Forbes Interviews Joe About BE MORE CHILL
"Be More Chill" is a musical success story that almost didn't happen. The Off-Broadway show debuting later this month enjoyed modest success when it first premiered at Two River Theater in New Jersey in 2015. The production ran for six weeks and a cast album got made. Two years later, without warning or…
The New York Times: How Be More Chill Found Its Fans
Before “Be More Chill” even starts previews at the Pershing Square Signature Center on July 26, it will already be one of the most popular new musicals in America, with a passionate fan base that dwarfs the number of people who have ever seen the show. All this after a barely noticed monthlong run in New...
Be More Chill to Play Off-Broadway This Summer
It’s called a Squip. A tiny supercomputer inside a pill. Swallow one and a personalized voice will tell you how to dress, how to speak, how to… become cool. Jeremy Heere is your average, nothing-special teenager at Middleborough High in nothing-special New Jersey... until the day he finds out about “The...
Love In Hate Nation Opens Penn State's New Musicals Initiative
Twenty-year-old Amina Faye is onstage, playing Susannah, a teen living in an early 1960s all-girl juvenile hall. Susannah expresses her fears of “two girls going steady,” singing, “I’ll just keep it to myself. Oh, well.” Peering from behind the glow of his laptop, composer Joe Iconis drums his hands lightly...
Billboard on Broadway Podcast: Joe Iconis Talks 'Smash' & Surprise Hit 'Be More Chill'
VIDEO: Joe Iconis Performs "Halloween" From Be More Chill
Joe Iconis, one-half of the creative duo behind Be More Chill, stopped by the Playbill studios to perform “Halloween” from the hit musical. Watch Iconis in the video above. Based on the novel by Ned Vizzini, Be More Chill is a musical by Iconis and Joe Tracz about high school, popularity, and a tiny supercomputer...
VIDEO: Joe Iconis Previews His Christmas Special
The 10th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza
A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition celebrates its Tenth Splendiferous Year! Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks are proud to bring their insane celebration of all things red and green back to Feinstein’s/54 Below. Written by Joe Iconis, Directed by John Simpkins and Produced by...
VIDEO: "Helen Sharp" (Joe Iconis)
"Helen Sharp." Brand new song, inspired by Death Becomes Her. It's about jealousy and being an artist and (in the words of Madeline Ashton) blah blah blah blah... I like this vid because people keep getting in the way of the shot and you have to struggle to see me. From #Halloween at The Laurie Beechman...