Preview of "Be More Chill" | Joe Iconis | TEDxNavesink
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2015
- Musical theater writer & fixture on the New York cabaret scene; recipient of Kleban Prize, Jonathan Larson Award, ASCAP Harold Adamson Lyric Award, & MAC John Wallowitch Songwriting Award; nominee of Drama Desk Awards & Lucille Lortel Award. Here is a preview of his upcoming musical “Be More Chill” at Two River Theater, in Red Bank, New Jersey. Featuring Eric William Morris and Will Connolly.
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Joe Iconis is a musical theater writer and a fixture on the New York cabaret scene. He is the recipient of a Kleban Prize, a Jonathan Larson Award, an ASCAP Harold Adamson Lyric Award, and a MAC John Wallowitch Songwriting Award. He has also been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award. Joe’s songs appeared on Season 2 of NBC’s “Smash” and his writing has been featured in The New York Times. He is the author of: “The Black Suits” (Center Theater Group, Barrington Stage Company); the rock-and-roll Spaghetti Western musical “Bloodsong of Love” (Ars Nova, NAMT); “ReWrite” (Urban Stages, Goodspeed Opera House); and Theaterworks USA’s “The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks” and “We The People.” Joe is currently working on a musical about Hunter S. Thompson for La Jolla Playhouse/Broadway Across America, with book-writer Gregory S. Moss.
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:O HOW DOES HE SING SO FRICKIN PERFECTLY FOR THE CHARACTER LIKE I CAN'T EVEN THAT HE WAS BORN TO BE A TEENAGE BOY
gee I wish I was born to be a T E E N A G E B O I
I KNOW HIS VOICE
Sandy Gooen THE STRUGGLE IS REAL!!
Ikr, he's one of the oldest ones out of them
Nekostache really,wow he sounds like 16 😂😂😂😂
I'll never forgive myself for not finding this musical in time
same
Twenty Paphonies SAME THO
SAMMMME OMG i had heard michael in the bathroom like a year ago and was like "???" only 2 weeks ago did i act on that
DeadVictory WAIT SAME
Twenty Paphonies sameeee
*that moment when you realize you'll never be able to see it with the original cast*
Glowstick Fluids oh well!
they got footage of it; my hopes are that it's released someday
fUK
Well now im crying
I dunno man, it’s gonna be fun to see will Roland so...
his voice says "I'm fourteen" but his face says "I just turned thirty-nine"
400th like
888th like also true
900th like
1.100 like. Beat that.
He was 31
i like how the beginning joe is like "yeah jeremy sucked he was horrible not bright not good looking not special, he was a looser" and will is just casually there listening to him rant about his character
69 likes XDDD
its not like he was dissing will himself
its not like he was dissing will himself
its not like he was dissing will himself
That’s a big mood.
"Everything is legal in New Jersey"
Zoë Fischer best quote 11/10
Zoë Fischer hamilton skam be more chill... can you get any better
woah
wHERE IS MY SON
lOOK AT MY SON!
Holy f*** I can't believe this exists I'm ready to cry it's the closest thing to a bootleg I'll ever find
There's an audio bootleg, too!
Yeah I know so maybe that's a bit closer to a bootleg than this lmao
Lionblaze LPS AJ ??
Generic Fandom Thing how do you listen to the audio bootleg?
I know, me too. lmao i got so upset when i figured out there were no bootlegs (visual, at least). Being late to a fandom sucks, especially when we figure out that there is no way we'll ever be able to find how exactly Michael Makes an Entrance™
My mouth dropped open when I found out Will Connelly is in his thirties. MY GOODNESS.
He looks like an actual teenager tho
WHAT?!?! Since when is my boy in his thirties.
*sniff*
They grow up so fast.
WHAT
He sounds more like a teenager than I, a teenager, do. Albeit a teenager with the voice of a god, but still a teenager.
He's so hot for a 30 year old
the extra dialog that wasn't in the album fuels me
Raven Jay you can find both a full audio bootleg as well as a draft of the script online! :)
Hey, the books even better
I was so happy when I found the entire script online.
If you need the bootleg just look up "kid takes Japanese drugs" and you should eventually find a nice documentary on Jeremy getting his shoebox Japanese drugs
@@samsghetti thx
joe iconis over here roasting my boy jeremy wtf
Leave my boy alone! He's pretty don't roast him
Dalien Howlter I appreciate this comment
Oh hey found the Phandom
orvii He's the most *average* person 😂
This seems like some weird metaphor for drugs that they tell you in fifth grade that no one understands but they just go with it
Katie Banning true
Katie Banning It's funny 'cause it's kinda true.
