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The Netherworld-wide sensation returns. For the third time, the popular Beetlejuice: The Musical is coming back to the Broadway stage beginning in October, Deadline reports.

The 13-week resurrection of the Tony-nominated Beetlejuice: The Musical (read our review) kicks off October 8 at The Palace Theatre, and runs through January 3, 2026.

The musical’s official website details, “After haunting theatres all over North America, the national tour of Beetlejuice arrives at its final resting place: Broadway!

“Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilariously demented musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, an unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, Beetlejuice is “a feast for the eyes and soul!” (Entertainment Weekly). And under its uproarious surface, it’s a remarkably touching show about family,...

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice is returning to Broadway for the third time.

The first national tour of Beetlejuice The Musical will play at The Palace Theatre from Oct. 8 for a 13-week engagement through Jan. 3, 2026. The third return to Broadway is unusual (and in keeping with the plot of the show) as the musical’s two previous Broadway engagements were in the last five years and the production has had a bumpy trajectory.

The musical originally ran at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre from April 2019, and initially saw low ticket sales until its fortunes turned around, thanks in part to traction on social media and a successful Tonys performance. Despite the reversal in the production’s grosses, theater owners announced plans to force the show out of the theater by June 2020, to make room for The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman. Those plans were delayed by the pandemic, but Beetlejuice did vacate...

Beetlejuice The Musical will return to Broadway for the third time when the First National Tour of the international hit musical comedy begins performances Wednesday, October 8 at The Palace Theatre.

The First National tour of the musical launched on December 7, 2022, at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre and is now in its third year. The tour will play a limited 13-week Broadway resurrection engagement at the Palace through Saturday, January 3, 2026.

Casting was not announced.

For ticket information visit beetlejuicebroadway.com.

Beetlejuice had two unconventional, record-breaking Broadway runs that brought a new and very engaged audience to Broadway via Tiktok, YouTube and social media, playing to sold-out, standing-room-only audiences in 2019 at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre and again in 2022 at the Marquis Theatre for a total of 679 Broadway performances.

The First National tour of the musical is concluding a critically acclaimed, record-breaking 88-city tour with one last Broadway resurrection at the Palace.

Disney Cruise Line launches its newest ship, the Disney Treasure, on December 21 — and its promise of adventure for the whole family extends even to the dining experiences. The ship is packed with specialty cafes, lounges, and smaller restaurants to cater to individual tastes, as well as buffet-style meal offerings at Marceline Market and Mickey & Friends Festival of Foods. But each night, denizens of the Treasure be the cruise line's guests at one of three designated restaurants: Worlds of Marvel, 1923, and Plaza de Coco.

While a version of the first two already exists aboard the Disney Wish (albeit with some changes that will be described below), Plaza de Coco is an entirely new creation with a full performance on each night that celebrates Mexican culture and furthers the narrative of the beloved 2017 Pixar movie. All three restaurants contain nuggets of adventure, whether they be little-known facts about Disney's golden age or...

Moana is having a banner year in 2024, with its highly-anticipated sequel Moana 2 already making over $700M dollars at the global box office and a live-action in the works. With Disney Cruise Line fast approaching the grand opening of its latest ship, Disney Treasure, a third project has joined the ranks of Motunui representation. Sure to become a fan-favorite, the Broadway-quality production retells the story of the first movie and retains the catchy songs and big heart that made it a hit.

The Tale of Moana boasts gorgeous animatronics and puppetry work courtesy of visual artist Michael Curry, who previously designed the masks and puppets for Disney's The Lion King on Broadway. The chorus of dancers that make up the village of Motunui also pull double duty to represent the ocean that chose Moana and watches over her in her journey, and the anthropomorphic water is choreographed to perfection by Peter Rockford Espiritu,...

Margot Robbie is co-producing a stage musical for the first time and the show’s star and creator Marla Mindelle is explaining how the collaboration happened!

The acclaimed actress and writer, who previously created the hit show Titanique, participated in a press day for her new musical The Big Gay Jamboree on Tuesday (September 12) at the Orpheum Theatre in New York City.

Marla was joined at the event by co-stars Alex Moffat, Constantine Rousouli, Paris Nix, and Natalie Walker, as well as director and choreographer Connor Gallagher, and co-writers Jonathan Parks-Ramage and Philip Drennen.

