Shows · Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
Opened 2019
590 performances
Musical, Contemporary
Recently deceased couple Adam and Barbara Maitland find themselves trapped as ghosts in their own home when an obnoxious family, the Deetzes, moves in. Their goth daughter Lydia, mourning her own dead mother, is the only living person who can see them. Desperate to reclaim their home, the Maitlands summon Beetlejuice, a crude and chaotic demon, whose help comes with dangerous strings attached as he schemes to escape the Netherworld permanently.
- Music
- Eddie Perfect
- Lyrics
- Eddie Perfect
- Book
- Scott Brown, Anthony King
Productions4 productions: 3 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
Recordings 3 recordings
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Beetlejuice matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
Beetlejuice The Musical. The Musical. The Musical., or simply Beetlejuice, is a musical with music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect and book by Scott Brown and Anthony King. It is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The story concerns a deceased couple who try to haunt the new inhabitants of their former home and call for help from a devious bio-exorcist ghost named after the star Betelgeuse (which is pronounced, and often spelled, "Beetlejuice"), who is summoned by saying his name three times. One of the new inhabitants is a young girl, Lydia, who is dealing with her mother's death and her neglectful father. The musical had a tryout at the National Theatre, Washington, D.C., in October 2018…
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