Be More Chill continues at the Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham until 31 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Bonkers in a great way, if you missed Be More Chill the last time around, get yourself to Birmingham and give into the madness.
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The Lightning Thief – The Other Palace
The Lightning Thief continues at The Other Palace, London until 2 March 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ If you are a fan of the book series already, The Lightning Thief will be a fun retelling of a story you know well. And if you weren’t a fan before, it has every chance of converting you to the charms of Riordan’s world.
The London premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical will open at The Other Palace in autumn 2024
Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills will present the London premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, adapted from Rick Riordan’s 2005 best-selling book series, at The Other Palace from 23 November 2024 to 2 February 2025.
Be More Chill – Shaftesbury Theatre
Be More Chill continues at Shaftesbury Theatre, London until 5 September 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Surely the holy grail for commercial musical theatre producers is a piece that can connect with young people in a way that feels authentic. Those young people know how to use the internet which […]
West End season for Be More Chill
Hit Broadway musical Be More Chill will return to London next month for a limited 10-week run at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Presented by Bill Kenwright with Jerry Goehring, Lisa Dozier King and Paul Taylor-Mills, the musical will play its first West End run from 30 June 2021. The show was previously seen in London at […]
Be More Chill London cast to feature in online event
The London cast of Be More Chill will reunite (virtually) for a special online concert to be streamed live later this month on the Broadway Podcast Network. Hosted by the capital’s ‘Jeremy Heere’, Scott Folan, the exclusive Red Solo Cup Concert will feature fellow cast members from the UK premiere of hit Broadway musical which […]
INTERVIEW Pre-Lockdown: How composer Joe Iconis brought the gorgeously fresh American brightness of Be More Chill to London
We’re getting nostalgic remembering when Musical Theatre Review contributor Clare Walters met up with Be More Chill composer and lyricist JOE ICONIS during the show’s run at The Other Palace, pre-lockdown of course. We thought you might like to discover how the conversation went down… When I caught up with composer, lyricist and playwright Joe […]
Be More Chill – The Other Palace
Be More Chill continues at The Other Palace, London until 3 May 2020. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ An Off-Broadway sleeper hit that earned itself a full Broadway run, Be More Chill is based on a young adult novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini. Set in an American high […]
Cast announced for the London debut of Be More Chill
Two former Queens from hit British musical Six will take to the stage in the UK premiere of hit Broadway musical Be More Chill at London’s The Other Palace in February 2020. Renee Lamb (Catherine of Aragon in the original Arts Theatre production of SIX) and Millie O’Connell (Anne Boleyn at the Arts Theatre) will […]
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical – Longacre Theatre, New York
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical continues at the Longacre Theatre, New York until 5 January 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Joining the enduring company of Mean Girls and Dear Evan Hansen and the recollections of such departed shows as Be More Chill, another passel of teenagers has hit […]
Broadway musical Be More Chill will have its UK premiere at The Other Palace
Broadway musical Be More Chill is to transfer to London to make its UK premiere at The Other Palace on 12 February 2020. Be More Chill is based on the groundbreaking novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini. With original music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Joe Tracz, the musical […]
Be More Chill – The Pershing Square Signature Center, New York
Be More Chill continues at The Irene Diamond Stage, The Pershing Square Signature Center, New York until 30 September 2018 and is planned for a March opening on Broadway. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jeremy Heere feels he’s unwanted, unloved, a total loser. In short, he’s your typical teenager, and he’s the anti-hero of […]
