In this episode, we discuss the rise and fast fall of Be More Chill talking about the musical's humble beginnings to its sudden rise to internet stardom and its Broadway run.

Links: 

Background

https://www.theatermania.com/shows/south-jersey-theater/be-more-chill_303286/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/theater/ned-vizzini-be-more-chill.html 

First reviews

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/theater/review-in-be-more-chill-a-nerd-finds-popularity-in-a-sci-fi-pill.html 

Synopsis

https://playbill.com/production/be-more-chilllyceum-theatre-2018-2019#carousel-cell286359 

Fandom stuff and behaviour

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerylbrunner/2019/02/24/how-be-more-chill-exploded-into-an-internet-sensation-and-landed-on-broadway/?sh=18909acc18db

https://fanlore.org/wiki/Be_More_Chill

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/theater/be-more-chill-iconis-salazar.html

https://fandom.tumblr.com/post/168016811864/tumblr2017-musicals 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2018/08/28/be-more-chill-sets-wheels-in-motion-for-move-to-broadway/?sh=c0c99511384b 

https://playbill.com/article/the-top-10-musical-fandoms-of-2018-on-tumblr 

https://playbill.com/article/the-top-15-musical-theatre-tumblr-fandoms-of-2019 

Claudia's animatics 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM3wYbMwtxg 

Off-Broadway and Broadway run 

https://www.playbill.com/article/be-more-chill-will-play-off-broadway-will-roland-to-star

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/theater/be-more-chill-broadway.html

https://mashable.com/article/be-more-chill-review-broadway 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/reviews/Be-More-Chill

https://playbill.com/production/gross?production=00000165-afd9-d437-a365-fffbb84d0000 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-BE-MORE-CHILL-Announces-Summer-Closing-Date-20190620 

Tonys 

https://www.amny.com/entertainment/tony-snubs-1-30463936/ 

https://etcanada.com/news/462304/james-corden-sara-bareilles-and-josh-groban-sing-about-their-insecurities-in-the-bathroom-in-hilarious-tony-awards-clip/ 

https://twitter.com/MrJoeIconis/status/1138103634519101440/photo/2 

West end run

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/feb/11/be-more-chill-dear-evan-hansen-teen-musicals 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49833734

https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/be-more-chill-open-west-end-summer_54019.html/ 

In this episode, we talk about Heather's rise from an Off-Broadway show to the West End.

Links 

https://web.archive.org/web/20121020204240/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139765-What-Rhymes-With-Corn-Nuts-Heathers-Musical-Will-Receive-New-York-Concert 

https://web.archive.org/web/20131220034659/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/142879-What-Is-Your-Damage-Heathers-The-Musical-Gets-Joes-Pub-Concerts-Sept-13 

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/171449/heathers-the-musical-based-on-the-80s-movie-set-for-world-premiere-in-los-angeles/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Barrett-Wilbert-Weed-Ryan-McCartan-Jessica-Keenan-Wynn-More-to-Star-in-HEATHERS-THE-MUSICAL-Off-Broadway-Full-Cast-Announced-20140206

https://ew.com/article/2014/04/03/heathers-musical-ew-review/

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/01/heathers-review-musical-replaces-black-comedy-with-candy-colored-camp

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/heathers-musical-theater-review-692398/

https://playbill.com/article/heathers-the-musical-based-on-cult-film-comedy-arrives-off-broadway-march-15-com-216019#:~:text=Westerberg%20High%20is%20terrorized%20by,their%20place%20%2D%20six%20feet%20under

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/175467/so-very-heathers-the-musical-will-record-cast-album/

https://www.playbill.com/article/schools-out-heathers-the-musical-to-close-off-broadway-com-324382

https://playbill.com/article/a-look-back-the-10-most-watched-theatre-videos-of-2014-com-338293

https://playbill.com/article/playbill-picks-the-best-cast-albums-of-2014-com-337899

https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/cast-albums/

https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/cast-albums/

https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/heathers-other-palace-casting-charlotte-wakefield_43666.html/

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/andrew-lloyd-webber-to-sell-the-other-palace_54058/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn8CZu1jsFY

