Name-calling, bullying, cliques, and cafeteria caste systems have always been part of teen life—and Heathers doesn’t flinch, nor does it apologize. And no trigger warnings in the pre-show announcement either. Instead, as the audience and characters experience the two-hours and twenty minutes of laughter in the darkest corners of adolescence, Veronica’s journey reminds us that acceptance isn’t about being popular—it’s about being seen, being kind. And in a world of curated identities and online validation, that’s a message that lands. If the screaming teens in the audience are any sign, Heathers is still speaking loud and clear.
This production tries to hide its rough edges and half-hearted staging with a callow appeal to nostalgia for something that isn’t even very old yet. (The show has a teen edition available for licensing at high schools, which helps explain why so many young people in the audience know the lyrics.) But the portrait of bloody popularity politics within Heathers is what makes the story cling to you, and it’s less clearly reckoned with in this production.
| 2014 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
| 2018 | West End |
London Transfer Production at Theatre Royal Haymarket West End |
| 2021 | West End |
West End |
| 2022 | West End |
London Production West End |
| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
Videos