Heathers and Mean Girls about to be running on West End at same time

Honestly kinda jealous. It’s surprising that British audiences eat up these stories, the shows are wildly entertaining but all fluff. I guess Heathers is darker than Mean Girls (I always wished Tina Fey would have made the getting hit by a bus moment a bit darker, she makes it such a light moment). I can’t imagine both shows running on Broadway - and Heathers was labeled as “off-Broadway”.

I would assume most people would say Heathers is the better show but since it’s an older movie maybe less commercially viable? Both are huge in schools though. I didn’t know there was a pro-shot of the UK Heathers, is it any good?

I just watched the Mean Girls movie musical on Paramount Plus and thought it was ok, some of the choices were a little off to me but it did well at the box office! Was thinking I would love a Heathers movie musical. 

The Heathers pro-shot is a decent representation of the show. But it lacks the zazz of the Off-Broadway production. They made some changes to the score that I don't love. And it was already a lumpy score.

I think Zanna Don't's plot (straight kids are discriminated against so they turn the gay kids straight) wouldn't play well today. The conversation about sexuality has shifted and Zanna's satire could read tone deaf today.

I love Heathers as a show and I think it really tackled some interesting themes, but I saw it before the movie and after watching the movie I can say they're definitely different approaches to the same story.  The Broadway Breakdown podcast did an episode kind of cataloging the changes they made and how it didn't really live up to the movie.  But as a standalone piece I thought it was one of the better "high school shows" for sure.

I think Mean Girls is a better show, personally. I'm not sure where the assumption that Heathers is the better show came from. Once was enough. But I'd consider seeing Mean Girls again, although I haven't brought myself to buying a ticket for it.