attacks the jocks to defend her, they savagely beat him. Veronica, urged on by Chandler's ghost, confesses that she forged the note to humiliate Martha, who runs off in tears. convinces her to let him take the bomb instead ("I Am Damaged"). Read Heathers: The Musical from the story Musicals React To Basically Everything by ainsleyhanes ( ☆彡) with 1,665 reads. Veronica is struggling her way through high school as a nobody, desperate for acceptance from the in-crowd, namely the three Heathers and their leader Heather Chandler. Greetings, salutations. Martha tells Veronica she suspects J.D. Heathers: The Musical is the "darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerburg High: the Heathers. The song remained in the show for the Haymarket run and was released on February 15, 2019, as the first single on the West End cast album. in tow, apologizes to Chandler and mixes hangover cures for them. We recently caught up with Carrie, Jamie, Jodie, Sophie and T’Shan during the Heathers The Musical launch event to find out more about performing in the show: Heathers The Musical is closely based on the 80s film of similar name, starring Winona Ryder as Veronica Sawyer and the era’s heartthrob Christian Slater as JD. Heathers turned high-school movies on their head, taking the likes of 1985’s The Breakfast Club and pushing the adrenaline up to the max. Heathers The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. 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Chandler, H. McNamara, H. Duke, Kurt, Ram, Martha, Ms. Fleming and Company, "Candy Store" – H. Chandler, H. McNamara and H. Duke, "Candy Store" (Playoff) † – H. Chandler, H. McNamara and H. Duke, "Big Fun" – Ram, Kurt, Veronica, H. Chandler, H. McNamara, H. Duke and Students, "Veronica's Chandler Nightmare" † – H. Chandler and Company, "The Me Inside of Me" – H. Chandler, Veronica, J.D., Ms. Fleming, Principal, Coach, Cops and Company, "Blue" (2010-2018) – Ram, Kurt, H. Duke and H. McNamara, "You're Welcome" (2018–present) †† – Ram, Kurt, Veronica, "Blue" (Reprise, 2010–2018) † – Ram, Kurt, H. Duke, H. McNamara and Students, "Never Shut Up Again" (2018–present) †† – H. Duke, Ram, Kurt and Ensemble (Replaces "You're Welcome" (Reprise) from the high school version), "Our Love is God" – J.D., Veronica, Ram, Kurt and Company, "My Dead Gay Son" – Ram's Dad, Kurt's Dad and Mourners, "Shine a Light" – Ms. Fleming and Students, "Shine a Light" (Reprise) – H. Duke and Students, "I Say No" (2018–present) †† - Veronica and Ensemble, "Hey Yo, Westerburg" † – H. McNamara and Students, "Yo Girl" – H. Chandler, Ram, Kurt, Veronica and Veronica's Mom, "Dead Girl Walking" (Reprise) – Veronica, J.D., Ms. Fleming, and Students, "Seventeen" (Reprise) – Veronica, Martha, H. McNamara, H.Duke and Company, This page was last edited on 20 April 2021, at 15:16. The show was directed by Andy Fickman, and it starred Annaleigh Ashford as Veronica Sawyer, Jeremy Jordan as Jason Dean, Jenna Leigh Green as Heather Chandler, Corri English as Heather McNamara, and Christine Lakin as Heather Duke, James Snyder as Kurt Kelly, PJ Griffith as Ram Sweeney, Julie Garnyé as Martha "Dumptruck" Dunnstock, Eric Leviton as Ram's Dad, Kevin Pariseau as Kurt's Dad/Principal, Jill Abramovitz as Ms. Fleming/Veronica's Mom, Tom Compton as Hipster Dork/Preppy Kid, Alex Ellis as Goth Girl/English Teacher/Young Republicanette, and Kelly Karbacz as Stoner Chick/School Psychologist. You guessed it: black. On March 3, 2019, Heathers The Musical won the Best New Musical award at London's Whatsonstage.com Awards. Music, lyrics and book were created by Laurence O'keefe and Kevin Murphy. ("I Say No" in the West End version). Check out more production shots from Heathers here. Heathers - The Musical concert tickets are on sale. Wickedly funny and with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers The Musical is based on the 1988 cult hit, that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, and produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills. [22] The well-received production transferred the following year, with mostly the same cast, for seasons in Brisbane (Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre) in January 2016, Melbourne (Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne) in May 2016, and the Sydney Opera House's Playhouse in June 2016. The West End revival cast is yet to be announced. With the smash hit thriving almost exclusively from enthusiastic word of mouth, here’s what you need to know about the rapidly emerging hottest ticket in town. J.D. Much of their performances are delivered through show-stealing facial expressions. [23][24][25], The Brazilian premiere of Heathers: The Musical at the Viradalata Theatre in São Paulo was staged in October–November 2019. She has also released her debut album When The Curtain Falls. Who's ready to make 2020 BEAUTIFUL with a HEATHERS UK TOUR!? If anything, it offers another perspective on this truly captivating tale. The songs underpin a tale of hatred, vengeance, love, pain, beauty and darkness – a tale that rings true across many corners of society. Veronica panics, but J.D. interval. It explodes, killing him alone. at a 7-Eleven, where he extols the virtues of the Slurpee for numbing his grief ("Freeze Your Brain"). 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