Return of Heathers? — Page 3

It’s not a perfect show, but the rewrites for London and licensing tapped into rage and nastiness in a way the original didn’t. It’s not the tone of the movie, but at least it’s grown some teeth and a less sentimental heart.

But did those changes happen for the recent run at The Other Palace? I saw the show at Theatre Royal Haymarket last in 2022(?) and still hated it. Again, casting for this production at NWS masks a LOT of problems i have with the musical.

Jordan, I wish I could remember where I saw it, but I'm positive I saw an article or a video where they mentioned the book was revised again. Maybe it was the producer's TikTok? Andrew Patino. That's his name. He vlogs about his behind the scenes work on shows. 

1 Minute Critic Review
"What’s your damage, Heather?” It’s a good question with a potentially perverse answer, depending on who you ask. 

Heathers, featuring a book, music, and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, ran a mere five months Off-Broadway in 2014, but its 2018 UK resurrection, which included several tours and runs on the West End, set in motion a new generation of Corn Nuts (a term for fans of the musical). Heathers 2.0 isn’t so much a reimagining as a high-polish paint job. 

Few characters evolve beyond Veronica, resulting in a pastiche rather than the original film’s subversive effect. As J.D. says, “The extreme always seems to make an impression.” 
3/5 stars
FULL REVIEW HERE

The show’s IG put up a message dissuading bootlegs and the comments are as unhinged and entitled as you’d expect. 

Jordan Catalano said: "The show needs to use Yondr pouches."

Imagine the tantrums? 

I’m looking forward to seeing this when these insane fans are presumably back in school. 

Kad said: "The show’s IG put up a message dissuading bootlegsand the comments are asunhinged and entitled as you’d expect."

Crybabies whining about access to whatever show they want, when they want it. How about they actually grow up. How about they realize when you are older and make adult money, then you can spend it on tickets or whatever. You don't get to whine until you get a proshot or a bootleg or both. They're greedy whiny entitled babies 

joevitus said: "Kad said: "The show’s IG put up a message dissuading bootlegsand the comments are asunhinged and entitled as you’d expect."

I only see two messages there defending the practice(maybe more were removed), but...I mean, they're kids. I don't agree with them, but I also don't expect them to get why this is actually harming the production, andthe responses don't bother me as much as it would to read similar comments on the IG accounts for Gypsy or Sunset Blvd or whatever.

Did you actually scroll down through the hundreds of responses?  The vast majority are in support of (or defending) the making and sharing of bootlegs.

 

I wonder if the massive amount of comments supporting bootlegs on the Instagram post are coming from actual Heathers fans? The reason I'm suspicious is because so much of the argument is about the inaccessibility of theater and the lack of pro-shots, like they're unaware the Heathers: The Musical pro-shot has been available for free on Roku since 2022.

Apparently, based on the sentiment of that post’s comments, charging money for a ticket to see a show is gatekeeping now? The internet and therapy speak has really rotted peoples’ brains.

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Jonathan Cohen said: "I wonder if the massive amount of comments supporting bootlegs on the Instagram post are coming from actual Heathers fans?The reason I'm suspicious is because so much of the argumentis about the inaccessibility of theater and the lack of pro-shots, like they're unaware theHeathers: The Musical pro-shot has been available for free on Roku since 2022."

I don't know if it's true, but one of the comments says it's been taken off Roku ("Also posting this right after the pro shot was taken off of Roku is really out of touch and insulting considering bootlegs are pretty much the reason for this shows success." ) Many others complain that the proshot is terrible and not good enough because it's not the off-Broadway cast (accents are bad, something, something).

It's very much this energy:

Updated On: 7/14/25 at 02:12 PM

Jonathan Cohen said: "I wonder if the massive amount of comments supporting bootlegs on the Instagram post are coming from actual Heathers fans?The reason I'm suspicious is because so much of the argumentis about the inaccessibility of theater and the lack of pro-shots, like they're unaware theHeathers: The Musical pro-shot has been available for free on Roku since 2022."

A number of responses suggest that they just want a pro-shot of this cast, which is deeply unlikely since the production itself was already shot. I think these are genuine Heathers fans but not necessarily theatre fans (or theatre goers), which has become a weird phenomenon in the last decade. These younger fans treat shows like any other thing with fandom and then act outraged when they realize that unlike movies, TV, comics, or video games, you need to be in a specific place and spend money on a ticket to actually consume it. Theatre is inherently inaccessible in that regard and the most that can be done is have affordable tickets, which Heathers seems to be attempting to at least do.  

Updated On: 7/14/25 at 02:13 PM