Be More Chill Announces Closing! — Page 2

magictodo123 said: "Pose2 said: "I am seeing hardly anything negative about the showon this thread. Meanwhile, in the toxic "stan" world of BMC, people are going OFF and blaming everyone....except themselves"

I saw someone go off about how this is closing yet Tootsie is still open. Like sorry “stans” but people are more likely to see that because they’ve seen the movie than this show, even if people did want to see this."

I've seen plenty of times when a favorite show closed that people on this board have talked about being "totally gutted", the injustice of its closing and what and who to blame for its failure or said they can't believe it's closing while (fill in the blank) is still running. Is that the criteria we're using for being lumped in the dreaded "stan" category?

Updated On: 6/20/19 at 10:58 PM

It's on over a dozen websites but if you need official confirmation, it's right there on their website

http://bemorechillmusical.com/

Pose2 said: "It's on over a dozen websites but if you need official confirmation, it's right there on their website

http://bemorechillmusical.com/"

Plus Joe Iconis literally announced it at the show tonight, after the curtain call.

Discovered the show online around the time it was rising in internet fame, saw it off broadway and really enjoyed it for the most part, fans were intense, and it didn’t strike me as a show that should transfer, so I wasn’t surprised by the reception, lack of noms, or closing, but man that Iconis performance of ‘Broadway, Here I Come!’ hit hard... definitely a tear jerker.

Updated On: 6/21/19 at 12:31 AM

Um, I think you misspelled "needy". Your post didn't really merit a thank you. It merited the response it was given.

sparksatmidnight said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "THANKS A LOT JAMES CORDEN!!!!!!!!"

Did you ask for permission before using his name?"

As someone who still thinks they should've gotten a Tonys shout-out, this made me LOL.

Kad said: "Well, if nothing else, this will demonstrate the commercial viability relying entirely on being viral. A million streams of the album means nothing if those people don’t buy tickets."

Don't a lot of shows that fail to recoup on Broadway make the money back -- albeit slowly -- via tours, licensing, etc? I feel like with a couple of lyric changes, this show could be a steady earner in high school and community theater for a long time. It seems like measuring commercial viability by the length of an initial run is only measuring a small part of the business.

little_sally said: "ACL2006 said: "I do wonder if this will tour. Either way, be prepared for every high school and community theater to do this as soon as the rights are available."

Haven't the rights always been available, even during the Broadway run? I thought I read somewhere that the producers kept them available and there's even been regional productions while it was on Broadway."

Yes rights have always been available for the original, pre-broadway, material. We had a local high school do it in the fall and a small regional theatre has it on tap for the summer.