"Heathers" Musical Headed to Stage

To be honest, I was cynical about this (mostly because when I heard songs from Thomson & Mann's adaptation of Jawbreaker, which were AMAZING and then made a crack about making Heathers into a musical) and then I saw Larry O'Keefe and Kristen Bell and I was sold.

I can imagine Kristen Bell would be awesome. How's her voice? I've heard her sing a little, but can she really belt?

I've heard some of the music, and I have to say, the "I Love My Dead Gay Son" song is like ten levels of ****ing hilarious and brilliant, as is the rest of the music. From what I have heard this show is by far, in my opinion, the best thing Larry O'Keefe has ever written.

EveHarrington posted on 3/12/09 @ 10:46am

I can imagine Kristen Bell would be awesome. How's her voice? I've heard her sing a little, but can she really belt?

She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a major in musical theater so she definitely has the training. And she had some amazing songs in Reefer Madness both on-stage and in the movie (I'm thinking Little Mary Sunshine in particular).

Ghost was a musical? I missed that.

I just hope they find a way to include the croquet game.

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Well this actually sounds promising.

Kristen Bell has a fantastic singing voice, but what makes her stand out is her ability to really sell a number, she's a true musical comedy star that unfortunately went on a different path. She was tapped for both XANADU and LEGALLY BLONDE so I hope she decides to come back to the NY stage with this piece. She'd be perfect for it, and Jenna Leigh Green as one of the Heathers, perfection!

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This actually sound pretty exciting. I'm a huge fan of the film and with even a portion of the talent listed here this could work quite well. It's strange because I always thought Jenna Leigh Green did so well challenging her inner Heather for all those years on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I also wonder if she read for (and will hopefully be cast as) Heather Duke, since she has a certain Shannen-Doherty-circa-early-90210 quality about her. Though it's not certain that they will stay with the same costumes, I can already picture her in those ridiculous outfits they wore.

And I can't convey my excitement for Kristen Bell in a musical. Or really Bell in anything at all. There hasn't been a thing she's done that I didn't like (Veronica Mars, Heroes, Reefer Madness, etc.) and I think she's a crazily talented person with a beautiful voice. Although we haven't gotten to hear that much of her, it does seem like she has some range (compare "Lonely Pew" to "Little Mary Sunshine", for instance) and the part is not at all what I would expect from her.

Also a question about Jawbreaker for those in the know - in that clip and the surrounding material does anyone know who was playing what? It's pretty clear after watching Suck It that Tracy McDowell was Courtney, the Rose McGowan character. So who is everyone else? Not particularly important, just something I wondered.

I can't say enough how ****ing brilliant this is going to be :) And Jenna Leigh Green actually played Heather Chandler (the main one) in the L.A. reading.

Variety announced today that Fox is doing Heathers: The TV Series (to which I of course ask: why?), but I wonder what this means, if anything, for the status of Heathers: The Musical, which I am so looking forward to.
Fox, Sony TV look to revive 'Heathers'