The Big Gay Jamboree centers on Stacey (Mindelle), who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical. With no memory of how she got there, Stacey is forced to put her Bfa in theater to use, belt her face off, and figure out how the hell...

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Alex Moffat is joining the cast of Off Broadway’s The Big Gay Jamboree, the much-anticipated follow-up from Marla Mindelle, co-author and original star of the wildly popular musical comedy Titaníque.

Moffat will appear alongside the previously announced Mindelle, as well as newly announced Paris Nix, Constantine Rousouli (a Titaníque co-creator and original cast member), and Natalie Walker, with Jaden Dominique, Brad Greer, Jeremiah Ginn, Amanda Lee, Jillian Mueller, Olivia Puckett, Melvin Tunstall, Clyde Voce, Cortney Wolfson, and John Yi rounding out the ensemble.

The new casting was announced today by producers Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and LuckyChap. Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher, The Big Gay Jamboree, features a book by Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, with music & lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen.

Preview performances begin on September 14 at the Orpheum Theatre, with an opening night set for October 1.

The Big Gay Jamboree...

Marla Mindelle, who starred in and co-created the Off-Broadway hit Titanique, is debuting her new musical The Big Gay Jamboree Off-Broadway this fall.

The show is co-written by Mindelle and is described as a parody of musical theater itself. Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap are serving as producers of the show.

In 2019, LuckyChap had announced a deal to produce the title as a movie musical for Paramount, however that has not yet materialized. Their involvement in the stage show marks LuckyChap’s first foray into theater.

The Big Gay Jamboree features a book by Mindelle and by Jonathan Parks-Ramage (author of Yes, Daddy), with music and lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen and direction and choreography by Connor Gallagher (Beetlejuice on Broadway). The production describes it as a show that centers on Stacey, who wakes up hungover, “in the most terrifying place of all: an Off-Broadway musical.

LuckyChap, the producing team Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara behind Barbie and Saltburn will team with multiple-Tony-winning Broadway producing veterans Sue Wagner and John Johnson to present a world premiere stage musical next fall from Marla Mindelle, the co-author and original star of the Off Broadway hit musical-comedy Titaníque.

Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher (Broadway’s Beetlejuice), The Big Gay Jamboree will feature a book by Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, with music and lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen. Performances begin September 14 at the Orpheum Theatre Off Broadway, with an opening night set for October 1.

The project marks the first stage venture for LuckyChap, whose other film and TV credits include Promising Young Woman, I, Tonya and the Hulu TV series Dollface.

The Big Gay Jamboree, according to the synopsis, “centers on Stacey, who after blacking out from 18 Jägerbombs, wakes up hungover in the most...

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...

Apparently fans have been saying his name three times: Alex Brightman will return as Broadway’s favorite ghost when Beetlejuice resumes performances this spring.

As previously announced, the musical, directed by Alex Timbers and adapted from the 1988 Tim Burton film, will resume performances on April 8, this time around at the Marquis Theatre.

Additional cast will be announced shortly..

Brightman’s return is yet another chapter in the rather strange tale of Beetlejuice: The musical opened at the Winter Garden on Thursday, April 25, 2019, to mixed reviews and so-so business, but word-of-mouth built steadily to turn the show into one of Broadway’s most popular new musicals.

That fan base...

You just can’t keep a beloved ghost dead: Beetlejuice is coming back to haunt Broadway, with a return engagement of the increasingly popular musical taking possession of Broadway’s Marriott Marquis Theatre on Friday, April 8, 2022.

Casting will be announced later.

“We sincerely thank the Beetlejuice fans,” said producers Mark Kaufman (Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures) and Kevin McCormick (Langley Park Productions). “It is because of their support that we will be able to blow the roof off the Marquis Theatre three-times over with fun and laughter, laughter and laughter!”

The producers aren’t exaggerating about the fan power: Beetlejuice, which got off to a relatively slow start when it opened at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre in April 2019, with both box office and critics’ review rather hit and miss. But a funny thing happened on the way to the haunting: Over the following summer, ticketbuyers began to materialize, seats started filling.

Producers of Broadway’s Tony-nominated Beetlejuice said Monday that the comedic musical based on Tim Burton’s 1988 cult movie will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 6. A national tour is being mounted to kick off in fall 2021.

Beetlejuice the musical opened April 25, 2019 and was nominated for eight Tonys including Best Musical. It just broke the eight-performance house record at the Winter Garden during Thanksgiving week with $1,589,839, taking the crown from School of Rock ($1.506M in 2015).

