Be More Chill

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Be More Chill is a sci-fi teen musical about a socially awkward high schooler who takes a mind-controlling supercomputer pill to become popular, gaining a cult following for its energetic score and offbeat humor.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Be More Chill canonical 5
Be More Chill (Part 1) 1
Be More Chill (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf science fiction musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
teen musical ⓘ
achievedPopularityVia online streaming of cast recording ⓘ
basedOn Be More Chill (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Be More Chill
basedOnWorkBy Ned Vizzini ⓘ
bookBy Joe Tracz ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 2019-08-11 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 2019-03-10 ⓘ
broadwayTheater Lyceum Theatre ⓘ
broadwayTransfer true ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresElement mind-controlling supercomputer pill ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
coming-of-age ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
knownFor energetic pop-rock score ⓘ
offbeat humor ⓘ
strong online fanbase ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricsBy Joe Iconis ⓘ
mainCharacter Christine Canigula ⓘ
Jeremy Heere ⓘ
Michael Mell ⓘ
The Squip ⓘ
musicBy Joe Iconis ⓘ
notableSong A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into ⓘ
I Love Play Rehearsal ⓘ
Loser Geek Whatever ⓘ
Michael in the Bathroom ⓘ
More Than Survive ⓘ
The Squip Song ⓘ
Two-Player Game ⓘ
Upgrade ⓘ
offBroadwayOpeningYear 2018 ⓘ
offBroadwayRun true ⓘ
offBroadwayTheater Pershing Square Signature Center ⓘ
originalCastRecordingReleaseYear 2015 ⓘ
originalPremiereDate 2015-05-30 ⓘ
originalPremiereLocation Two River Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Two River Theater
originalProductionCompany Two River Theater ⓘ
plotSummary A socially awkward high school student takes a supercomputer pill called a Squip to become popular, with dangerous consequences. ⓘ
setting American high school ⓘ
targetAudience teenagers ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
theme identity and self-acceptance ⓘ
peer pressure ⓘ
social anxiety ⓘ
technology and control ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Will Roland → notableWork → Be More Chill ⓘ
Stephanie Hsu → notableWork → Be More Chill ⓘ
Stephanie Hsu → castMemberOf → Be More Chill ⓘ
Be More Chill → basedOn → Be More Chill (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Be More Chill
Jeremy Heere → appearsIn → Be More Chill ⓘ
Jeremy Heere → firstAppearance → Be More Chill (novel, 2004) ⓘ
linked to: Be More Chill
Jeremy Heere → songAssociation → Be More Chill (Part 1) ⓘ
linked to: Be More Chill
Jeremy Heere → appearsIn → Be More Chill ⓘ
subject linked to: Jeremy Heere in Be More Chill