It's better than drugs. It's from Japan.
Katie Banning If our school has another drug assembly, I'm gonna start saying to everyone "It's better than drugs, it's from JAPAAAN!"
Glass Girl DUDE IM GOING TO DO THAT TO XD
5:11 "It's made in Japan naturally"
IT'S FROM JAAAAPPPAAANNNN
"and the squip is..." A GRAY OBLONG PILL QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY CPU
THE QUANTUM COMPUTER IN THE PILL WILL TRAVEL THROUGH BLOOD UBTIL IT IMPLANTS IN YOUR BRAIN AND IT FELLS YOU WHAT TO DO 😂😂
Eliza Pancakes it helps you to be cool it helps you rule
t h e s u b t l e n e s s
@@richardbaggott4502 IT TELLS YOU WHAT TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
its made in Japan. It was so calm....I'm hurting
ITS FROM JAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
Logan The Nerd Hey glad to see a fellow Ravenclaw! But no offense, it's spelled "Anime"
i expected a screech into the microphone
tragic
omg your profile i love it- kEItH
You mean chill
your pfp matches the emotion of the last bit
ever wondered what it'd be like to swallow a computer whole? hi, im joe, welcome to my ted talk
Well the show was based on a book by the late ned vizzini
It's 1 AM and this is the comment I needed
I've got such a crush on Will Connolly tbh
Me too omg
Jasmine Ward Omg me too!
Jasmine Ward SAME THO
Jasmine Ward me too.. help
THANK GOODNESS IM NOT THE ONLY ONE
"i feel gay!"
"if you were, this would be a whole lot easier."
("because then i could just pair you off with michael, you're clearly already married anyways" "what" "what")
Holly Boreham that's what I thought!!
Pfft
Truth!!
Also I'd like to add that the gay community is v laid-back abt popularity, it's not like cishet high schools where you have to follow all those rules to be noticed lmao. Gays are hella chill tbh, there's a lot of differences between us but we all get accepted. It's gr9, and I feel like the squip was thinking abt that. If Jeremy was gay he'd just have to find other gay ppl and not have to have a personality overhaul in order to be accepted lmao.
preach
Pretty sure that's "Book Squip" right there.
"students all over New Jersey are taking these pills." this explains lot actually.
Kate Aeschliman lol
Kate Aeschliman the thing is, I live do close to where the musical is supposed to take place and I always go to Menlo Park mall
Kate Aeschliman Everything is legal in New Jersey
Hi I’m Not okay SAME!!!!
@@sarahfitzgerald801 H a m m y
Everyone's talking about Eric and Will but you gUYS JOE'S SINGING AS THE KIDS OMFG like "we love everything about you" was just so sudden and monotone it was somehow the best part of the entire vid
YES 👌👌
I was have expecting him to do Chloe’s lines
Bless him
*tries to describe the squip and accidentally breaks out into the Squip Song
Richild Tatiana SAME 😂
Same...
IT'S FROM JAPAAAAAANNNN
Rich/Gerard: *comes in unexpectedly* IT’S FROM JAPAAAAAN IT’S A GREY, OBLONG PILLLLL, QUANTUM NANOTECHNOLOGY CPUUUUU
Joe: are you ok
Rich/Gerard: you made me practice it so guess what, I’m doing it
Freshman year-
Everyone is talking about Will, but Eric tho. ❤😂
Emily Cole lmao Ikr
SAME
I KNOW HE IS AMAZING
SAME
I LOVE HIM
OMG HE TOOK A CHILL PILL!
mysticpanda13 OMFG WHY DID I NEVER REALIZE THIS
OMG
mysticpanda13 HOW DID I NOT THINK OF THIS LMAO
W O A H
STOOOP
Joe singing the background killed me
I actually died
how
does
he
sing
like
that????
nora genetics lmao
nora more like how doesn't he die of emotional
Simple, dedication and practice.
nora he is a god
Which one? Doesn’t matter both are amazing
this man is a real life peter pan
space dude XD
space dude which one tho
Madame Bones Will a.k.a. Jeremy 😍
dudette Which one
No👏one👏cares👏that👏you’re👏army love your username
Tbh if I had someone with the voice of Jeremy in my class, I would instantly hug him
Meve yess
Tbh I kinda sound like Jeremy if I try-
Ahh same smh!
