Reviews

Heathers the Musical by Kevin Murphy, Laurence O'Keefe

noya2102's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

balsa's review against another edition

5.0

i love the heathers movie more than life itself and the musical did not disappoint

emziexjayne's review against another edition

5.0

The script of my favourite musical. I felt myself singing along and acting out my favourite scenes whilst reading. An excellent story for anyone going through high school, love or just needs some Westerburg spirit.

charlotteschapter's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kaneebli's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

woody425's review against another edition

4.0

The theatre production to absolutely incredible!! Like 110/100! If you get the chance go and see it! The book is the transcript of the show and obviously was never meant to be read on its own, it was meant to be read to then preform, hence why I’d give it a 4/5 (But like honestly go and see the show, amazing! ).

thal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

willows_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Absolutely obsessed with this show! It's 100% my favourite musical, and it was really interesting to read the notes from the creators about the show. It was a little pricey, but definitely worth it!

olafindisguise's review against another edition

5.0

One day I'll play Veronica. Or J.D.

twivea's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Heathers is the first musical i found, the one who introduced me to musical theater and broadway in general. 

sadly, i’m french and i never got to see it live, and don’t know if i will every have this opportunity. 
Heathers is still one of my favorite musical.
*UPDATE*: I'M GOING TO SEE IT LIVE IN AUGUST !!!!!!!!!
*UPDATE 2*: it was fricking amazing, i'm so glad i got to experience it !!

i love the mix between high school drama (that we found in most of young adult movies/tv shows nowadays) and that dark humor + hard subjects.

reading the play was definitely hard and took a lot of time since i couldn’t stop myself to sing every sentence, but i had so much fun :D

plus, explanations from the authors are so interesting !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Death, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Murder