"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…
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...
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...
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...
HEY, EVERYBODY HAVE YOU HEARD?! #BeMoreChill is now officially available to perform through Rodgers & Hammerstein at your local school, theater, church basement, barnyard, or schoolbus parking lot! To celebrate, we are holding a #michaelinthebathroom contest where the winner gets a FREE...
In which George Salazar and I unpack the Sh-K-Boom Records #BeMoreChill ORC! Check it out and special shout out to the great Stephanie Layton for her insane and beautiful design! Special thanks to Two River Theater, Alycia Yerves, and all you beautiful BE MORE CHILL fans...
