Heather The Musical Analysis

The musical I went to was “Heathers; The Musical”, lyrics and music by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe. Which is about a high school girl named Veronica Sawyer who was nobody until one day, three of the popular girls at her high school decided to she would fit perfect with them. Funny thing was that they were all named Heather. After being whisked away from her boring life and put into the Heather click, she meets a boy named JD who she falls in love with. Veronica, later in the year, accidentally kills the main Heather, then goes on to watch as many of her fellow classmates are “accidentally” killed and are said to have committed suicide by no other than JD himself. Veronica has to find a way to break up with JD and end the killings. This causes JD to go on a rampage and decides to blow ip the school for …show more content…
The song that caused the most emotional reaction was “Kindergarten Boyfriend”. It is about how this bigger girl falls in love with one of the jocks and whenever they grow up he, of course, resorts to fat shaming her like all the other people do. I reacted the way I did because that whole fat shaming thing happened to me in high-school and I know it sucks. The performance that the actress delivered was just so heartbreaking. What held my attention most of the musical was the songs changing from intense to straightforward, then into a parade of emotion. The mood were never the same; they were always going to opposite ends of the scale like happy, then sad, to psychotic. I think the actors and actresses did a wonderful job of delivering the notes. Sure it didn’t sound like they had done this musical for a full year, but other than that, I thought it sounded great! I like the Rock and Roll influence in plays, it makes them more edgy to me. This was a familiar experience as I was in theatre through out high school and still go to many