BE MORE CHILL (Broadway) Previews

Previews for the Broadway premiere of Be More Chill begin this Wednesday (February 13, 2019) at the Lyceum Theatre. With music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Joe Tracz, Be More Chill is adapted from Ned Vizzini's young-adult novel of the same name. It is set to open officially on March 10th.

This show has had a fascinating production history and I'd be interested to hear if anything's changed from the Off-Broadway run last summer. Who's going?

Mike Barrett said: "Not going, but am anxious to hear reviews! This along with Aint Too Proud are likely going to be one of the last nominees for best musical so I cant wait to hear reviews!"

I think the last likely nominees are Gettin the Band Back Together and Head Over Heels.

Looks like they have an in-person rush policy when box office opens.

Is there SRO at Lyceum?

dramamama611 said: "thebookofwhizzer said: "I’ll be there saturday night! Never been to a preview performance before and I’m very excited!"

For the most part, as an audience member, you won't really know any difference between a preview and a "normal" performance. (In case your excitement expected something out of the ordinary.)"

Except that you might see more technical issues during the previews, like the squip not properly attaching to Jeremy’s brain. I’m sure they’d get those kinks worked out by opening.

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Rush policy announced!

dramamama611 said: "thebookofwhizzer said: "I’ll be there saturday night! Never been to a preview performance before and I’m very excited!"

For the most part, as an audience member, you won't really know any difference between a preview and a "normal" performance. (In case your excitement expected something out of the ordinary.)"

I agree. I have noticed though at previews they do hand out questionnaires to the audience (in some previews) and you get to see the creative team sitting or standing at the back taking notes.

They don't always do questionnaires. I'm trying to think of the last show I heard do questionnaires and I'm drawing a blank. It's not particularly common at this point.

JoshTodos said: "But is it any good?

I always thought it will be like superior doughnuts. a production that should stay off broadway"



Like any show, that depends on who you talk to. Look up the threads from when it was off bway last year. Some loved it, some hated it.

I'm not going (the subject matter doesn't interest me) but I hope it succeeds for 2 reasons: Jason Tam (I've seen him in several shows and always like his work) and the possibility of bringing a younger audience to theater. I know other shows do that, too, but I always think it's a good thing.

"fascinating production history" is the understatement of the year. How in the world did BMC get so popular so fast? I know the internet was a primary channel, but why? What is this show's X factor?

MauraLovesMusicals said: "to anyone who’s going, can you report to me stagedoor information,like stories and things? i usually have to tell people off for condoning disgusting stanbehavior and they don’t usually let up unless i have a specific story. it’s kind of a weird ask but believe me, they won’t listen otherwise"

Seems easier to just avoid stans and avoid people condoning them.

This one seems easy enough from off-Broadway alone, though, given them harassing Gerard's girlfriend because they wanted him to be gay and in an actual relationship with George.

i actually have a bit of influence in the “stan” community from different things i’ve done in the newsies community, so i’ll tell you how it goes. word comes out that stagedoor is a mess, me and other murals discourage it, people weakly try to dispute it, i bring up actual stories of the night and they eventually cave. it worked for quite a few people when i had actual stories of the disrespect to kyle selig at the mg stagedoor. if it works for even just one person, that’s awful behavior that i’ve just helped stop. so, yeah, i’m gonna want a story or two.