Alex Timbers directed the musical which featured an original score by Eddie Perfect, and book by Scott Brown and Anthony King. It centered on Lydia Deetz (played by Winona Rider in the movie and Sophia Anne Caruso on Broadway), the unusual teenager whose life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and Beetlejuice (Tony nominee Alex Brightman), a demon with a thing for stripes and his own ideas...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

Alex Brightman from the School of Rock musical is taking on the role of Beetlejuice in the new stage production and Sophia Anne Caruso, who appeared in the David Bowie musical Lazarus, is playing Lydia Deetz. The Beetlejuice musical has been in development for quite some time, and it's now getting ready to wreak havoc on the stage. The show is holding pre-views starting October 14th in Washington D.C. and will later make its way to Broadway for the 2018 - 2019 season, if all goes according to plan.

Alex Brightman, the Tony-nominated star of the School of Rock musical, is excited to bring Beetlejuice to life on stage alongside Sophia Anne Caruso. The actor revealed that show is going to be bit over-the-top, which makes sense to fans of the original Tim Burton film. Brightman also hints at a different take on the story. He had this to say.

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The Beetlejuice musical just cast its lead Ghost with the Most and Lydia. You better start learning to say their names three times fast.

You better get ready to say Alex Brightman’s name three times fast, because his title role of Beetlejuice in the upcoming musical adaptation just released a first-look photo. Brightman will play the Ghost with the Most in the first theatrical adaptation of the beloved Tim Burton classic from 1988, which is scheduled to make its out-of-town debut in Washington D.C. later this year before eventually summoning itself into the grand hereafter that is Broadway.

Indeed, the first image of Brightman as Beetlejuice has been released, via EW/People, giving us a glimpse of his stage version of the famous picaresque poltergeist. While we only see him from the back, Brightman – with a visible Cheshire grin – is sporting a sartorial choice...

The pre-Broadway Beetlejuice has found its ghost and the teenager who summons him: Alex Brightman (School of Rock) will play the title character, and Sophia Anne Caruso, who knocked ’em dead with her rendition of “Life on Mars?” in the David Bowie Off-Broadway musical Lazarus, has been cast as Lydia.

The actors join the previously announced creative team – including director Alex Timbers and choreographer Connor Gallagher – for the pre-Broadway staging at the National Theatre in Washington D.C.

Performances in D.C. begin Sunday, October 14, with an official opening on Sunday, November 4.

The casting announcement was made today by producers Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures’ Mark Kaufman and Langley Park Productions’ Kevin McCormick. Additional casting will be announced shortly. The musical adaptation of Beetlejuice features an original score by Eddie Perfect and a book by Scott Brown & Anthony King.

Brightman will take the role made famous by Michael Keaton in...

Alex Brightman will follow in Michael Keaton’s footsteps, assuming the title role in “Beetlejuice” on Broadway. It’s a familiar challenge for the Tony Award nominee. Brightman previously had to put his own spin on a character made famous by Jack Black when he portrayed a hard-playing guitarist/substitute teacher in the Broadway musical “School of Rock.”

In addition, the show’s backers, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Langley Park Productions, announced that Sophia Anne Caruso (“Lazarus”) will co-star as Lydia, a goth teenager who forms a bond with ghosts. Winona Ryder played the part in the Tim Burton film — it helped put her on the map.

“Beetlejuice” is eying a Broadway engagement, but first the musical version of the 1988 hit film will have a trial run at the National Theatre in Washington D.C. It begins performances on Oct. 14 and officially opens on Nov. 4.

“Beetlejuice” is directed by...

Beetlejuice is making his way from the screen to the stage. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures has announced that their Beetlejuice musical is heading to Washington D.C. this October for its initial run. The hope is that the play will eventually make its way to Broadway in New York, but the current roadmap for those plans has yet to be revealed. Much of that will probably have to do with how this run of shows in D.C. goes, but those of us who have been waiting around somewhat hopelessly for Beetlejuice 2 may have the next best thing to look forward to.

This Beetlejuice musical serves as an adaptation of Tim Burton's 1988 classic movie, which starred Michael Keaton in the titular role, alongside the likes of Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. As far as we know, none of the cast members from the movie are involved in the stage production.

Did someone say “Beetlejuice on Broadway” three times?

