Weird and wonderful musical, Be More Chill is coming to London at The Other Palace in February next year.
Based on the novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini, with original music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Joe Tracz, the production has been on the rise since its very beginning.
Be More Chill first opened in New Jersey at the Two River Theatre. By 2018 they had an Off-Broadway run, which was a runaway success and sold out several extensions. Off the back of this, Be More Chill gained a Broadway run in February this year, which finished only a couple of months ago.
The Broadway production of Be More Chill was nominated for countless awards by critics, panels and audiences alike. In 2019 it won a whopping 10 Theatre Fan’s Choice Awards and 4 Broadway.com Audience Awards.
One of the things that catapulted Be More Chill onto bigger and bigger stages is the runaway streaming success of it’s Original Cast Recording. With a nostagically 80s-sounding score, the album gained over 100 million downloads in the USA alone, in a short amount of time, and created a huge and passionate audience of fans worldwide.
With a Tony Award-winning score, the musical tells the love story between a girl who just wants to be noticed, a boy who just wants to fit in, and the supercomputer inside his head who just wants to… take over the world.
When gawky Jeremy is offered SQUIP, a pill that promises instant coolness, he can’t help but swallow it down. But SQUIP isn’t a drug but a computer chip implant that begins to take over Jeremy’s actions.
A tale about teenage awkwardness, AI and free will – what a winning combination. The story is still on the up – from humble beginnings to Broadway and the West End in only a few years, and a film adaptation is currently in development too.
Tickets are on sale now, and Be More Chill’s first performance outside of America is bound to sell fast, so don’t miss out!