@@daisyperry8814 bur ur a girl
Same 😂
this shit gets me so hype this is the kinda stuff i live for not gonna lie
RoseDubs hello! I love your videos
Hey!!!!! I soon as I saw who you were i was like " OMG!!!!!! WTF!!! YUSSS!!!"....(LITERALLY) I LOVE YOUR VIDS!!!💜😍💜😍
I wanna like this comment... but you have exactly 707 likes sooooo
RoseDubs ik I got so excited I was all "OMG ITS JEREMIES VOOIIICE"
RoseDubs same
Why is no one talking about Joe literally wriggling in his seat while he's enjoying himself so much
how is jeremy heere/will connolly so pure
i cant believe will invented singing
tori ikr
tori heh
mood
Big mood
yall........ i love will
"I feel gay"
Honey you are.
Emily Elizabeth accurate
Amelia Games a lot Gay can be an umbrella term, most people think Jeremy as bi, but we call him gay sometimes. Michael is canonly gay and canonly pined after Jeremy, so of course people want them to end up together, so we headcanon him as bi.
Amelia Games a lot It's fine!
Emily Elizabeth gay for micheal
Is it confirmed that Michael is bi too?
The way Eric (the Squip) sings so sarcastically while saying "c-c-come on, c-c-come on, go go!"
Joe: Y'know Jeremy sorta *heeres* about this
slowstars no just...no
😂😂😂
@@rosettaparkette5893 yes, just yes
"Why schools should emotionally manipulate students" was in my recommended.....
yeah same i went to the video and it has two comments by the same guy... squip has been at it again...
SAME???
I keep looking at Eric William Morris even when he's not singing like is anyone gonna talk about how hot he is
Blue Doge THIS *wheezes*
IKKKK
Blue Doge I will gladly
oh i could go on for days
ღ Naturess Jamaa ღ
same
WILL IS SO CUTE IM SCREAMIN
When Joe describes the squip using the squip song lyrics lol
WHY IS BARELY ANYONE CLAPPING???
They’re really loud they just don’t have a mic
This is a formal convention
Usually they take audio from the mics. they probably are laughing and clapping, but the mic didn't pick up on it. :)
AND LAUGHING, THIS IS SUCH A DRY AUDIENCE
@@nousnaimonspasritz better than a really loud audience
Closest we're getting to the bootleg okay
I know bootleg for act 1
@@RyanCa11um pls provide us with that gold information pls
Madame Mim I found a better one a few months ago, so search jared kleinman discovers the perils of smoking drugs and the there should be a video called Jared Kleinman art speedrun with slime (emotional) by a channel called Bored ! This one isn’t the one I was talking about but it is for the entire show not just act 1 (this channel posted other bootlegs as well)
@@RyanCa11um omg i love you, thank you SO much 💚
*"Access procedure complete."*
*D E E P I N H A L E*
It's made in Japan-
*_naturally_*
How is able to be a 33 year old man but look and sould like a teenager.... JUST ASKING BECAUSE HE FITS THIS ROLE PERFECTLY
Well you found it
That applause made me so sad like if I was in that audience I'd be fangirling and screaming "YESSSS WILL YESSS" 😂
The most important TED Talk
for some reason, i always imagined jeremy being played by tom holland
Liam Benson i approve of this idea
Liam Benson ahhh same!!! honestly will reminds me of tom
Liam Benson me too 😍😍
So I'm not the only one
great
Same XD
This musical needs a movie adaptation NOW
Nathan VA Boom. It’s becoming a movie now. Your wish is BMC Cast’s command
Nathan VA they need Tom holland as Jeremy
Animated and with the voice acting and singers would be perfect
"You want to be. More. Chill."
rOLL CREDITS
Maybe I'm just not very easily offended, but I'm autistic and I thought that the line was pretty funny. Maybe it's just partially because I can actually imagine squips being helpful for kids like me with Aspergers
CheezyTrees minus trying to SQUIP everybody, right?
CheezyTrees omg, I thought the same thing. I have asbergers and sometimes I wish I had a Squip. I wouldn't want a total personality re-haul, but just to help me with interaction and social cues.
Though I don't feel entirely "offended" by the autistic joke, I AM glad they removed it.
Kat Brawdy same here
WHAT WAS THE LINE TELL ME I CRI
actually true!
The only way Jeremy could be more average was if his name was literally background pony #43.
"background pony" hey jim, i win spot the brony this round
Holly Boreham
Oh darn, you caught me.
