EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming Off Broadway revival of Heathers The Musical has introduced the casting of its title trio: McKenzie Kurtz (Broadway’s Frozen and The Coronary heart of Rock and Roll) will play Heather Chandler; Olivia Hardy (Broadway’s Kimberly Akimbo) will play Heather Duke; and Elizabeth Teeter (Broadway’s Beetlejuice) will play Heather MacNamara.
Kurtz, Hardy and Teeter be a part of the beforehand introduced Lorna Courtney (Broadway’s & Juliet), who will star as Veronica Sawyer, and Casey Likes (Broadway’s Again to the Future), who has been solid as J.D.
Extra casting can be introduced subsequent week.
The castings have been introduced by producers Invoice Kenwright Ltd., Paul Taylor-Mills and Jerry Goehring.
Directed by Andy Fickman, Heathers begins previews at New World Levels, Stage I on June 22 and runs via September 28. The musical includes a e book, music, and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe.
The official synopsis: “Welcome to Westerberg Excessive, the place reputation is a matter of life and loss of life, and Veronica Sawyer is simply one other no one dreaming of a greater day. However when she’s unexpectedly taken underneath the wings of The Heathers – three stunning and impossibly merciless classmates all named Heather – her goals of recognition lastly begin to come true. That’s till J.D. turns up, the mysterious teen insurgent who teaches her that it’d kill to be a no one, however it’s homicide being a anyone…”
“I couldn’t be extra thrilled in regards to the powerhouse trio entering into these iconic pink, inexperienced, and yellow costumes,” mentioned director Fickman. “McKenzie Kurtz brings a ferocious authority to Heather Chandler that calls for the highlight. Olivia Hardy gloriously captures Heather Duke’s volcanic anger. And Elizabeth Teeter brings a heartbreaking vulnerability to Heather MacNamara that can shock and transfer audiences. These Heathers are daring, good, and completely lethal, in the easiest way doable.”
The musical is predicated on the 1989 movie by Daniel Waters that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. The stage adaptation initially opened in Los Angeles for a sold-out run in 2013 and transferred Off-Broadway to New World Levels in 2014. The authors revised the present for the 2018 London premiere, directed by Fickman, incorporating a number of new songs and script modifications, which can be heard in New York for the primary time.
