{"id":31590,"date":"2013-12-11T23:22:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T04:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=31590"},"modified":"2019-08-29T20:58:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T00:58:20","slug":"heathers-musical-set-to-open-on-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/11\/heathers-musical-set-to-open-on-off-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"HEATHERS Musical Set To Open On Off-Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"heathers-placeholder\"<\/a>When FilmBuffOnline head honcho Rich Drees wrote about a musical based on the film Heathers <\/strong>way back in 2009<\/a>, I really didn’t believe it would see the light of day, let alone be opening Off-Broadway. It seems I was wrong.<\/p>\n

Heathers <\/strong>is returning to New York City in March for a limited run at New World Stages. A concert presentation of the musical was present at renowned NYC music venue Joe’s Pub back in 2010. It is currently coming off a developmental run at Hudson Backstage Theater in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The music for the show is done by Tony-nominee Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde: The Musical<\/strong>) with a script and lyrics by Kevin Murphy (Emmy-winner for the 2005 Showtime musical adaptation Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical<\/strong>) and is directed by Andy Fickman (The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain<\/strong>). Cast has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

Performances will begin on March 17, 2014 and run until September 7, 2014. The show’s website can be accessed by clicking here<\/a>, and tickets for the first two weeks of performances can be purchased here.<\/p>\n

A note for non-Broadway literate: You might hear “Off-Broadway” and think of shows done in church basements with actors sharing the venue with bingo paraphernalia.\u00a0 That’s more Off-Off-Broadway. New World Stages is a newer theater (lest than ten years old) that specializes in debuting plays and musicals that eventually go on to Broadway (Rock of Ages<\/strong>), come from Broadway (Million Dollar Quartet<\/strong>, The 39 Steps<\/strong>, Peter and the Starcatcher<\/strong>, Avenue Q<\/strong>), or are a little too weird for Broadway but yet have mass appeal (Evil Dead: The Musical, The Toxic Avenger, Altar Boyz<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Via The Huffington Post<\/a> and New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arriving on the Off-White Way after a developmental run in Los Angeles.<\/div>\n

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