BEING A LOSER HAS NEVER BEEN SO COOL.
Broadway's new musical sensation is BE MORE CHILL. It's already "one of the most popular new musicals in America," raves The New York Times. And The Wall Street Journal cheers, "It's going to hit big - and deservedly so!" Discover this hilariously honest show for yourself, featuring an electric, ear-worm filled score by "one of Broadway's next great songwriters" (Billboard).
What if popularity came in a pill? Would you take it, no questions asked? In BE MORE CHILL, achieving the "perfect life" is now possible thanks to some mysterious new technology - but it comes at a cost that's not as easy to swallow. What could possibly go wrong? Blending the contemporary with retro sci-fi, this thrillingly exciting, comically subversive, and deeply felt new musical takes on the competing voices in all of our heads. And ultimately proves, there's never been a better time in history to be yourself - especially if you're a loser... geek... or whatever.
And here is where Be More Chill stakes its most righteous claim: For all of its storyline predictability and maybe too-happy-resolutions, Joe Tracz's book and, especially, Iconis' lyrics don't flinch from the darkness and panic of the teenage mind.
There's a cheeky, open-eyed quality to Be More Chill that knows better than to spill over into archness - because musicals aren't actually chill at all, ever. And no one sums up this mixture of sincerity and worldly mischief better than Christine, who, when things look bleakest, delivers a distressed zinger that might just qualify for best self-own of the current theatrical moment: 'I look around and everyone's hurting. I wish there was something real I could do to make things better but I don't know how. So I guess I'll just do theater.' How do the kids put it? I feel so seen.
2018 | Off-Broadway |
New York Premiere at Signature Center Off-Broadway |
2019 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2021 | West End |
West End Premiere West End |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Bobby Frederick Tilly II |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | George Salazar |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Stephanie Hsu |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Joe Iconis |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Music | Joe Iconis |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Be More Chill |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Charlie Rosen |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Charlie Rosen |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Alex Basco Koch |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Be More Chill |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | George Salazar |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Be More Chill |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Score | Joe Iconis |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Projection Design | Alex Basco Koch |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Joe Iconis |
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