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.
Much has been written about this heartfelt musical's unlikely road to Broadway, the tiny production in New Jersey, the album that went viral (more than 200 million downloads and counting), the Off-Broadway run that sold out before it opened. And everything's been spruced up for Broadway - the cool computer-screen set by Beowulf Boritt, the outlandish costumes by Bobby Frederick Tilley II, the slick projections by Alex Bosco Koch. As the squip sings near the end of the first act, 'you gotta get an upgrade.' And with this one, 'Be More Chill' gets a fighting chance to stand out in a capacity crowd of musicals about kids who don't feel like they belong.
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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