Be More Chill
About The Show
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 Squip.” Thus begins a journey that pits Jeremy’s desire to be popular against his struggle to remain true to his authentic self. Be More Chill is an honest, edgy, super-hilarious look at coming of age in the digital age, set to some of the most exciting songs in contemporary musical theater. This original musical comedy looks at modern issues like depression, bullying, and anxiety through the lens of sci-fi films of the 50s, horror flicks of the 80s, and teen movies of the 90s. Little Shop of Horrors meets The Breakfast Club in this celebration of outcasts, teenaged or otherwise. Based on the cult sensation novel by Ned Vizzini, Be More Chill is already beloved by millions of theater fans because of its best-selling Billboard Top 10 cast recording.
Come see us on Broadway in February 2019. It’s what your Squip would tell you to do.
What We Did
OHenry Productions invested in the Broadway engagement of Be More Chill.
Where & When
BROADWAY
February 13, 2019 – August 11, 2019
Lyceum Theatre
Who’s Who
Music & Lyrics by Joe Iconis
Book by Joe Tracz
directed by Stephen Brackett
with
Will Roland (Be More Chill)
Reviews
Awards & Honors
Tony Award Nomination (2019)
Best Original Score
Drama League Award Nomination (2019)
Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
4 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations (2019)
Including Outstanding New Broadway Musical
8 Drama Desk Award Nominations (2019)
Including Outstanding New Musical
4 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations (2018)
Including Outstanding New Musical
12 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Nominations (2018)
Including Favorite New Musical
Off Broadway Alliance Awards Nomination (2018)
Best New Musical