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Be More Chill Announces Closing!

freewilma
#50Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/21/19 at 11:18am

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.
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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.  

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ggersten
#51Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/21/19 at 11:53am

There is a current (or just closing) production in Chicago.

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#52Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/21/19 at 1:29pm

dwwst12 said: "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.
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Revenue that comes in from tours or licensing doesn’t make the initial production any less of a loss. Productions are separate from the material. 


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Lot666
#53Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/24/19 at 12:18pm

Just bought tickets for my husband and I (my second time, his first) to see the final Saturday performance. I tend to root for the underdog and am sorry to see it leave so soon. I thought the score was uneven - there are songs I loved and a couple that I hated - but the set and sound design are fantastic and Jason Tam should've been nominated for Best Featured Actor.


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Esther2
#54Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 7/1/19 at 3:16pm

Be More Chill does a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR:

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/736773380/be-more-chill-tiny-desk-concert

herewegoabc
#55Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/29/19 at 4:43pm

Seems they may be back in some capacity. Their social media is teasing a 4.0 upgrade.

Alex Kulak2
#56Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 12:56am

They just announced they're opening Off-West End in February at The Other Palace.

How do you think it's gonna do over there? I think this is Joe Iconis' first international production, so good for him.

LightsOut90
#57Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 2:02am

Alex Kulak2 said: "They just announced they're opening Off-West End in February at The Other Palace.

How do you think it's gonna do over there? I think this is Joe Iconis' first international production, so good for him.
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literally why is this happening?

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#58Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 6:34am

I guess they think they need to ride the wave while it is still moving.


"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022) "Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009) "Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000

DeNada
#59Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 7:50am

LightsOut90 said: "
literally why is this happening?"

The Other Palace is exactly the right place for Be More Chill; it's the only fringe venue in London that really dedicates itself to musical theatre, it's a medium size venue, and cult shows play short runs there for a bit so the show gets seen and a market for further licensed productions can happen.

It's very unlikely to move anywhere from there, but could potentially make a little money based on young adult hype.  Regardless of your feelings about the quality of the show, from a licensing/production perspective it's not a terrible idea.

 

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carolinaguy
#60Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 8:30am

The breaking news item refers to it as "the smash hit Broadway musical".

 

Oooooohhhkaaaaayyy. Guess the bar for that is lower than I thought.


Just remembering you've had an "and" When you're back to "or" Makes the "or" mean more than it did before

SpookyFish13
#61Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 10:18am

See, this is the kind of stuff the show should be doing. Limited, fringe-sized engagements in international/regional theatres. I'll admit I'm not a fan of the show in the slightest (I really tried...), but clearly it has it's fans. It shouldn't try and pretend like it'll be a long-running smash musical, when it's a perfectly serviceable niche musical. This seems a lot more appropriate. 

SouthernCakes
#62Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 11:58am

Heathers just did well there and went to the West End! So never know!


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