Beetlejuice the Musical- Page 2

[BwayGeek2]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 5:19pm

I don't think he is. He is in My Fair Lady and that is just opening tonight. I cannot imagine he would leave the chance for a Tony nomination, right? 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 5:30pm

BwayGeek2 said: "I don't think he is. He is in My Fair Lady and that is just opening tonight. I cannot imagine he would leave the chance for a Tony nomination, right?"

Considering beetlejuice won’t start performances until the fall, he can still get that nomination and win before he has to leave the show

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 8:30pm

Two movie-to-theater adaptations from Mr Alex Timbers in the same season? Wow.

[Alex M]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 9:28pm

MadsonMelo said: "Two movie-to-theateradaptations from Mr Alex Timbers in the same season? Wow."

Im thinking this might come Fall 2019.

[Alex M]

Posted: 6/14/18 at 7:37pm

Still no news on casting?

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 6/14/18 at 7:43pm

Mean Girls didn't announce until August. There's plenty of time. 

[sabrelady]

Posted: 6/14/18 at 10:32pm

Schindler's List- The Musical?

 

 

OOOHH  Human Centipede- The Musical!

 

SAW- the Musical! ( they could mix elements from all  7 Movies!)

[curel1]

Posted: 8/10/18 at 11:11am

Kerry Butler joining the DC run?

https://twitter.com/KerryButlerNyc/status/1027923981251293189

She was part of the lab, right?

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/10/18 at 1:24pm

Yeah, she and Danny Pudi were the ghostly Maitlands. I hope he's still in!

[a12la]

Posted: 8/10/18 at 2:55pm

darquegk said: "Yeah, she and Danny Pudi were the ghostly Maitlands. I hope he's still in!"

I'm really hoping Danny Pudi comes back as well. He's fantastic.

[OuttaTowner]

Posted: 8/10/18 at 3:16pm

Hoping that Alex Brightman stays on with this. Looking forward to seeing his energy, talent and humor back on the NY stage again soon!

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 8/10/18 at 3:26pm

Is Wesley Taylor involved in this?

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/11/18 at 11:00am

I'm not sure who Wesley would be- he doesn't seem to type for any of the main roles unless they've added some new characters. He might be a contender for Otho Fenlock (although original screenwriter/legendary queer horror novelist Michael McDowell described the character as "obscenely fat and f****ty," which sounds more Jiminy Glick than Wesley Taylor).

[YvanEhtNioj]

Posted: 8/11/18 at 11:09am

Even more than the cast announcement, I'm just really excited to see the set. I imagine something dark and larger than life. 

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/11/18 at 11:12am

I'm curious how they'll reimagine it: consider how much of the movie depends on characters growing, shrinking and teleporting.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/11/18 at 1:04pm

David Korins is the scenic designer and the last time he worked with Timbers was on pee wee Herman, so I imagine it will be filled with tricks and magic.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 5:53pm

The show starts in 8 weeks, I can’t believe there’s no cast yet.

[OuttaTowner]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 6:04pm

I suspect there is - they just haven’t announced it yet.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 6:09pm

Well yes, I just mean they haven’t announced anything with only 8 weeks to go.

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 6:15pm

I’m very curious about the cast and the show in general. Sometimes drawings and models show up in a David Korins’s instagram story and what we’re shown is so.much.fun. It’s not a Tim Burton rip off, but they look so spot on for the world of Beetlejuice we already know, with just a touch of cartoonish fun.

 

[oldfriends]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 6:40pm

This tweet seems to indicate Brightman isn't involved anymore. Such a shame - I'd love to see him in this role.

https://twitter.com/abrightmonster/status/1027532951163219969?s=21

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 6:51pm

My predictions: Beetlejuice will be an immensely divisive musical, just as it was a divisive movie. The film is brilliant as an impressionist art piece, and the characters are all vivid, but the plot is not only nonsensical but completely falls apart at the climax. Mostly, Beetlejuice on film is a series of outrageously conceived, high camp set pieces. 

The trouble with this is, if you give it a more linear plot (like the original screenplay, which press releases hint this musical is drawing from), people who liked the shambling stream-of-consciousness quality of the film will hate it. And if you continue to play all loosey-goosey with the plot, that won't make for a very solid musical, and you can't run a show on a singular artistic vision and a prayer as well as you used to. 

It'll play, people will have mixed feelings and deep passions about it one way or another, but a large number of people will just ignore it, because (like HEATHERS) the material is simply not to many people's tastes. And like HEATHERS, it'll do really well in regionals despite not really sticking around long in NYC.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 7:02pm

I’m guessing Brightman was probably filling in for Fitzgerald in the labs, while he was busy with waitress. Or maybe the Norbert rumor is true.

[darquegk]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 7:32pm

Mitch Jarvis was after the role for years- maybe he’s betting on Getting the Band Back Together not lasting?

[Elegance101]

Posted: 8/12/18 at 8:20pm

My guess is Fitzgerald, who left Waitress a few weeks back with no announced reason.