Be More Chill | |
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![]() Broadway promotional poster | |
Music | Joe Iconis |
Lyrics | Joe Iconis |
Book | Joe Tracz |
Basis | Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini |
Premiere | May 30, 2015: Two River Theatre, Red Bank, New Jersey |
Productions | 2015 New Jersey 2018 Off-Broadway 2019 Broadway 2020 Off West End 2021 West End 2022 Japan 2023 Amsterdam |
Be More Chill is a musical with original music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, and a book by Joe Tracz, based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini.[1] After a 2015 regional theatre production, the musical premiered off-Broadway in 2018. A Broadway production began previews on February 13, 2019, and officially opened on March 10, 2019. The Broadway production closed on August 11, 2019. An Off West End production opened on February 18, 2020, and temporarily closed on March 16, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with the production being cancelled on June 3, 2020. In 2021, it was announced that the production, featuring the original London cast, would resume performances on the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre for a 10-week run starting June 30.[2] A Chicago production was set to open in July 2020.
As of 2018, a film adaptation is in development.[3]
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