See it if If you like the movie Great acting singers staging Funny show You will have a blast
Don't see it if If you want a family show Not appropriate for young kids
See it if It is a wild, weird ride. Very inventive and rapid fire jokes. Just a very fun night in the theater
Don't see it if It is edgy and very fast moving with a lot going on
See it if you've seen the movie. Great fun! But see it even if you haven't seen the movie.
Don't see it if don't like dark humor.
See it if You want to laugh and be dazzled by catchy musical numbers and impressive special effects. Great show!
Don't see it if You want sophistication or you are troubled by a lighthearted musical about death.
See it if if you like a musical take on a popular movie. The score works for this outlandish comedy with all sorts of clever stage tricks.
Don't see it if you don't like crude language, or you're sick of musicalized versions of other properties. Not exactly like the source material, but close. Read more
See it if Much better than expected ... pure and unadulterated entertainment. Alex Brightman and Leslie Kritzer delight.
Don't see it if Lacking a funny bone, looking for more than entertainment, easily offended should look elsewhere...give a chance and be enchanted.
See it if you want a fun, entertaining show that brings all the Beetlejuice nostalgia but with some originality and creative changes.
Don't see it if you're expecting a serious show. Read more
See it if You seek a great movie adaptation that improves upon the original. With hilarious performances, witty choreography and stunning staging.
Don't see it if You don’t like the original movie, or you aren’t a fan of the horror or comedy genres. Read more
“The story goes a bit flat, and is harder to follow than the film, Brown and King have fun with the dialog...Aside from Brightman and Kritzer, none of the performances really jump, mostly because the otherwise talented actors bring very little life or dimension to their characters. But the show succeeds...’Beetlejuice’ is a Broadway crowd pleaser that does what it sets out to do: provide a visually pleasing reminder of an old favorite. To look any deeper would be a mistake.”
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"Wildly entertaining...You just have to sit back and be surprised, tickled, and over-joyed with ghoulish glee. That’s all because of the energetic dynamo Alex Brightman...'Beetlejuice' does everything that it needs to do 'Invisible'-y in about the first ten minutes, surprising and knocking us down with its wit and darkly fun play. And that’s quite the feat when you know the source material...Your heart won’t be twisted, but your funny bone will get worked out until death."
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“Madcap spectacle, a killer set, and some fine performances dominate this movie-to-musical product of the Broadway-industrial complex...The sort of high-octane thrills you might you might find at a high-end amusement park...’Beetlejuice’ isn’t at its best when it’s trying to tug at the heartstrings. The story is most effective when it’s satirizing America’s out-of-touch bourgeois, and this cast is up to the task.”
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"If you can tolerate the bombardment, and don’t mind sappy scenes mixed in with the comically macabre plot, 'Beetlejuice the musical' does have its pleasures – principally a few standout performances and especially the vivid visuals...Few of the songs by Eddie Perfect are anything more than serviceable in 'Beetlejuice,' though the lyrics can be clever and funny. They can also be puerile and profane...Yet, one aspect of 'Beetlejuice' does stand out — its design."
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"This garishly pandering endeavor to the afterlife...The loose plot, executed with varying degrees of humor ranging from laugh-out-loud to offensive, keeps things moving at a pace befitting a Universal Studios theme park show. Unfortunately, the $21 million spectacle suffers an artistic heart attack from over-exertion...Besides its film fans, it’s unclear for whom 'Beetlejuice' is intended...More disconcerting is its dated and offensive stereotyping of same-sex attraction."
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“A succession of inventive visual, comic, and musical delights…The lyrics are often risibly clever but the music is best at creating upbeat rhythmic backgrounds for Connor Gallagher's…acrobatic choreography...Too many…tunes…sound like the generic, big-note numbers that populate so many 21st-century musicals…I can't deny occasionally feeling I was six feet under but that doesn't mean that 'Beetlejuice,' which insists it's about death, isn't very much alive.”
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"Happily and improbably, 'Beetlejuice,' directed by Alex Timbers, lays those problems to rest. (A pretty hectic rest, but still.) Where the show falters is in the more ordinary stuff of musical theater, story and song...The book writers, Scott Brown and Anthony King, have plenty of good lines, but they haven’t really decided what story they want to tell...Eddie Perfect’s songs are forgettable...And yet somehow, impossibly, 'Beetlejuice' is pretty fun."
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"Brightman is a marvel by being blatantly gross. He manages to captivate even when his wink or grimace signals that the jokes are dead on arrival...Eddie Perfect’s score for 'Beetlejuice,' however, is hands down/slit your wrists the worst of the season...Alex Timbers directs Caruso to resemble Millie Perkins in 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' only slightly more sanctimonious...Leslie Kritzer does rise from the dead of this six-feet-under production."
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