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After a fan-led revival, Beetlejuice will end its Broadway run Jan. 8, 2023.
The Broadway musical, based on the 1988 Tim Burton film, originally opened at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on April 25, 2019, and later announced a June 2020 closing (which was moved up due to the industrywide shutdown in March 2020). The closing notice, prompted by the theater owner, was notable because it came as the grosses for the musical were on an uptick, which the production credited to growing fan engagement. However, The Music Man was slated to take that theater.
The musical reopened at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway in April 2022, with most of its original cast.
Since returning to Broadway, the musical has experienced more of a struggle at the box office. In recent weeks, the production has grossed less than 1 million and has been playing to capacities of 60 to 70 percent.
This is the...
After a fan-led revival, Beetlejuice will end its Broadway run Jan. 8, 2023.
The Broadway musical, based on the 1988 Tim Burton film, originally opened at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on April 25, 2019, and later announced a June 2020 closing (which was moved up due to the industrywide shutdown in March 2020). The closing notice, prompted by the theater owner, was notable because it came as the grosses for the musical were on an uptick, which the production credited to growing fan engagement. However, The Music Man was slated to take that theater.
The musical reopened at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway in April 2022, with most of its original cast.
Since returning to Broadway, the musical has experienced more of a struggle at the box office. In recent weeks, the production has grossed less than 1 million and has been playing to capacities of 60 to 70 percent.
This is the...
- 9/20/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Broadway musical Beetlejuice has canceled tonight’s performance due to cases of Covid within the company.
“We apologize for the inconvenience this causes ticket holders, and appreciate your understanding,” the production posted on Instagram. “The safety of our audiences, cast and crew remains our top priority.”
Performances at the Marquis Theatre are scheduled to resume Friday, July 22.
Beetlejuice stars Alex Brightman, Elizabeth Teeter, Kerry Butler, David Josefsberg, Adam Dannheisser and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer in the musical adaptation of the 1988 film.
New York City is experiencing an upsurge in Covid cases due to the more contagious, but generally less severe, BA.5 sub-variant. Earlier today, the White House announced that President Joe Biden had tested positive for Covid.
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“We apologize for the inconvenience this causes ticket holders, and appreciate your understanding,” the production posted on Instagram. “The safety of our audiences, cast and crew remains our top priority.”
Performances at the Marquis Theatre are scheduled to resume Friday, July 22.
Beetlejuice stars Alex Brightman, Elizabeth Teeter, Kerry Butler, David Josefsberg, Adam Dannheisser and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer in the musical adaptation of the 1988 film.
New York City is experiencing an upsurge in Covid cases due to the more contagious, but generally less severe, BA.5 sub-variant. Earlier today, the White House announced that President Joe Biden had tested positive for Covid.
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- 7/21/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The spring return of Broadway’s Beetlejuice will feature much of the cast that was in place prior to the March 2020 pandemic shutdown, producers announced today. Joining the previously announced Alex Brightman in the title role will be returnees Kerry Butler, David Josefsberg, Adam Dannheisser, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Kelvin Moon Loh, Danny Rutigliano and Dana Steingold.
New to the production will be Elizabeth Teeter as Lydia Deetz, Michelle Aravena as Miss Argentina and Zonya Love as Maxine Dean/Juno.
The musical begins performances at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre on Friday, April 8.
Teeter, in the Lydia role originated in 2019 by Sophia Anne Caruso, has appeared on Broadway in The Crucible, Young Elizabeth and Mary Poppins. Other stage credits include The Secret Life of Bees, The Sound of Music and The Glass Menagerie.
Aravena has appeared on Broadway in A Bronx Tale, Rocky, Jersey Boys and A Chorus Line. Love’s Broadway...
New to the production will be Elizabeth Teeter as Lydia Deetz, Michelle Aravena as Miss Argentina and Zonya Love as Maxine Dean/Juno.
The musical begins performances at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre on Friday, April 8.
Teeter, in the Lydia role originated in 2019 by Sophia Anne Caruso, has appeared on Broadway in The Crucible, Young Elizabeth and Mary Poppins. Other stage credits include The Secret Life of Bees, The Sound of Music and The Glass Menagerie.
Aravena has appeared on Broadway in A Bronx Tale, Rocky, Jersey Boys and A Chorus Line. Love’s Broadway...
