By now the story of Be More Chill, “Michael in the Bathroom” and George Salazar has entered Broadway lore, so just a quick recap: Joe Iconis’ musical about high school theater geeks, teenage angst and a seductive new pill-sized technology that can turn a kid from nobody to popular in one gulp began its road to Broadway in New Jersey. Or on the internet. Or both.
After a 2015 production at New Jersey’s Two River Theater came and went, its cast album that went viral, with 170 million fans around the world streaming the music. Mostly, at least at first, they streamed “Michael in the Bathroom,” a cri de coeur performed by actor George Salazar as Michael, best friend of Chill‘s lead character Jeremy. Abandoned by his pal after years of us-against-them in the middle-school trenches, Michael takes refuge in a bathroom at a cool-kids party, hiding from the world...
After a 2015 production at New Jersey’s Two River Theater came and went, its cast album that went viral, with 170 million fans around the world streaming the music. Mostly, at least at first, they streamed “Michael in the Bathroom,” a cri de coeur performed by actor George Salazar as Michael, best friend of Chill‘s lead character Jeremy. Abandoned by his pal after years of us-against-them in the middle-school trenches, Michael takes refuge in a bathroom at a cool-kids party, hiding from the world...
- 4/17/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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