The musical based on Tim Burton's 1988 movie was called 'exhausting,' 'gross' and 'ill-conceived' by critics. And yet younger theatergoers love it.
Tim Burton’s 1988 classic ‘Beetlejuice’ memorably used recordings of Harry Belafonte’s ‘Day-O’ and ‘Jump in the Line,’ much to the late entertainer’s delight.The show practically announces this bold plan the moment the curtain rises, revealing a teenage girl at a funeral.
The show’s only ballads explore the depths of her overwhelming grief; in the touring production, Isabella Esler performs them both with palpable vulnerability, filling the otherwise empty stage with Lydia’s frustrations about mourning her mother alone while her father refuses to acknowledge the loss.
“Holy crap … such a bold departure from the original source material!” Beetlejuice shouts of the show’s Lydia focus. The titular demon, famously played by Michael Keaton for only around 15 minutes of the movie, is given lots more stage time as the charismatic narrator of the musical.
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