‘Heathers the Musical’ Returning to New York: Display Dates

“Heathers the Musical” is returning to New York after a longer run in London and all through the UK.

The display will play a restricted engagement thru Sept. 28 at New International Levels, manufacturers Invoice Kenwright LTD., Paul Taylor-Turbines and Jerry Goehring introduced on Monday. The go back to New York is a coming house of types. “Heathers the Musical” firstly opened in Los Angeles for a sold-out run in 2013 ahead of moving Off-Broadway to New International Levels in 2014.

The display options ebook, song and lyrics by way of Kevin Murphy (“Reefer Insanity”) and Laurence O’Keefe (“Legally Blonde the Musical”). Andy Fickman, who staged the U.Ok. manufacturing, will direct the New International Levels display. A brand new U.S. forged and extra inventive staff participants will probably be introduced in coming weeks.

The display is in response to the 1989 cult favourite movie by way of Daniel Waters that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. Just like the film that impressed it, the display is a gloomy comedy a few prime schooler named Veronica Sawyer who’s rapidly taken below the wings of The Heathers — 3 gorgeous, merciless and widespread classmates. That’s when she turns into entangled with a rebellion named JD, who has some murderous plans for how one can get again on the the Heathers.  

The authors revised the display for the 2018 London premiere, incorporating a number of new songs and script adjustments, which will probably be heard in New York for the primary time. “Heathers the Musical” gained the 2019 WhatsOnStage Award for highest new musical and in 2022 was once filmed for streaming at the Roku Channel. Since its premiere, “Heathers the Musical” has attracted a passionate fan base referred to as the “Corn Nuts,” named after the cryptic ultimate phrases of ringleader Heather Chandler.