Heathers: The Musicalwill be available on The Roku Channel this September, marking the first time the hit musical, based on the 1989 movie of the same name, will air on a streaming service.
Featuring songs like “Candy Store,” “Dead Girl Walking” and “Seventeen,” the show has become somewhat of a cult classic after it ran Off-Broadway during spring and summer 2014.
In the production airing on The Roku Channel, Ailsa Davidson will appear as Veronica, while Simon Gordon will play J.D.. Maddison Firth will don the red scrunchie as Westerberg’s High’s resident queen bee Heather Chandler (Kim Walker in the 1989 film).
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Heathershit theaters on March 31, 1989. While it wasn’t a box-office hit, the dark teen satire quickly became an eminently quotable film.
The story follows wallflower Veronica Sawyer, who is taken under the wing of the popular yet acid-hearted Heather Chandler and her two minions: Heather Duke (Shannen Dohertyin the movie) and Heather McNamara (Lisanne Falk). Veronica soon meets the mysterious J.D., who gives her a fresh perspective on popularity — with deadly consequences.
After the stage show’s Off-Broadway production wrapped,Heathers: The Musicalwent on to enjoy multiple West End and Off-West End runs in London beginning in 2018, with Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica. AnOff-West End revival is still playing, featuring Davidson as Veronica.
The stage show was even the focus of a season 3 episode ofRiverdale. The teen show’s musical installments have also leveragedNext to Normal,Hedwig and the Angry InchandCarrie:The Musical.
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“Just seeing another guy up there in the black jacket, playing that part. There were parts of me that wanted to run up on the stage,” he said.
But Slater resisted the urge to take over his old role, sayingHeathers: The Musicalwas a great re-imagining of the cult hit, with a funny cast.
After the show, he even snuck backstage to deliver kudos to the then-new group of Westerburg High students and to reminisce about his own days in Sherwood, Ohio — and McCartan, 29, even invited Slater to savor a moment wearing the character’s signature black trench coat again.
source: people.com
