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Be More Chill Announces Closing!
freewilma
Leading Actor Joined: 2/18/15
#50Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/21/19 at 11:18am
little_sally said: "ACL2006 said: "I do wonder if this will tour. Either way, be prepared for every high school and community theater to do this as soon as the rights are available."
Haven't the rights always been available, even during the Broadway run? I thought I read somewhere that the producers kept them available and there's even been regional productions while it was on Broadway."
Yes rights have always been available for the original, pre-broadway, material. We had a local high school do it in the fall and a small regional theatre has it on tap for the summer.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#51Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/21/19 at 11:53am
There is a current (or just closing) production in Chicago.
#52Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/21/19 at 1:29pm
dwwst12 said: "Kad said: "Well, if nothing else, this will demonstrate the commercial viability relying entirely on being viral. A million streams of the album means nothing if those people don’t buy tickets."
Don't a lot of shows that fail to recoup on Broadway make the money back -- albeit slowly -- via tours, licensing, etc? I feel like with a couple of lyric changes, this show could be a steady earner in high school and community theater for a long time. It seems like measuring commercial viability by the length of an initial run is only measuring a small part of the business."
Revenue that comes in from tours or licensing doesn’t make the initial production any less of a loss. Productions are separate from the material.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#53Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 6/24/19 at 12:18pm
Just bought tickets for my husband and I (my second time, his first) to see the final Saturday performance. I tend to root for the underdog and am sorry to see it leave so soon. I thought the score was uneven - there are songs I loved and a couple that I hated - but the set and sound design are fantastic and Jason Tam should've been nominated for Best Featured Actor.
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene"
- Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
#54Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 7/1/19 at 3:16pm
Be More Chill does a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/01/736773380/be-more-chill-tiny-desk-concert
herewegoabc
Leading Actor Joined: 1/26/08
#55Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/29/19 at 4:43pmSeems they may be back in some capacity. Their social media is teasing a 4.0 upgrade.
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#56Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 12:56am
They just announced they're opening Off-West End in February at The Other Palace.
How do you think it's gonna do over there? I think this is Joe Iconis' first international production, so good for him.
LightsOut90
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/14
#57Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 2:02am
Alex Kulak2 said: "They just announced they're opening Off-West End in February at The Other Palace.
How do you think it's gonna do over there? I think this is Joe Iconis' first international production, so good for him."
literally why is this happening?
#58Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 6:34amI guess they think they need to ride the wave while it is still moving.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
DeNada
Broadway Star Joined: 7/7/07
#59Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 7:50am
LightsOut90 said: "
literally why is this happening?"
The Other Palace is exactly the right place for Be More Chill; it's the only fringe venue in London that really dedicates itself to musical theatre, it's a medium size venue, and cult shows play short runs there for a bit so the show gets seen and a market for further licensed productions can happen.
It's very unlikely to move anywhere from there, but could potentially make a little money based on young adult hype. Regardless of your feelings about the quality of the show, from a licensing/production perspective it's not a terrible idea.
carolinaguy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/06
#60Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 8:30am
The breaking news item refers to it as "the smash hit Broadway musical".
Oooooohhhkaaaaayyy. Guess the bar for that is lower than I thought.
I'm sending pictures of the most amazing trees/You'll be obsessed with all my forest expertise
SpookyFish13
Understudy Joined: 6/27/19
#61Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 10:18am
See, this is the kind of stuff the show should be doing. Limited, fringe-sized engagements in international/regional theatres. I'll admit I'm not a fan of the show in the slightest (I really tried...), but clearly it has it's fans. It shouldn't try and pretend like it'll be a long-running smash musical, when it's a perfectly serviceable niche musical. This seems a lot more appropriate.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#62Be More Chill Announces Closing!
Posted: 9/30/19 at 11:58amHeathers just did well there and went to the West End! So never know!