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/heathers-series-paramount-network-1202967270/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgE87HYvkN8

https://twitter.com/azalben/status/1085983350236610561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1085983350236610561%7Ctwgr%5E5ecacacbcb2718be15a98309b84559faa41424be%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teenvogue.com%2Fstory%2Friverdale-season-3-will-feature-heathers-musical-episode

https://open.spotify.com/album/1frYC1N1uyVv07cl68ByUm

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2019/03/29/heathers-30th-anniversary-shockingly-it-holds-up/3270582002/

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/carrie-hope-fletcher-to-star-in-heathers-the-musical-at-the-other-palace_46292/

https://hirespace.com/Spaces/London/75184/The-Other-Palace-Theatre/The-Theatre/Business

https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Other-Palace-Production-of-HEATHERS-THE-MUSICAL-to-Head-to-the-West-End-20180705

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/lin-manuel-miranda-and-the-cast-of-heathers-at-their-west-end-gala_47606/

https://playbill.com/article/heathers-writers-laurence-okeefe-and-kevin-murphy-break-down-the-musicals-full-album-track-by-track

Tess’s tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tnndynamite714?_t=8fBl0mzqkmO&_r=1 

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/heathers-announces-new-casting-and-new-song-for-west-end-transfer_47395/

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/heathers-the-musical-to-tour-the-uk-in-2020_50034/#:~:text=The%20first%20set%20of%20tour,Milton%20Keynes%20Theatre%20from%2014

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/heathers-theatre-royal-haymarket-review-wicked-rebellious-musical/

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/sep/14/heathers-the-musical-review-teenagers-revenge 

https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/heathers-musical-announces-singalong-performance/

https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/original-west-end-cast-heathers-the-musical/

https://www.tiktok.com/music/Candy-Store-6705003787553081345

In this episode, we discuss Pasek and Pauls's Dear Evan Hansen. We talk about the battle zone that was the 2017 Tony Awards, the commodification of the show and give our opinions on how we would fix it.

LINKS:

Pasek and Paul Winning the Jonathan Larson Grant: 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Pasek-and-Paul-Among-Winners-of-Jonathan-Larson-Awards-20070216 

The Washington Post article about its origins

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/dear-evan-hansen-the-trail-of-a-musical-comet/2017/06/06/bff6d580-4579-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html 

Reviews

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/dear-evan-hansen-radiates-charm-and-wit-and-thats-no-lie/2015/08/03/9a263ee4-390b-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/theater/review-dear-evan-hansen-puts-a-twist-on-teenage-angst.html 

https://deadline.com/2016/12/dear-evan-hansen-ben-platt-broadway-review-1201863651/

https://ew.com/theater/2016/02/04/dear-evan-hansen-ew-stage-review/ 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/dear-evan-hansen-review-952531/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/theater/dear-evan-hansen-review.html 

2017 tony awards

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-tony-awards-nominees-winners-list-2017-story.html

https://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/tony-awards-best-musical-battle-between-dear-evan-hansen-and-come-from-away/ 

https://nypost.com/2017/05/02/our-bets-for-the-2017-tony-race/

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/09/tony-awards-2017-winners-predictions-broadway-bette-midler 

Synopsis

https://playbill.com/production/dear-evan-hansenmusic-box-theatre-2016-2017 

The cast recording 

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/dear-evan-hansen-cast-album-release-date_79141.html/

https://www.playbill.com/article/stream-dear-evan-hansens-requiem-ahead-of-album-release

https://www.playbill.com/article/must-listen-check-out-a-track-from-the-dear-evan-hansen-cast-album 

https://ew.com/theater/2017/02/20/dear-evan-hansen-billboard-200-chart-debut/

https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/cast-albums/ 

https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/katy-perry-re-recorded-dear-evan-hansen-song-waving-through-a-window-listen-8482727/ 

Washington Post on why the kids love it 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/why-dear-evan-hansen-is-climbing-the-broadway-box-office-charts/2017/03/02/38aa0680-fd15-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html 

Donating to museums 

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/dear-evan-hansen-donates-items-musical-national-museum-american-history 

Academic literature around it

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/9/2/68 

https://derekebaird.medium.com/fansens-are-waving-through-a-window-exploring-the-dear-evan-hansen-fan-phenomenon-b7673c3e48c1

https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/321/ 

The Book

https://www.playbill.com/article/a-novel-adaptation-of-dear-evan-hansen-will-be-released-in-october

https://www.advocate.com/books/2019/1/31/dear-evan-hansen-novel-queer-ghost-comes-out-and-saves-lives#toggle-gdpr

https://fangirlfury.com/2018/10/24/broadway-to-book-dear-evan-hansen-review/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35231460-dear-evan-hansen

