Review: In 'Be More Chill,' the adolescent angst of 'Evan Hansen' gets a wacky (and loud) A.I. twist
by Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
Mar 11, 2019
3 minutes
NEW YORK - It wasn't that long ago that a topic of concern was the graying of theater audiences. Today, we must address the high school takeover of Broadway stages.
The success of "Dear Evan Hansen" has apparently opened the pubescent floodgates. "Mean Girls" has unleashed its vicious cafeteria rivalries in song and dance. "The Prom," while humorously focused on a troupe of middle-age actors looking to revive their careers by becoming social justice heroes at an intolerant high school in Indiana, carves out emotional space for the adolescent victims of bulldozing adults.
And now, "Be More
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