- 2/10/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Ghostlight Records and Warner Records will celebrate the vinyl release of Beetlejuice - Original Broadway Cast Recording with an exclusive in-store signing and performance at Barnes Noble on Friday, December 6 at 430 Pm. The album, also available on CD, digital download and streaming platforms, was released on vinyl as a two-lp picture disc set today, Friday, November 22. The event - which will include the show's current Broadway stars Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, David Josefsberg, Kerry Butler, Adam Dannheisser and Leslie Kritzer, in addition to the show's composer and lyricist Eddie Perfect - will feature a performance of musical selections and an album signing. The store is located at 150 East 86th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues on the Upper East Side.
- 11/22/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Daylight come and the Broadway season's over Beetlejuice officially opened last night at the Winter Garden Theatre, marking the end of the 2018-19 Broadway season. Directed by Alex Timbers,Beetlejuice stars Tony Award nominee Alex Brightman School of Rock in the title role, Two-Time Lortel Award nominee Sophia Anne CarusoLazarus as Lydia, Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler Mean Girls as Barbara, Tony Award Nominee Rob McClureHoneymoon In Vegas as Adam, Obie Award Winner Adam Dannheisser Rock of Ages as Charles, and Two-Time Drama Desk Award Nominee Leslie Kritzer The Robber Bridegroom as Delia.
- 4/26/2019
- by TV - Opening Night Special
- BroadwayWorld.com
In the new Broadway adaptation of Tim Burton’s 1988 cult classic film “Beetlejuice,” teenager Lydia takes center stage alongside the titular gut-busting demon (Alex Brightman) to reflect the famed goth girl’s journey through Beetlejuice’s funhouse of death and disaster.
“I think so many people connect to ‘Beetlejuice’ because it’s a story of outsiders, Lydia being the center of that,” said Alex Timbers, director of the new musical comedy. “You want to make the musical as emotional as possible and Lydia felt like she had that heft and that ability.”
At “Beetlejuice’s” opening-night red carpet on Thursday night at the Winter Garden Theatre, Sophia Anne Caruso, who plays Lydia on Broadway, wished longtime fans of the movie might again be uplifted by Lydia’s emotional journey.
“You never see a strong, young female like Lydia in a leading-lady role on Broadway, and I hope that she inspires...
“I think so many people connect to ‘Beetlejuice’ because it’s a story of outsiders, Lydia being the center of that,” said Alex Timbers, director of the new musical comedy. “You want to make the musical as emotional as possible and Lydia felt like she had that heft and that ability.”
At “Beetlejuice’s” opening-night red carpet on Thursday night at the Winter Garden Theatre, Sophia Anne Caruso, who plays Lydia on Broadway, wished longtime fans of the movie might again be uplifted by Lydia’s emotional journey.
“You never see a strong, young female like Lydia in a leading-lady role on Broadway, and I hope that she inspires...
- 4/26/2019
- by Michael Appler
- Variety Film + TV
Maybe if they’d said it a fourth time. Three times – “Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!” – summons to life the stripe-coated, fright-wigged demon that made a superstar of Michael Keaton way back when. Could a fourth have magically conjured that extra something needed to transform Broadway’s Beetlejuice into something beyond the realm of good enough?
Directed by the busy and talented Alex Timbers, a long-in-the-making musical comedy Beetlejuice, based, faithfully if not enough, on Tim Burton’s 1988 film opens tonight at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre. There’s plenty worth a haunt here, from David Korins’ off-kilter spook house set to Alex Brightman’s raspy-voiced title performance and, most of all, the deliriously gorgeous singing of young Sophia Anne Caruso, and it all comes within reasonable reach of exorcising the bad vibes that attached themselves to the production during its pre-Broadway run in Washington D.
Directed by the busy and talented Alex Timbers, a long-in-the-making musical comedy Beetlejuice, based, faithfully if not enough, on Tim Burton’s 1988 film opens tonight at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre. There’s plenty worth a haunt here, from David Korins’ off-kilter spook house set to Alex Brightman’s raspy-voiced title performance and, most of all, the deliriously gorgeous singing of young Sophia Anne Caruso, and it all comes within reasonable reach of exorcising the bad vibes that attached themselves to the production during its pre-Broadway run in Washington D.
- 4/26/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
I recently had the opportunity to attend a press event with the cast of Beetlejuice The Musical. I love going to these events. It's the best time to be at the beginning of a show's journey on the Great White Way. I got the chance to talk to the main cast Rob McClure, Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Butler, Adam Dannheisser, and Leslie Kritzer, the composerlyricist, Eddie Perfect, and the director, Alex Timbers.
- 3/6/2019
- by Keith Price's Curtain Call
- BroadwayWorld.com
Still more of last fall’s pre-Broadway Beetlejuice cast will be making the move to Broadway when the new musical begins previews next month: Jill Abramovitz, Kelvin Moon Loh, Danny Rutigliano and Dana Steingold were confirmed in principal roles in a full-cast announcement today.
