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5 YA Books that Deserve the Be More Chill Treatment

5 YA Books that Deserve the Be More Chill Treatment

Before it was an earth-shattering, heart-rending groundbreaking musical, Be More Chill was the late, great Ned Vizzini’s debut novel. If you had told me, the first time that I read the book—after a recommendation from my high school librarian somewhere during sophomore year—that its musical adaptation would be a viral phenomenon, I would have laughed. Judging by the date stamps, I was one of the only people reading that book.

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Welcome to #musicalBFFs, a series of exclusive video interviews between NMT Writers and some of their musical best friends! Today, Joe Iconis (The Black Suits, Be More Chill) interviews his good friends Jennifer Ashley Tepper (54 Below, The Untold Stories of Broadway) and Jason SweetTooth Williams (Bloodsong of Love, Joe Iconis and Family). Watch the video and then head over to NMT for a […]

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WRITER SPOTLIGHT: Joe Iconis

This September, NMT is putting a spotlight on its writers. Each day, we’ll be featuring one writer or writing team’s recommended audition songs and audition tips – and sharing a discount code for their one-day-only Spotlight Sale! Today, we point the spotlight on the amazing Joe Iconis. New Yorkers, New Jerseyans, and people who live nearby: Joe’s […]

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Lyric Lens: “52” by Joe Iconis

Welcome back to Lyric Lens! For the first edition back after a bit of a hiatus, I’ll be looking at a song called “52,” by Joe Iconis. This song is not yet for sale online, though a bunch of Joe’s other songs are, and hey, I can still hold out hope for the future. After […]

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I Wish I’d Written That

Musical theatre writers, by and large, are musical theatre nerds first, whose natural proclivities have led them to their craft.  They know their Alan Menken and their Cole Porter, and they may not remember all the words to the national anthem, but they could recite the lyrics to “Getting Married Today” in their sleep.  But […]

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SONG SPOTLIGHT: Blue Hair

Welcome back to Song Spotlights! Before we dive in, I wanted to give a little background about the inspiration behind this series. Once upon a time, in a class on the American Musical, my professor declared his unofficial death date for the Golden Age as 1981 (Merrily We Roll Along and its original flop production—clearly […]

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