A musical adaptation of the 1988 Tim Burton classic is heading to Broadway after making a stop at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. for its pre-Broadway run in October, according to the New York Times.

Similarly, the National Theatre hosted movie-turned-musical Mean Girls last year before The Plastics celebrated their opening on Broadway this month.

The theater adaptation of Beetlejuice will be directed by Alex Timbers, a multiple time Tony nominee behind such projects such as Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Rocky and Peter and the Starcatcher. He also is behind a...

The classic 1988 Tim Burton film Beetlejuice is now being adapted into a Broadway musical by Warner Bros. Theater Ventures. I don't recall anyone asking for a Beetlejuice musical, but it's happening and it will make its world premiere at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. in October.

I love the movie Beetlejuice, but I'm not sure what to think about it being turned into a musical. The music and lyrics come from Eddie Perfect, the Australian actor-writer-composer who’s also working on the musical version of King Kong. The musical is also being developed by Scott Brown and Anthony King (Broad City), director Alex Timbers (Rocky, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) and choreography by Connor Gallagher (The Robber Bridegroom).

They also brought on the design team behind The Lion King to work on the puppets, sets, and costumes that will be used in the Beetlejuice musical. So, at least we...

Say his name three times and he might just arrive on BroadwayWarner Bros. Theatre Ventures Mark Kaufman and Langley Park Productions Kevin McCormick announced today that the new musical comedy Beetlejuice will make its world premiere in a Pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington D.C. in October 2018. Directed by two- time Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Peter and the Starcatcher and choreographed by Connor Gallagher The Robber Bridegroom, Beetlejuice features an original score by Eddie Perfect King Kong and a book by Scott Brown and Emmy Award nominee Anthony King Broad City.

Broadway just got a step closer to summoning Beetlejuice: The stage musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s ’80s classic will make its world premiere next October in a pre-Broadway run at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Directed by two-time Tony nominee (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Peter and the Starcatcher) and Mozart in the Jungle co-creator Alex Timbers, Beetlejuice will carry a creative team that includes names from some of Broadway’s biggest recent hits, including Hamilton and The Producers.

Casting has not yet been announced.

Produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Langley Park Productions, the musical will feature an original score by Eddie Perfect (King Kong) and a book by Scott Brown and Anthony King (Broad City). Connor Gallagher (The Robber Bridegroom) will choreograph, with scenic design by David Korins (Hamilton), costumes by William Ivey Long (The Producers), lighting design by Kenneth Posner (Kinky Boots), sound design...

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures’ brewing musical adaptation of “Beetlejuice” has mapped out its road to Broadway, locking in a world premiere run at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. in October.

An adaptation of the 1988 Warner Bros. comedy that starred Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, “Beetlejuice” has music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect, the Australian actor-writer-composer who’s also at work on the musical version of “King Kong,” and book by Scott Brown and Anthony King (“Broad City”). Alex Timbers (“Rocky,” “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”) directs, with choreography by Connor Gallagher (“The Robber Bridegroom”).

“Beetlejuice” centers on an obnoxious ghost (played by Keaton in the movie) and the misfit teen (played by Rider) who moves into a haunted country house with parents she can’t stand. The movie, with a story written by Michael McDowell and Larry Wilson, has become a fan favorite, and talk of a sequel recurs...

Say his name three times and he might just arrive on BroadwayNow according to an Equity casting notice, the show will get a developmental lab in September. The musical features music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect and a book by Anthony King amp Scott Brown. Timbers remains on board for the project. Connor Gallagher will join the creative team as choreographer.

“Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed” came out on top at the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards held Monday, May 16, with three wins. The show took outstanding ensemble and its star Phillip Attmore was named best male dancer. Choreographer Savion Glover was honored with the best choreographer win and shared the recognition with Andy Blankenbuehler for his work on “Hamilton” and Sergio Trujillo for the Gloria Estefan jukebox musical “On Your Feet!” “She Loves Me” star Jane Krakowski—who is literally dragged across the stage in a full split in one of the revival’s numbers—took the award for best female dancer. She beat out the impressive tap dancing routines from Eloise Kropp and Mara Davi in “Dames at Sea,” as well as Deanna Doyle of “Tuck Everlasting,” Ana Villafañe of “On Your Feet!,” Adrienne Warren of “Shuffle Along,” and Sandra Mae Frank of “Spring Awakening.