Talk:Heathers: The Musical

JD as a girl, with lesbian relationship with Veronica. Saw a production Saskatoon, Canada in Dec 2023 with this casting at the Broadway Theatre.

Comments

STOP PUTTING REGIONAL, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS ON THE MAIN PAGE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.72.205.3 (talk) 20:35, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Is it "Westerberg" or "Westerburg?"

Hello Wikipedians! I was checking whether or not the name of the high school in the musical was spelled "Westerberg" or "Westerburg", and couldn't find any definitive answers at first glance. Checked Wikipedia and TVTropes and even they were inconsistent with their spellings. Going off the spelling listed on the movie's page, I would assume the spelling would be "-burg," but some places say "-berg," and Wikipedia's page for the musical uses both in the same contexts! Just wanted to clear things up. Paintspot (talk) 13:39, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Looking at the official website, including the lyrics sheets they have available, it is spelled -erg. This may be different from the movie, but we should be going with sources talking about the show anyways. BOVINEBOY2008 14:50, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

In the movie it's Westerburg, you can see it on the drums at the pep rally! 37.228.177.61 (talk) 14:41, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Cast Section

Hi all,

I think that the cast table section should not include the Joe's pub performance. It wasn't a full 'production' (it doesn't have its own section in the productions part of the article, just mentioned in the development section) and I think the actors should just be described in the prose section for development. Thoughts? Apathyash (talk) 16:48, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Watching

Where can I watch this musical can I watch it on Disney Netflix Hulu stuff like that 2601:407:C700:CA10:4CE2:51EF:75C4:5CB5 (talk) 21:43, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

But to answer anyways, Roku. Arcade Wise (they/them) (talk) 01:07, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia can’t help with these kind of questions. Google would be a good place to start. Apathyash (talk) 21:58, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Over listing of Cast

As with any article about a popular play or musical, Heathers' wikipedia page often falls prey to smaller regional, or even community and high school, productions trying to make it all about themselves. As it currently stands, most of the information on this page is backed up with sources, but I raise my eyebrow at the notability of the majority of the names listed. Names linking to other articles are obviously acceptable, but the Brazil section is just a word salad. I hardly think we need to know every name for every role. The same goes for Australia's listing of every single performance date. Equirax (talk) 05:32, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Yeah agreed actually. Iirc it was me that added most of the names in the replacements section a while back, but looking back on it I think most aren't notable in and of themselves. There are definitely a handful you could make an argument for being notable. Tobias Turley would be imo given his win on Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream, and maybe Miracle Chance given she's originated a couple roles in other musicals before. The rest is probably cruft, yeah.

Agreed on the Brazil and Australia sections being messy too - I would also argue the Notable US regional productions section needs clearing too, given it seems to mostly cover community theatre rather than professional DeputyBeagle (talk) 09:18, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

I cleaned it up a bit; the cast table still needs some trimming but the notable productions section is much more concise now Equirax (talk) 02:11, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

JoJo Siwa????

The page says JoJo wrote You’re Welcome. What 72.85.58.194 (talk) 16:30, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Casting tables

As a reminder, per WP:CRYSTAL, casting tables shall not be updated until the production in question officially begins performances. This is an encyclopedia, not a fan page. Things can change for a planned production that has not happened yet. Smitty1999 (talk) 12:25, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Productions

• What I think should be changed: Add to the Productions section the first canonically queer production of Heathers at Stanford University by Ram's Head Theatrical Society featuring Emily Saletan originating the role of Jane "J.D." Dean.
• Why it should be changed: The production was in direct contact with the authors of the musical. While they had allowed non-male actors to be cast as J.D. before, the character had always been male. Once Saletan was cast as J.D., the directors reached out to the authors about changing the gender of the character. The authors then rewrote a new official version of the script with a female J.D. for Stanford's production. The new canonically queer version later became licensable by other companies. Reference below by Concord Theatricals.
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

"Heathers The Musical: Reimagining J.D. as a Female Role". Breaking Character. Breaking Character. June 25, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2025.

Suggested wording with citations:

In May 2021, Stanford University's Ram's Head Theatrical Society debuted the first gender-bent production of Heathers with Emily Saletan originating the role of Janie "J.D." Dean. While non-male actors had previously been cast as the male character of J.D., this was the first production for which the original authors rewrote an official script with a female J.D., which remains available for licensing.

Tambouriner (talk) 07:07, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

References

I don't usually reply to edit requests since I'm a frequent COI editor myself, but as a recreational theater nerd I knew I was up for this one. (If anyone else who sees this feels this is inappropriate, please let me know; I didn't see anything in the guidelines for responding to edit requests.) I grabbed another source and made some tweaks to your wording, and added this to the list of "Other productions" I created to consolidate some smaller entries, taking inspiration from the Guys and Dolls article. Marking your request as answered. Mary Gaulke (talk) 00:22, 10 June 2025 (UTC)