There’s a little movie from 1988 called Beetlejuice. You may have heard of it. Directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton as the title character, it’s kind of famous. Well, there’s a musical version, one that opened on Broadway in 2019, and guess where it is now on tour...
. You may have heard of it. Directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton as the title character, it’s kind of famous. Well, there’s a musical version, one that opened on Broadway in 2019, and guess where it is now on tour. is here in Houston, courtesy of Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center, and it’s both exactly what you’d expect and nothing at all like you’ve seen.Somewhere in New York, teenager Lydia Deetz’s mother dies.
Isabella Esler is the heart of the production, balancing out and calming the show with her vulnerability as a young girl dealing with the devastation of losing her mom. It’s impossible not to feel for her when she sings of being invisible, and even more so later during the numbers “Dead Mom” and “Home.” Of course, Esler also puts on a fun performance during the second act’s “Creepy Old Guy” bit.
Special mentions also go out to Jackera Davis as a sweet-voiced Girl Scout named Sky, who opens the second act with an unexpectedly fun number and Hillary Porter’s Miss Argentina, who drops “What I Know Now” with gusto befitting a former beauty queen.has an undeniable carnival-like feel, a current of whimsy and irreverence running through the show’s length that is only heightened by scenic designer David Korins.
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