Watch: Casey Likes Sings 'Freeze Your Brain' From Off-Broadway's Heathers

The revival of the cult-favorite musical continues its run at New World Stages.

April 06, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block

How very! We've got some special video footage from Off-Broadway's Heathers revival, and we're sharing it with you. See Casey Likes as J.D. singing "Free Your Brain" from the Laurence O'Keefe-Kevin Murphy musical above. The revival of the cult-favorite show continues its multi-extended run at New World Stages.

The production is readying to welcome lots of new faces. Likes will take his final bow April 26, alongside Peyton List as Heather Chandler and Kate Rockwell as Ms. Fleming. Beginning April 27, the production will welcome Isabelle Esler (Beetlejuice) as Veronica, John Cardoza (The Notebook) as J.D., Zan Berube (Back to the Future) as Heather Chandler, Lisa Ann Walter (Abbott Elementary) as Ms. Fleming, and Chris Marsh Clark (A Beautiful Noise) as Ram Sweeney. Kuhoo Verma will give her final performance as Veronica April 12, with standby Sara Al-Bazali set to star in the role April 13-26.

This revival opened July 10, 2025, and is currently set to continue through September 6. The cult favorite show is back in the venue that hosted its original production, now coming via London's The Other Palace. Adapted from the 1988 film, the musical follows Westerberg High student Veronica Sawyer, who's on track to become one of the most popular girls in school after befriending the beautiful but cruel Heathers, only to meet a mysterious teen rebel who changes everything. Andy Fickman directs.

The revival cast is currently led by Verma (Octet) as Veronica Sawyer, Likes (Back to the Future) as J.D., List as Heather Chandler, Jackera Davis (Beetlejuice) as Heather Duke, Elizabeth Teeter (Beetlejuice) as Heather McNamara, and Rockwell (Beetlejuice) as Ms. Fleming and Veronica's Mom. Casting is by The Telsey Office's Rachel Hoffman and Jimmy Larkin.

Heathers the Musical premiered with a sold-out run in Los Angeles in 2013, and transferred to New World Stages in 2014, also directed by Fickman in a different staging. The authors revised the show for a 2018 West End run, before playing two national tours and a West End encore engagement—several new songs and script changes can be heard in New York for the first time in this revival.

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Fickman reunited his London creative team for the Off-Broadway mounting, including choreographer Gary Lloyd (the New York iteration also includes additional choreography by Stephanie Klemons), set and costume designer David Shields (this staging also features co-costume design by Siena Zoë Allen), lighting designer Ben Cracknell, and sound designer Dan Samson. Will Joy serves as music supervisor, with Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh as music director. Jason Weixelman is production stage manager, with Elizabeth Allen stage managing and Eszter Zador serving as assistant stage manager.