HEATHERS THE MUSICAL
Book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe
Directed by Andy Fickman
at New World Stages, Stage 1, 340 West 50th Street
Heathers The Musical plays a limited engagement through September 6, 2026 at New World Stages, Stage I (340 West 50th Street). Heathers is directed by Andy Fickman, who staged the record-breaking UK production. Tickets are on sale at heathersthemusical.com and Telecharge.com.
Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she's unexpectedly taken under the wings of The Heathers – three beautiful and impossibly cruel classmates all named Heather – her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. That is until J.D., the mysterious teen rebel, turns up and teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody.
Based on the 1989 cult film by Daniel Waters that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers The Musical originally opened in Los Angeles for a sold-out run in 2013 and transferred Off-Broadway to New World Stages in 2014. The authors revised the show for the 2018 London premiere, incorporating several new songs and script changes, which will be heard in New York for the first time. Heathers The Musical has had three smash hit West End productions and three tours, which have broken box office records throughout the UK and Ireland. Heathers The Musical won the 2019 WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Musical and in 2022 was filmed for streaming on The Roku Channel.
Since its premiere, Heathers The Musical has gained a large, devoted fan base known as the ‘Corn Nuts,’ named after the cryptic final words of ringleader Heather Chandler. These fans have significantly contributed to the show’s international success, resulting in over 1,400 productions worldwide.
Heathers currently stars Isabella Esler as Veronica Sawyer; John Cardoza as Jason ‘J.D.’ Dean; Zan Berube as Heather Chandler; Jackera Davis as Heather Duke; Elizabeth Teeter as Heather McNamara; Lisa Ann Walter as Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom; Erin Morton as Martha Dunnstock; Chris Marsh Clark as Ram Sweeney; Cade Ostermeyer as Kurt Kelly; Adam Bashian as Ram’s Dad/Big Bud Dean/Coach Ripper and Jimmy Ray Bennett as Kurt’s Dad/Veronica’s Dad/Principal Gowan.
The cast also features Thalia Atallah (Swing - Drama Club Drama Queen, u/s Heather McNamara, Heather Duke, Martha); Emma Benson (Swing - Midwestern Surfer Punk, u/s Heather McNamara, Martha, Ms. Fleming); Louis Griffin (Swing - Fresh Prince of Ohio, u/s J.D., Ram, Kurt’s Dad); Devin Lewis (Ensemble - Hipster Dork, u/s J.D., Kurt, Ram); Kiara Michelle Lee (Ensemble - Young Republicanette, u/s Veronica, Heather Chandler, Heather Duke); Brian Martin (Ensemble - Preppy Stud/Officer Milner, u/s Kurt, Ram’s Dad, Kurt’s Dad); Syd Sider (Ensemble - Stoner Chick, u/s Martha, Ms. Fleming); and Cecilia Trippiedi (Ensemble -New Wave Party Girl, u/s Veronica, Heather Chandler, Heather McNamara).