While the musical is definitely for lovers of the OG film—don’t worry, Glen Coco makes an appearance—like any good reboot, it’s been updated for its time. In lieu of the “unfriendly black hotties,” there are the “woke seniors,” and the classic “Jingle Bell Rock” dance now includes a viral Instagram moment. But other than updating the punchlines, how do you make a modern version of the quintessential girls-bullying-girls movie, in a time when feminism is like, totally fetch? If you ask Taylor Louderman, who plays queen bee Regina George, it’s about finding new meaning in Regina’s strength. “I think young women can easily fall into that trap of apologizing for things that really have nothing to do with us,” she says. “Whether it’s how we look, how we feel, or our emotions. That’s the thing about Regina, she doesn’t apologize—she owns her power.”

Following a sold-out run in Washington, D.C, Mean Girls officially opens on Broadway on April 8th. Before the big night, Glamour sat down with Louderman to talk all things strength, Tina Fey, and, of course, Regina.

GLAMOUR: When Mean Girls came out it was such a game changer, for movies and girlhood. I remember being in awe of how powerful and beautiful Regina was. What do you remember the first time you saw it?

TAYLOR LOUDERMAN: It must have come out when I was in seventh grade, but my dad wouldn’t let me watch PG-13 movies. I remember my cousin could watch movies like Austin Powers and I couldn’t, so I ran away underneath our deck. I didn’t get to watch it right away on screen, but I watched it play out in real life. It’s easy to look at the Regina character and be like, "Ooh how can I be more like her?" But that’s not the moral of the story. That’s what we’re trying to do with the musical. At the the time [Tina Fey] didn’t realize that the movie was going to blow up like it did. So now with the stage production she, I think, seems to understand she has an opportunity send a message to young people.