Selling crypto

https://www.thegamer.com/dear-evan-hansen-roblox-bored-ape-yacht-club-mental-health/

https://twitter.com/DearEvanHansen/status/1522244982043684864?s=20

First criticism 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/pop-psychology-onstage-in-dear-evan-hansen

https://slate.com/culture/2017/06/the-dissembling-liar-at-the-center-of-broadway-hit-dear-evan-hansen.html

In this episode, we tackle Lin Manuel Miranda's 2015 Hamilton. We look at the Political moment that it found itself in the insane fandom that formed around it and the fact that it is just so good even when we try to be cynical about it.

Deadline review: https://deadline.com/2015/02/musical-hamilton-opens-public-theater-1201375233/

Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/18/hamilton-review-founding-father-gets-a-hip-hop-makeover 

Tony nominations

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/theater/hamilton-tony-nominations-record.html 

Tony wins

https://playbill.com/article/hamilton-tops-tony-awards-with-11-wins#:~:text=Tony%20Awards%20Hamilton%20Tops%20Tony,Bridge%20are%20named%20Best%20Revivals 

List of Pulitzer Prize Winning Musicals

https://www.bothsidesofthecurtain.com/post/pulitzer-prize-winning-musicals 

Hamilton toping Hip Hop charts 

https://www.vibe.com/features/viva/lin-manuel-hamilton-broadway-album-no-1-billboard-rap-chart-387593/

Meta critic 

https://www.metacritic.com/music/hamilton-an-american-musical-original-broadway-cast-recording 

Synopsis

https://playbill.com/production/hamilton-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014104

Performance at the white house: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R5dKwvtjlg 

Mike Pences Trip to Hamilton

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/19/mike-pence-booed-at-hamilton-performance-then-hears-diversity-plea

Harriet Tubman on the 10 Dollar Bill 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/20/harriet-tubman-20-bill-andrew-jackson-alexander-hamilton 

The Mixtape/ Found Tonight: 

https://hamiltonmusical.fandom.com/wiki/Hamildrops

https://playbill.com/article/listen-to-lin-manuel-miranda-and-ben-platt-perform-a-hamilton-and-dear-evan-hansen-mashup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzE_HCK_gVo 

https://marchforourlives.com/mission-story/

https://playbill.com/article/watch-the-casts-of-hamilton-and-dear-evan-hansen-perform-found-tonight-at-2018-easter-bonnet-competition-2

https://hamiltonmusical.fandom.com/wiki/One_Last_Time_(44_Remix)

The Album Sales

https://americansongwriter.com/the-hamilton-cast-scores-first-musical-theatre-album-to-be-certified-diamond-by-riaa/ 

https://www.playbill.com/article/the-definitive-list-of-the-43-best-selling-cast-recordings-of-all-time 

The Proshot

https://talkiesnetwork.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/disney-to-release-pro-shot-version-of-hamilton-the-musical/

https://deadline.com/2020/02/disney-paid-75-million-hamilton-movie-deal-lin-manuel-miranda-largest-film-acquisition-ever-1202849929/ 

Lin vs Bottlegs 

https://playbill.com/article/throw-down-lin-manuel-miranda-responds-to-tumblr-post-seeking-illegal-hamilton-bootleg-com-345407 

Hamilton documentaries 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/17/hamilton-america-review-documentary-lin-manuel-miranda-radicalmedia 

The books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26200563-hamilton?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=MU0u57PjSK&rank=3 

https://www.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/2309933185/8336E70B1EFC44ADPQ/3?accountid=9730 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32860355-alex-and-eliza?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PKAGY9dS2S&rank=1 

Fandom stuff and behaviour

https://www.mtv.com/news/rb4x2r/hamilton-musical-revolutionizing-fandom

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/22/hamilton-teenage-superfans-this-is-like-crazy-cool 

https://linmanuel.tumblr.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P_-UCjtU4A 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNyIuUixY6U 

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miku-binder-thomas-jefferson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVqp4giZLdY 

In this episode, we explain what we mean by some key ideas like the pipeline. First full episode will be out on the Monday the 14th of August