Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett's Wedding Will Be This Year, She Says — but Don't Expect This 1 Thing (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett at the season 3 premiere of ‘Girls5eva’ in March 2024.Photo:Michael Loccisano/WireImage

Michael Loccisano/WireImage

Sara Bareillesisopening upabout her big day withJoe Tippett!

Speaking to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview timed to the streaming release ofWaitress: The Musicalon Max, the singer-songwriter, 45, reveals that her wedding to theAmerican Primevalactor, 42, will be sometime before 2025 wraps.

“We are getting married this year,” says Bareilles.

She went on to tease about the nuptials, saying that she and Tippett recently made “a few major decisions” in their planning. And while the singer keeps mum about who’s on their undoubtedly starry guest list, she gives a juicy hint at whatnotto expect from her attendees.

When asked if there are any of her fellow Broadway colleagues she’d like to sing at her “I dos,” she quickly answers, “Oh God, no.”

“Being someone who is around performance a lot, I really want my friends to get to relax and just have some champagne,” Bareilles says. “If somebody ends up singing, I will let you know.”

Joe Tippett and Sara Bareilles at the 2023 Tony Awards.Nina Westervelt/CBS via Getty Images

Nina Westervelt/CBS via Getty Images

Bareilles and Tippett met makingWaitress, during its pre-Broadway run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. in 2015.

The couple got engaged in December 2022 while vacationing together in Mexico City, Tippett popping the question as the two slow danced on a rooftop at sunset. He gave her a chic gold feather band the they had bought earlier in the trip at an arts fair, though laterreplaced the temporary ring with a diamond rockhe found at an antique store upstate.

“Yes to marrying this man. It’s an easy, earned, relaxed YES,” Bareilles wrote on Instagram in January 2023, whenrevealeing their engagement. “Joe, you are exactly who I want. The more I know you the more I know I love you…and you have introduced me to parts of myself I was afraid to love. And now I love ME more because of you. So really this is all about me. Just kidding.”

“What a gift you are,” she added. “Let the games begin. Onward into absolutely everything with you. ❤️.”

Joe Tippett and Sara Bareilles are seen at the opening day of the 2023 US Open Tennis Tournament on Aug. 28, 2023 in New York City.Gotham/GC Images/Getty

Gotham/GC Images/Getty

Wedding planning has been slow since. “There’s justso many questions,” she explained to PEOPLE in November 2023. “We talk about it all the time, should we just go to city hall and just do the thing? There’s another part of me that is like, ‘But wouldn’t it be fun to just have a great party with our friends and family?’ And so I don’t know, we’re still figuring it out.”

Decisions were made along the way. In January, Bareilles spoke with PEOPLE about the"non-negotiables" she has for her wedding— the first of which were “comfortable places to sit.”

“I want lots of blankets in case it’s cold because I hate being cold,” she said. “The food has to be slamming and the music has to be amazing.”

The two-time Grammy winner continued to share that she wants the special day to feel “really cozy and warm, and inviting.”

Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett attend the 2024 Nova Ball at The Edison Ballroom on Feb. 5, 2024 in New York City.Dia Dipasupil/Getty

Dia Dipasupil/Getty

As forWaitress, Bareilles — who scored and starred in the musical adaptation ofthe late Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 movie of the same name — tells PEOPLE that the entire journey of the piece from screen to stage and back to screen again has been “a labor of love.”

“This movie, this musical, just the whole journey of this piece has been a remarkable experience,” says Bareilles. “What I love is that after all this time, we’ve ended up where we’re supposed to be. We were always just like the little engine that could. … I’m glad that it’s captured forever and that a wider audience is going to get to experience what happened on stage on Broadway.”

Sara Bareilles in ‘Waitress: The Musical’.HBO Max

HBO Max

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Bareilles later stepped into the role of Jenna for a number of limited engagements on Broadway. The filmed live recording, out now, stars Bareilles alongside Charity Angél Dawson and Caitlin Houlahan, The castreopened the show in 2021after the industry-wide shutdown for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tippett is also in the film, as Earl. And though they were advisories on stage, the experience of working together was extra meaningful for the “Love Song” singer.

“This project brought me my future husband, which is really a beautiful thing,” she says. “It’s very special to get to share the stage with Joe.”

“I love this cast,” she adds. “They’re all dear friends and it’s almost like watching a family get together.”

source: people.com