Starting next month, another Joe Iconis musical will be playing in New York: Broadway Bounty Hunter, which will make its off-Broadway premiere at Greenwich House Theater after receiving its world premiere at Barrington Stage in 2016. In this latest installment of "Making the Music," the Tony-nominated Be More Chill composer recently gave us…
Christopher Square turned into a high school party this week when the cast and creator of Be More Chill performed at Playbill's Sing for Hope piano. Anyone near The Stonewall Inn was treated to the free performance by company members of the sci-fi teen musical, who were on hand to celebrate World Pride with Sing for Hope and Playbill…
Last night, Alice Ripley took the stage after the curtain call of Be More Chill, to sing a song from the show's composer, Joe Iconis. Watch her sing 'If You Like It' below! The performance is part of Be More Chill's "Post Show Hang," a special Wednesday evening post-show encore series. Iconis accompanies an exciting lineup of actors as they each…
The cast and creative team of Broadway Bounty Hunter met the press on June 11. The musical is set for a 10-week run at the Greenwich House Theater beginning July 9. With music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Jason SweetTooth Williams, Broadway Bounty Hunter received its world premiere at Barrington Stage in…
Hosting the Tonys is a tough job: The critics have a sharp eye, audiences are eager for memorable gags, and any and all mistakes are captured for posterity. Given all that, perhaps it’s not surprising that this year's host, James Corden, ended up in the bathroom dealing with insecurities. The Late Late Show star sang a spoof of the Be More …
June 5th will always be the day that Be More Chill opened at Two River Theater in 2015 and the day Be More Chill played its 100th performance on Broadway in 2019. C-c-c-c-come on! Be More Chill, the delightfully zany musical about a pill that makes high school students cool, has garnered loyal fans since its off-Broadway run, and now, the…
Even though a supporting character sings it, the "Michael in the Bathroom" number turns out to be an emotional highpoint of the Broadway musical Be More Chill: a ballad in which Michael (played by George Salazar) finds himself isolated in a bathroom at a Halloween party and gives heartrending voice to all of his insecurities. In the latest…
Tonight, the cast of Be More Chill stuck around after the show to 'hang' with composer Joe Iconis and treat the crowd to not one, but three songs that were cut from the show pre-Broadway. See their performance below! The performance is part of Be More Chill's "Post Show Hang," a special Wednesday evening post-show encore series…
BroadwayWorld is pleased to announce the winners for the 17th annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards, by FAR, the largest fan based awards of their kind. Open to anyone to vote, the awards present a full slate of eligible nominees in categories that both mirror the popular critical awards, as well as fan favorite categories for Best Tour, Ensemble and…
Today, Be More Chill announced the special guests for "The Post Show Hang," a special Wednesday evening encore series through July 31st. Tony Award nominee Joe Iconis will accompany an exciting lineup of veteran stage actors including the cast of Be More Chill performing a medley of cut songs from the show on June 5th, Tony Award winner…