XD
J Belle 😂😂
Well he is a furry so...
J Belle Omg xDDD Nice one!
At 10:30 I swear I can hear someone speaking in the background, which after there's a lull in the vocals, sounds like 'The audience... isn't impressed.' 'Well, it doesn't matter.' And the fact that you can hear that in the background, especially after the (and I use this term loosely) 'Autistic joke' fell flat on its face... man, that just hurts. Being that I'm writing my own musical, if I heard someone saying stuff like that in the background while publicly performing some of the songs I'm writing, I think my heart would break.
yeah, at least it's good to know they only considered putting it in because there was a line like that in the actual book
I actually had no idea about that line being from the book! I haven't actually had time to read the book that the musical is based on, but hearing that it's a direct line both puts my mind at ease and continues to worry me. Like, the fact that the line exists at all is a bit... eugh. But, hey, at least they took it out of the musical, which as far as I can tell has had more exposure than the book did(?).
It's literally Joe Iconis roasting the performance XD
AkinaKat nah Joe is singing with Eric at that part
i don't think he said "impressed" it sounded more like im-promised or something
I forgot I loved Will Connolly and Eric William Morris and Joe Iconis more than life
Never forget
The fact that these two were not in the Broadway version is the saddest thing ever to me.
10:40 - 10:45
the only part that matters
look at will
julia e HE'S SO CUTE
julia e YESYESYES HIS SMILE IS THE PUREST THING I FELL IN LOVE
HIS LAUGH IS PRECIOUS
julia e THANK YOU
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY HEART? HIS SMILE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, WHY? AND THAT LAUGH! (Sorry for yelling, and thank You)
I LOVE WILL CONNOLLY SO MUCH
"If you were it'd be a lot easier, but no your bi so I gotta focus on your most obvious current crush instead of Michael" "wait what" "not important"
6:57
Roll credits.
J Belle lol
"Involves a million actors" You got eight.
Shhhhh
I get why it would be annoying and rude at surface level but considering the message the show and the context and setting the autistic and gay lines where used in (the whole point of this song is that Jeremy starts to feel bad about things he does when in reality there is nothing wrong with him, which clearly implies that there's nothing wrong with autistic or gay obviously, and also it's realistic considering the squip is supposed to represent the anxiety teens get about fitting in with their peers and people certainly get picked on for having those characteristics) I really don't understand how people are really that offended by it :/ I mean it's definitely better that they took it out but I understand the point of the lines and don't think it's something to projectile vomit about
becca lol
Lol I love how you described their objections as "projectile vomiting"
Yeah, the autistic line is pretty spot on in describing Jeremy's awkward demeanor.
This comment is super old but both of those lines are taken from the book! So basically everyone's getting mad at jokes that were only there because of the material it's based on.
Lmao I’m autistic and I thought it was so funny lmao
Jonathan Perez like actually tho
I have a crush on Will Connolly's voice
i'm so attracted to eric william morris' voice holy shit
I'm so sad that this didn't make it to Broadway
i love how wills voice is sounds so young it's adorable
Annphia Shelton I know right..
DANCE! DANCE! away from me I don't like people It will go on off-broadway in NYC this July!
DANCE! DANCE! away from me I don't like people IT JUST DID! It’s going to broadway in February 2019!
DANCE! DANCE! away from me I don't like people ITS GOING ON BROADWAY
WELL YOURE IN LUCK BUDDY
BROADWAY 2019
I listened to the album and I fell in love
That Ozian me too
Will is so adorable wtf and Eric's voice is so perfect for a SQUIP
Wait....there was a Ted talk for Be More Chill-....hOLY-
RIGHT? What the heck????
wHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT ERIC OML HE’S SO GODDAMN TALENTED
I was listening and then suddenly I hear a deep voice yelling ‘WE LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU’ and I almost pissed myself bc I forgot that he was doing that
Will Connolly will always be the best Jeremy!!
why am i laughing so hard at joe and eric being the only ones singing the ensemble lines
You can really tell how much this musical has changed
Do I spot Annabeth as your pfp
Not finding this musical in time is the biggest mistake I’ve ever made
He has the Lin Manuel Miranda hand movements
I really wish they had the interaction with Brooke and her gang in Be More Chill #1 because it's jUST SOOOO GOOD.
Joe, your music never ceases to impress me and make me feel things. I'm so excited to hear more of this score! I love it so much already!