The production also released a new cast photo. See it below.
The newly-announced cast members join the previously confirmed Alex Brightman (in the title role), Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, Adam Dannheisser and Leslie Kritzer when Beetlejuice starts previews Thursday, March 28 at the Winter Garden Theatre. Opening night is April 25.
The casting was announced by producers Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (Mark Kaufman) and Langley Park Productions (Kevin McCormick).
Rounding out the 25-member cast include Tessa Alves, Gilbert L. Bailey II, Will Blum, Johnny Brantley III, Ryan Breslin, Natalie Charle Ellis, Brooke Engen, Abe Goldfarb, Eric Anthony Johnson, Elliott Mattox, Mateo Melendez, Sean Montgomery,...
The production also released a new cast photo. See it below.
The newly-announced cast members join the previously confirmed Alex Brightman (in the title role), Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, Adam Dannheisser and Leslie Kritzer when Beetlejuice starts previews Thursday, March 28 at the Winter Garden Theatre. Opening night is April 25.
The casting was announced by producers Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (Mark Kaufman) and Langley Park Productions (Kevin McCormick).
Rounding out the 25-member cast include Tessa Alves, Gilbert L. Bailey II, Will Blum, Johnny Brantley III, Ryan Breslin, Natalie Charle Ellis, Brooke Engen, Abe Goldfarb, Eric Anthony Johnson, Elliott Mattox, Mateo Melendez, Sean Montgomery,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso and four other principal stars of the pre-Broadway run of Beetlejuice will repeat their roles when the new musical begins previews March 28 at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre, Deadline confirms.
Reprising their roles from last fall’s Washington, D.C. engagement are Brightman, Caruso, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, Leslie Kritzer and Adam Dannheisser. As previously announced, Beetlejuice opens April 25.
Directed by Alex Timbers, with a score by Eddie Perfect, book by Scott Brown & Anthony King and choreography by Connor Gallagher, Beetlejuice will star Brightman as the title character, with Caruso as Lydia, the morbid teen who summons him. The characters were played by Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in Tim Burton’s 1988 movie.
Butler and McClure play the recently deceased couple haunting Lydia’s house (played in the film by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), with Kritzer and Dannheisser as Lydia’s parents.
The...
Reprising their roles from last fall’s Washington, D.C. engagement are Brightman, Caruso, Kerry Butler, Rob McClure, Leslie Kritzer and Adam Dannheisser. As previously announced, Beetlejuice opens April 25.
Directed by Alex Timbers, with a score by Eddie Perfect, book by Scott Brown & Anthony King and choreography by Connor Gallagher, Beetlejuice will star Brightman as the title character, with Caruso as Lydia, the morbid teen who summons him. The characters were played by Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in Tim Burton’s 1988 movie.
Butler and McClure play the recently deceased couple haunting Lydia’s house (played in the film by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), with Kritzer and Dannheisser as Lydia’s parents.
The...
- 2/6/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As we’re now about halfway through the Broadway season, there are currently seven productions of musicals set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below, we recap the plot of each musical as well as the awards history of its author, cast, creative types, the opening, and (where applicable) closing dates.
“Be More Chill” (previews begin February 13; opens March 10)
In this musical adaptation of Ned Vizzini’s 2004 novel of the same name, Jeremy Heere is your average, nothing-special teenager at Middleborough High School in nothing-special New Jersey. That is, until the day he finds out about ‘The Squip.’ Thus begins a journey that pits Jeremy’s desire to be popular against his struggle to remain true to his authentic self.
With a book by Drama Desk nominee Joe Tracz and a score by Joe Iconis, this production is...
“Be More Chill” (previews begin February 13; opens March 10)
In this musical adaptation of Ned Vizzini’s 2004 novel of the same name, Jeremy Heere is your average, nothing-special teenager at Middleborough High School in nothing-special New Jersey. That is, until the day he finds out about ‘The Squip.’ Thus begins a journey that pits Jeremy’s desire to be popular against his struggle to remain true to his authentic self.
With a book by Drama Desk nominee Joe Tracz and a score by Joe Iconis, this production is...
- 2/1/2019
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Beetlejuice will begin haunting Broadway in March 2019 at the Winter Garden Theatre, producers said today. The official opening will follow in April.
The premiere dates and venue were announced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (Mark Kaufman) and Langley Park Productions (Kevin McCormick). The new musical, based on Tim Burton’s 1988 movie, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington D.C., with previews beginning Sunday, October 14 and opening on Sunday, November 4.
