We don't want to call them villains...some people are simply misunderstood. But these Broadway characters sure have made some questionable choices.
In celebration of Back to School Week, Playbill picked some fictional stage favorites (even the goody two-shoes) and imagined them in detention. From eating in class to un-sportsmanlike conduct, find out why these big names of Broadway had to stay after school.
Little Shop of Horrors
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_1.jpg)
Dear Evan Hansen
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_2.jpg)
Mean Girls
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_3.jpg)
The Phantom of the Opera
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_4.jpg)
Hadestown
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_5.jpg)
Hairspray
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_6.jpg)
Matilda
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_7.jpg)
The Lion King
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/8_2022-09-09-165347_lses.jpg)
Annie
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_9.jpg)
Aladdin
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_10.jpg)
Something Rotten
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/12_2022-09-09-165348_izbc.jpg)
Gypsy
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_13.jpg)
Les Misérables
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_14.jpg)
Sweeney Todd
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_15.jpg)
Heathers
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_16.jpg)
Beetlejuice
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_17.jpg)
Beauty and the Beast
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_18.jpg)
Be More Chill
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_19.jpg)
Spring Awakening
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_20.jpg)
Into the Woods
![](http://assets.playbill.com/editorial/Detention-Slip_21.jpg)