September, 1989. Westerberg High is terrorized by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing junta: Heather, Heather and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica ...

“Heathers the Musical” is a black comedy set in 1989 that embraces teen bullying, sexual abuse, murder, suicide and violence. Sounds like a real barrel of laughs.

Like the movie that inspired it, the show is a dark comedy about a high schooler named Veronica Sawyer who is unexpectedly taken under the wings of The Heathers — three beautiful, cruel and ...