laurensambrose said: "From the reviews I've seen, Stephanie Styles is getting nothing but raves and praise so I think it's safe to say she'll have her first Tony nomination next month!"
Yes, I agree and I expect a Best Featured Actor Musical Nomination for CORBIN BLEU!
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YvanEhtNioj said: "raddersons said: "On Sondheim leaving the show: Dude’s 89. His hours are precious. If he wasn’t enjoying, of course he left. That being said, I don’t think Sondheim’s opinion is the end-all-be-all. Considering this show is about modern high school, it’s no surprise that he didn’t enjoy it, since he’s pretty far removed from 1960s (?) high school, let alone 2019 high school
MollyJeanneMusic said: "Someone in a Tree2 said: "I agree with your point. Sounds like from the reviews for BMC I'd be right behind him heading up the aisle at intermission."
OK - this is where it goes a little too far for me. As bad as the show may be, it is INCREDIBLY rude to leave a show halfway through. As an actress myself, no matter how good the show is, I want people to stay and maybe enjoy something else. There might be another factor in the
bjh2114 said: "Laura is a such a boring choice for this, plus I want someone with a more robust tone. Kate Baldwin would have been PERFECT. I need someone who can actually sing the end of My White Knight in FULL voice."
Laura always performs sweetly and sings nice but she's a boring actress and always plays it the same.
Braniff Forever said: "After seeing Moulin Rouge in August last year in Boston, I said Be More Chill would win Best Musical 2019 and Moulin Rouge would win Best Musical 2020. I stand by my predictions. Although BMC didn’t get good reviews, the industry people I know like BMC, and wish it well, so don’t underestimate BMC! And besides Moulin Rouge, I don’t know what else people are excited for in 2020?"
Itonlytakesajourney said: "I find Osnes incredibly boring, but I’m still excited for this production. Seeing Hugh attached makes me think it’ll be much more like Dolly than Carousel (star vehicle=better production values/more quality time spent on making it good).
When do we think the theatre and casting will be announced? With Osnes hinting it should be sooner rather than later."
ljay889 said: "This show sounds absolutely dreadful lol."
yup but not to high schoolers
LA TIMES Charles McNulty:
Who is the audience for “Be More Chill”? Fifteen-year-olds who can afford Broadway tickets? God bless. But why subject them — or anyone — to such an overextended throwback structure? The nightmare of adolescence is part of the fun. I get it. (I lived it.) But with a 2½-hour rackety running time, the musical&rsq
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2019, 10:10:55 PM
NYT-Brantley quotes: Not a Critic's Pick!
For one thing, it is — by cold critical standards — the worst of the lot, with a repetitive score, painfully forced rhymes, cartoonish acting and a general approach that mistakes decibel level (literally and metaphorically) for emotional intensity. But this ostensible amateurishness may be exactly what sells “Be More Chill” to its young target audience.
AM NY 3 1/2 STARS Whether or not it ultimately proves to be a hit, “Be More Chill,” a sublimely silly, exciting sci-fi teen musical comedy deserves a place in Broadway history as an unlikely comeback story powered by a passionate fan following on social media. https://www.amny.com/entertainment/be-more-chill-review-1.28335115
Somebody wrote “NYC Loves BMC” in chalk on the sidewalk outside Broadway’s Lyceum Theater, the new home of Be More Chill, the high energy, high decibel pop-rock musical that stars Will Roland as a self-proclaimed high school “loser” who swallows a pill containing a supercomputer and becomes cool.
I tweeted a picture of the scrawled public love note; the tweet was retweeted nearly a hundred times.
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2019, 06:18:47 PM
SomethingPeculiar said: "CT2NYC said: "If Jesse Green reviews the show, I believe it'll be positive"
Unless the NYTsignificantlybreaks with tradition and accepted protocol, Ben Brantley will re-review the show since he reviewed it Off-Broadway.I can't imagine his opinion will change substantially."
And per Ben's review highlights:
On the contrary, the decibel level of their responsive shrie
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