Be More Chill Announces Closing!- Page 3

[freewilma]

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."

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.  

[ggersten]

Posted: 6/21/19 at 11:53am

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

[Kad]

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."

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. 

[Lot666]

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.

Updated On: 7/8/19 at 12:18 PM

[Esther2]

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]

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]

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]

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."

literally why is this happening?

[binau]

Posted: 9/30/19 at 6:34am

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

[DeNada]

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.

 

[carolinaguy]

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.

[SpookyFish13]

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]

Posted: 9/30/19 at 11:58am

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