Making the Music: Joe Iconis Discusses Be More Chill's "Michael in the Bathroom"

Even though a supporting character sings it, the "Michael in the Bathroom" number turns out to be an emotional highpoint of the Broadway musical Be More Chill: a ballad in which Michael (played by George Salazar) finds himself isolated in a bathroom at a Halloween party and gives heartrending voice to all of his insecurities. In the latest installment of our "Making the Music" series, we invited the musical's Tony-nominated composer, Joe Iconis, to Birdland Jazz Club to discuss the way he came up with what is arguably Be More Chill's most iconic tune.

[@theatermania]

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[@Sternenrose]

1:31 this! This is one of the many reasons why I love Be More Chill so much. Because everybody has their own story and has stuff to figure out. It's not just Jeremy who is important.

[@emmie7923]

Me: please i have to study for finals
*theatermania: hAVe a viDeO oN JOE ICONIS DISCUSSING MICHAEL AND THE BATHROOM!¡??¡!!*

[@toost4382]

s e c o n d b a n a n a c h a r a c t e r
god I love these people

[@inarizeki]

i bet that one dislike is the squip.
*change my mind.*

[@samanthavictoria3308]

The best song in the show. I’ve related to it with my anxiety in the past. I love the character and the show so much. I made sure to tell Mr Salazar when I met him at the show off broadway that too. I think everyone can relate to this somehow and if you don’t you’re either lying or you will

[@macyblake9280]

So I clicked on the link to look at show tickets and while I was searching I thought “ima just type in George Salazar” but I instead and absentmindedly typed in George SaladBar 😑

[@pinklasagna648]

3:24 DON'T LIE IN THE HUMMING PART!
all true bmc fans do's it!!

[@daricart1174]

I really love this song. This is my favorite song because I really connected with Michael throughout this song... It's nice to see it from the creators perspective.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

It would be great to see the full performance of MitB from Joe somewhere.

[@Phantomnightwatcher]

I hope that Joe Iconis have a long and bright future creating scores for musicals.

[@emilussy]

This song always makes me tear up😭

[@splogxyz3339]

i swear my heartstrings are always loose nothing is pulling at them nope of course not and my eyes are naturally sweaty yep no tears here

[@alisonwiltgen1335]

I think I screamed.

[@pinklasagna648]

Hi joe!

[@livgamette4026]

How does a finger even click that fast????

[@mossy.frogs.]

Before I even knew BMC Michael was the first character I wanted to get invested in....
proved you wrong joe. >:)
(But I like his reasoning and the song is amazing!)

[@eviem.6903]

Damn he can sing

[@isabella1614]

❤❤❤

[@divadamned]

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