Beetlejuice (Broadway)
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Beetlejuice (Broadway)
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Beetlejuice (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%
(1830 Ratings)
Positive
91%
Mixed
7%
Negative
2%
Members say
Entertaining, Funny, Clever, Great staging, Hilarious

About the Show

The ghost-with-the-most comes to life in this rocking musical based on Tim Burton’s beloved film.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (1,830)

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50 Reviews | 10 Followers
100
Hilarious, Enchanting, Entertaining, Clever, Delightful

See it if Who would have thought this show would be so wonderful! So clever. So funny. So wonderfully acted! You won’t regret seeing this one!

Don't see it if If you can’t suspend your disbelief for a bit, and let yourself get lost in the fun, choose another show.

80 Reviews | 7 Followers
100
Riveting, Entertaining, Enchanting, Delightful, Ambitious

See it if you are alive or dead

Don't see it if youre a stick in the mud

60 Reviews | 13 Followers
100
Funny, Enchanting, Delightful, Clever

See it if Alex Brightman is the show. He is hysterical. I saw the OBC at the Wintergarden so I can't vouch for the rest of the new cast.

Don't see it if If don't like contemporary sacrum

58 Reviews | 8 Followers
100
Entertaining, Clever, Absorbing

See it if you like clever writing, awesome acting, singing, and really cool special effects.

Don't see it if you don't like fictional stories or silly musicals

140 Reviews | 39 Followers
100
Raunchy, Quirky, Great staging, Great singing, Entertaining

See it if you are looking for a really fun time. The show has catchy tunes, an amazing cast, and lots of Tim Burton creep and charm.

Don't see it if you are looking for something family-friendly. There is a lot of dark and adult humor in this show.

57 Reviews | 6 Followers
100
Funny, Great acting, Entertaining, Enchanting, Clever

See it if You want a true theatrical night of singing and acting

Don't see it if You get offended easily.

108 Reviews | 15 Followers
100
Hilarious, Must see, Funny, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if you are looking to laugh the entire show.

Don't see it if you are expecting the movie.

73 Reviews | 32 Followers
100
Entertaining, Hilarious, Must see

See it if You are a fan of the movie or book... they did a great job adapting this story to stage and the actors performances are amazing.

Don't see it if You are not a fan, are epileptic or have vertigo cuz the lighting can be dizzying at times.

Critic Reviews (49)

The New York Times
April 25th, 2019
For a previous production

"This show so overstuffs itself with gags, one-liners and visual diversions that you shut down from sensory overload...Brightman and 'Beetlejuice' can indeed sustain this anything-for-a-laugh intensity. And it is not a trait that benefits from prolonged exposure...Here, everybody, including every member of the support cast, has already gone so far over the top that there’s no room for comic contrast. The disheartening moral of 'Beetlejuice' is that when anything goes, nothing much registers."
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Time Out New York
April 25th, 2019
For a previous production

"Whatever else it may or may not be, 'Beetlejuice' is spectacularly weird...there are magic tricks and giant worms and a starkly linear idea of the afterlife that contrasts well with the chaotic world of the living. If only so much of the rest of 'Beetlejuice' were not a busy mess...It looks great, and there are strong performances and some outré laughs, but none of it quite fits together; the tone varies wildly, and skids around on Eddie Perfect’s slipshod score."
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New York Theatre Guide
April 25th, 2019
For a previous production

"A creative team that includes director Alex Timbers and his inspired designers David Korins (sets) and William Ivey Long (costumes), animate this parade of eccentricity with flair and great comedy technique that turns it into a subversive delight. The score by Eddie Perfect is full of wit and grit, and Scott Brown and Anthony King's book propels it forward smartly. There are also hilarious performances from Leslie Kritzer and Sophia Anne Caruso."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
April 25th, 2019
For a previous production

"True to its source material, it’s loud, it’s cheeky, and it’s all about excess. It’s also—thanks in large part to Alex Brightman’s spot-on performance as the incorrigible titular ghoul—a pretty fun time...The truth is we’re not here for the sweet stuff; we’re here for the mayhem, and the show is at its best when the growling, grinning Brightman is onstage...The musical is supposed to have twin engines, Beetlejuice and Lydia, but only the first is fully firing."
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The Wall Street Journal
May 1st, 2019
For a previous production

“This self-described ‘show about death’ bombards us with every piece of theatrical weaponry Timbers and numerous other imagineers could devise...Perfect’s score sounds like a simulacrum of Broadway show music, the cloth cut to fit each occasion, with rising modulations and drawn-out cadences simulating drama...The major impression, ultimately, is not that of a clever romp wickedly testing the limits of the tasteless, but of a repetitive refrain of disgust and disdain."
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Deadline
April 25th, 2019
For a previous production

"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.C...The book retains the best bits from the movie without adding much of lasting value."
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New York Daily News
April 25th, 2019
For a previous production

"One of those what-were-they-thinking shows that crop up on Broadway and spend tens of millions of dollars mostly to reveal an eye-popping tonal disconnect...The problems with this show — which does, at least, feature a cool set design from David Korins, witty costumes from William Ivey Long and a genuinely funny shrunken head — are fundamentally structural...Truly, this is most cacophonous and ill-conceived musical of the season — in fact, for several seasons."
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Variety
April 25th, 2019
For a previous production

"The retooling done since its out-of-town tryout in D.C. gives the latest film-to-musical adaptation fresh snap, surprises and (gasp!) even heart. Sure, the narrative becomes a bit of a cluster-muck in the second act — but mostly it’s just screamingly good fun...The plotting eventually goes completely off the rails, but keeping things entertaining enough are the off-the-wall humor, endless visuals and aural delights, tuneful music and wicked lyrics of Perfect."
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