Directed by Alex Timbers, with a score by Eddie Perfect, book by Scott Brown & Anthony King and choreography by Connor Gallagher, the pre-Broadway engagement stars Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso as the title character and Lydia, respectively. The characters were played by Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in the Geffen Company film.
Other previously announced casting includes Kerry Butler and Rob McClure in the roles played in the film by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin.
The premiere dates and venue were announced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (Mark Kaufman) and Langley Park Productions (Kevin McCormick). The new musical, based on Tim Burton’s 1988 movie, will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington D.C., with previews beginning Sunday, October 14 and opening on Sunday, November 4.
Directed by Alex Timbers, with a score by Eddie Perfect, book by Scott Brown & Anthony King and choreography by Connor Gallagher, the pre-Broadway engagement stars Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso as the title character and Lydia, respectively. The characters were played by Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in the Geffen Company film.
Other previously announced casting includes Kerry Butler and Rob McClure in the roles played in the film by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin.
- 9/6/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Complete casting for the pre-Broadway production of Beetlejuice The Musical is set, with Tony Award nominees Kerry Butler (Mean Girls) and Rob McClure (Something Rotten!) nabbing the ghostly roles immortalized by Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin in Tim Burton’s 1988 movie.
Butler and McClure join the previously announced Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso, who’ll play the title character and Lydia, respectively. The characters were played by Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in the film.
Rounding out the musical’s principal cast (not including the large ensemble) are Adam Dannheisser as Charles; Leslie Kritzer as Delia; Jill Abramovitz as Maxine Dean; Danny Rutigliano as Maxie Dean; and Kelvin Moon Loh as Otho.
The pre-Broadway run of Beetlejuice begins performances in Washington D.C. at the National Theatre on Sunday, October 14, with an official opening on Sunday, November 4.
The casting announcement was made today by producers Warner Bros. Theatre...
Butler and McClure join the previously announced Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso, who’ll play the title character and Lydia, respectively. The characters were played by Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder in the film.
Rounding out the musical’s principal cast (not including the large ensemble) are Adam Dannheisser as Charles; Leslie Kritzer as Delia; Jill Abramovitz as Maxine Dean; Danny Rutigliano as Maxie Dean; and Kelvin Moon Loh as Otho.
The pre-Broadway run of Beetlejuice begins performances in Washington D.C. at the National Theatre on Sunday, October 14, with an official opening on Sunday, November 4.
The casting announcement was made today by producers Warner Bros. Theatre...
- 8/22/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Nick Cordero, an original member of the first national tour cast of Rock Of Ages, joins the Broadway cast of the five-time Tony nominated hit musical on September 24, 2012 at the Helen Hayes Theatre 240 West 44th Street. Cordero, who will make his Broadway debut, is stepping in for Adam Dannheisser as Dennis, the owner of The Bourbon Room, while he is on leave to play a role in Disgraced at Lincoln Center Theaters Claire Tow Theater from September 24 November 18, 2012. Dannheisser returns to Rock Of Ages on November 19, 2012.
- 9/21/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway will see a new pop-scored musical opening tonight, April 7, at Brooks Atkinson Theatre in Manhattan. The musical found acclaim at Off-Broadway's New World Stages and then began previews on Broadway on March 17.
The musical stars Constantine Maroulis, finalist from "American Idol," Amy Spanger (The Wedding Singer) and James Carpinello (Saturday Night Fever). Other stars in the company feature Adam Dannheisser, Mitchell Jarvis, Michele Mais, Lauren Molina, Paul Schoeffler, Wesley Taylor and Ericka Hunter.
The musical is backed by onstage band Arsenal and features Henry Aronson as the director/keyboardist, Joel Hoekstra on lead guitar, Jon Weber as drummer, bassist Winston Roye and David Gibbs on guitar. The show was written by Chris D'Arienzo and is produced by Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Jeff Davis, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand and Corner Store Fund I.
The production notes for the show states, "In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met...
The musical stars Constantine Maroulis, finalist from "American Idol," Amy Spanger (The Wedding Singer) and James Carpinello (Saturday Night Fever). Other stars in the company feature Adam Dannheisser, Mitchell Jarvis, Michele Mais, Lauren Molina, Paul Schoeffler, Wesley Taylor and Ericka Hunter.
The musical is backed by onstage band Arsenal and features Henry Aronson as the director/keyboardist, Joel Hoekstra on lead guitar, Jon Weber as drummer, bassist Winston Roye and David Gibbs on guitar. The show was written by Chris D'Arienzo and is produced by Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Jeff Davis, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand and Corner Store Fund I.
The production notes for the show states, "In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met...
- 4/7/2009
- icelebz.com
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