{"id":130854,"date":"2026-02-12T02:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130854\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T02:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:57:06","slug":"heathers-revival-extends-to-the-fall-at-new-world-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130854\/","title":{"rendered":"Heathers Revival Extends to the Fall at New World Stages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Off-Broadway&#8217;s revival of cult-favorite musical\u00a0Heathers has gotten a third extension, and will now continue at Off-Broadway&#8217;s\u00a0New World Stages through September 6. The production will celebrate its first anniversary June 22 with a special sing-along performance, the second offered so far during the revival&#8217;s run.<\/p>\n<p>The Kevin Murphy-Laurence O&#8217;Keefe musical opened July 10, 2025. See what critics had to say <a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/reviews-are-out-for-the-heathers-off-broadway-revival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cult favorite show is back in the venue that hosted its original production, now coming via London&#8217;s The Other Palace. Adapted from the 1988 film, the musical follows Westerberg High student Veronica Sawyer, who&#8217;s on track to become one of the most popular girls in school after befriending the beautiful but cruel Heathers, only to meet a mysterious teen rebel who changes everything. Andy Fickman directs.<\/p>\n<p>The revival cast is led by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/kuhoo-verma-performer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kuhoo Verma<\/a> (Octet) as Veronica Sawyer, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/casey-likes-performer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casey Likes<\/a> (Back to the Future) as J.D., Peyton List as Heather Chandler, Jackera Davis (Beetlejuice) as Heather Duke, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/elizabeth-teeter-vault-0000123515\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Teeter<\/a> (Beetlejuice) as Heather McNamara, and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/kate-rockwell-vault-0000048181\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Rockwell<\/a> (Beetlejuice) as Ms. Fleming and Veronica&#8217;s Mom. Casting is by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/the-telsey-office-casting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Telsey Office<\/a>&#8216;s Rachel Hoffman and Jimmy Larkin.<\/p>\n<p>Heathers the Musical premiered with a sold-out run in Los Angeles in 2013, and transferred to New World Stages in 2014, also directed by Fickman in a different staging. The authors revised the show for a 2018 West End run, before playing two national tours and a West End encore engagement\u2014several new songs and script changes can be heard in New York for the first time in this revival. <\/p>\n<p>Fickman reunited his London creative team for the Off-Broadway mounting, including choreographer Gary Lloyd (the New York iteration also includes additional choreography by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/stephanie-klemons-vault-0000098486\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie Klemons<\/a>), set and costume designer David Shields (this staging also features co-costume design by <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/siena-zoe-allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siena Zo\u00eb Allen<\/a>), lighting designer Ben Cracknell, and sound designer Dan Samson. Will Joy serves as music supervisor, with Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh as music director.<\/p>\n<p>The associate team includes associate director <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/taylor-haven-holt-vault-0000126076\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Haven Holt<\/a>, associate lighting designer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/colleen-doherty-designer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colleen Doherty<\/a>, associate sound designer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/german-martinez-designer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Germ\u00e1n Martinez<\/a>, and assistant costume designer Amanda Roberge. Lisa Connell serves as fight director, with Rebecca Reaney as intimacy coordinator. <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/bess-marie-glorioso-vault-0000014952\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bess Marie Glorioso<\/a> is production stage manager, and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/katherine-shea-vault-0000122473\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katherine Shea<\/a> and Eszter Zador are assistant stage managers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/heathers-where-are-they-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">READ: Heathers, Where Are They Now?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>General management for Heathers the Musical is by Pemberley Productions. Bill Kenwright Ltd., Paul Taylor-Mills, Jerry Goehring, Madison Mohn, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/phil-kenny-vault-0000126428\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Kenny<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/scott-prisand-vault-0000029747\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Prisand<\/a>\/<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/rob-kolson-producer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Kolson<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/the-broadway-investors-club\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Broadway Investor&#8217;s Club<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/john-gore-organization-producer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Gore Organization<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/no-guarantees-productions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No Guarantees Productions<\/a>, Willette and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/manny-klausner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manny Klausner<\/a>, Aron Tomko and Gabe Alves, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/carl-moellenberg-vault-0000023828\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Moellenberg<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/the-shubert-organization-vault-0000116355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Shubert Organization<\/a>, Inc., <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/nick-padgett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Padgett<\/a>\/<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/vasi-laurence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vasi Laurence<\/a>, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/andrew-patino-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Patino<\/a>\/Chris Devlin, Richard Batchelder, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/david-alperson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Alperson<\/a>, Carlos Candal &amp; Paul Mansfield, 42nd.club\/<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/sunnyspot-productions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SunnySpot Productions<\/a>, annjen Productions\/David Treatman Creative, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/andrew-paradis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Paradis<\/a>\/<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/kelly-lamor-wilson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Lamor Wilson<\/a>,Charlie Hitchcock\/<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/ben-feldman-vault-0000124252\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Feldman<\/a>, Michael Cohen\/<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/robin-reinach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Reinach<\/a>, Jesse &amp; Kathy McKendry, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/alexander-robertson-producer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Robertson<\/a> &amp; Oliver Ives Indictor, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/backstreets-productions-producer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Backstreets Productions<\/a>, Louis Santor, <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/adam-cohen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Cohen<\/a>, and Nicholas Kaiser are producing.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/HeatherstheMusical.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HeatherstheMusical.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Off-Broadway&#8217;s revival of cult-favorite musical\u00a0Heathers has gotten a third extension, and will now continue at Off-Broadway&#8217;s\u00a0New World Stages&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-130854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}