"One night in early September, something seemingly strange happened at New World Stages in Midtown Manhattan: the entire audience at Heathers: The Musical, in a direct rebuke of standard theater decorum, was singing along with the actors onstage. In most cases, such flagrant rule-breaking would be a nightmare for the cast, but it turned out the event had been fully sanctioned and carefully planned."
""We honestly didn't know what to expect, because it's a wild thing to just sort of carry on doing your show while you have 500 people working with you. But it was really beautiful," says Elizabeth Teeter, who plays Heather McNamara, the quietest of the musical's titular trio of mean girls. "It reminded me that we're a part of something that's so much bigger than just us in the show - that so many people love this, and so many people know it.""
A one-night Big Fun Day at New World Stages invited the audience of Heathers: The Musical to sing along during specific sections of the score. The sing-along was fully sanctioned and planned, allowing hundreds of fans to participate without disrupting the cast. Elizabeth Teeter, who plays Heather McNamara, described the experience as really beautiful and said it emphasized that the performers are part of something larger. McKenzie Kurtz, who plays Heather Chandler, praised the devoted fanbase and their consistent presence. Heathers originated as a 1988 pitch-black comedy and premiered off-Broadway in 2014, growing in popularity over the past decade.
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