Wow, you were here before the successfulness of the show
aha, found the first comment on this
wonder if they ever became a BMC fan
@@AwesomeJediEHuge fan! I got to see it 3 times :)
@@ProfesserChoas25 holy frick that's amazing! i've only started digging into the show recently but the entire history of the production and fandom is incredible. Very cool to hear from a fan who was there from the start!!
Will is actually the perfect Jermey
Everything about him is just *_right_*
Why this musical's audio was the only thing recorded, I will never know why. But their voices are friggin' AWESOME!
‘‘Twas the first time Be More Chill the musical was shown to the public.
Little did they know it would change the hecking world.
I love the voice of the actor who played jeremy
You mean Will Connoly? Or Will Roland?
Maria Paula Chan
Connoly
Yeah, he's AwEsOmE aS hEcK
Maria Paula Chan
YoU aRe vErY cOrReCt
CRYING because when this came out i didn't understand anything BUT NOW I AM CRYING CAUSE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WATCH THE ORIGINAL CAST
Will in Be More Chill Part 2 smiling and giggling omg my heart
They should have had George there too
That was Joe Iconic
"Don't you mean cool?"
"No I mean chill"
5 minutes later
"Everything about is going to be cool..."
I'm kinda glad they fixed "Be More Chill." It sounds boring and that Jeremy has no opinion on what the Squip was doing. In this, Jeremy has more expression, but nothing verbal. In the show, he has more dialogue that makes him unsure of what the Squip is doing. I like it.
My favorite duo, Will Connolly as Jeremy Heere and Eric William Morris as the Squip
I would have loved if they did the duet scene about why he picked the girl's shirt😭
Joe doing the company parts got me cracking up
I'm autistic and I'm really glad they cut that line. I really love the musical!!! It's my absolute favourite I think!!!!! But seriously who thought that would be okay
Stupid Steven it was in the book, but the book was written in 2004 so people as sensitive to things like that.
I (apparently, although nobody cared to tell me -_- ) have ASD and I really don't care. Why do you guys have to be so sensitive?
Lon_Island Because the autistic community has been oppressed for years and when people use "autistic" as a negative word it makes me mega uncomfortable? Good for you for not caring about positive representation, but some of us really want to be accepted and understood as human beings.
I would just like to say, the autistic line is said by the Squip. The Squip is meant to be a representation of self doubt and hatred. Considering the fact he says he makes him want to die and many awful things it's very clear that the musical is not saying that this is okay. The point is the Squip is telling Jeremy he's horrible and Jeremy believes it. I don't know about you but as someone on the spectrum I go through self doubt a lot and sometimes I hate being on the spectrum. And that's what the Squip represents. That negative aspect of our mind that tells us how horrible we are.
i wholeheartedly agree with everything you said, but it still did sting :/
Love the album so good
I love the little things like how serious the people saying "c'mon" are in the background and how the pianist is like jamming and into the music even though he's probably played the music a million times.
Let's just take a minute to appreciate the blessing that is Will and Eric
mAN THAT BURN ON JEREMY THO
Everyone from 2 years ago complaining about how they found it late and I'm here finding it in 2020 like
_we gotta go to the UK, that's the newest Be More Chill musical happening_
@@cyonlinee4278 and we may see Millie O'Connell? im in lol
"I feel gay" hunny you are. You and Micheal have been dating for 6months now how could you forget
Paige Arace I'm sorry but I think you mean they've been married for 6 months?
Some crazy fangirl no. remember they're still in high school
Paige Arace ah true
You can't change a character's sexuality because you have over- pride don't get me wrong I support LGBT but when you wanna make every character gay even if they're written as straight. Not every character in a musical has to be gay I mean you can make your own musical with a gay character or two!
1: it's called a headcannon
2: I do have a musical with several gay characters it's called my life starring me
Only 5 years late😌
Alternative title:
Be More Chill Except the Squip Replaces the Background Singers
"It's made it japan,naturally "
Me:WHERE THE HELL IS RICH ?!!
“The opening number it’s like a super long song with a million actors”
The number: has nine actors
I’m living for Joe vibing on the piano during Be More Chill pt 1
My fav song is the pitiful children
ME TOOOO. Its so fun to just jam out to.
For my favourite song i can't choose between The Pitiful Children and Voices In My Head
I still refuse to believe that Will is 30+ years old he literally voice cracks all the time and sounds like a 16 year old.
I SWEAR THE GODS GAVE THE MOST PERFECTLY ANGELIC VOICE TO MY FAVORITE PERSON ON THIS PLANET
"I feel gay"
"I would be so lucky"