BEETLEJUICE LIVES! How we got here & why it matters.
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- It's hard to believe that just over a year ago, Beetlejuice the Musical had its promising comeback stopped in its tracks. Now, off the exciting news that the musical will be returning one has to ask how we got here and why it's not just an important moment for Beetlejuice the musical, but for Broadway as a whole.
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Chapters:
00:00 Whoops
01:40 A Hectic History (Abridged)
05:42 What We Know So Far
07:00 A Quick Analysis
08:26 Responding to Your Responses!
10:32 The Importance of The Resurrection - Zábava
*chants "Pro-shot! Pro-shot! Pro-shot!" three times*
It’s pro-time
PRO-SHOT! PRO-SHOT! PRO-SHOT!
That's the positive energy we need right now lol
i believe they were planning on filming a proshot, but couldn't get to it before covid. so im pretty confident that there will be a proshot!!
I want that so badly
Leslie Kritzer actually mentioned on a podcast they were about a week away from filming a pro-shot (‘like Hamilton had’) before COVID shut them down. So a pro-shot may be more than likely (unless plans have changed)
it really felt like the sort of show that would go for that, so I'm not surprised they were working on it, fingers crossed it comes through
IIRC, most Broadway shows get a pro-shot made of them for the Lincoln Centre Archives. Whether or not that pro-shot is then publicly released, that's another thing.
I do hope they film the show and stream it, though.
COME ON WARNER BROTHERS. DON'T LET ME DOWN AGAIN!
I just can't see a scenario where WB passes this up, especially if Alex is returning. It would be a huge boon for HBO Max and I think they know it. Its always a good sign when the head of communication at WARNERMEDIA tweets about the show returning.
also the same person that started the Marquis theater rumor also said it was coming.
I need to go see it again simply to see how they rewrite the jokes to adapt to the situation. They had already started to shade Music Man in the show. They use to shade Brigadoon for a giggle but since the closing posted, Alex switched it to Music Man and it got cheers. The Whole Being Dead thing is going to be INSANE.
I'd say it's gonna be pretty tongue and cheek, but I think that's an understatement lol
alex switched it to music man for one show. a producer told him after that he couldn't do it again for obvious reasons.
In the original venue, BJ changes the opening lyrics to ‘The Whole Being Dead Thing’ from:
‘Hey folks, begging your pardon! ‘S’cuse me, sorry to barge in!’ to ‘Hey folks, begging your pardon! Welcome to The Winter Garden!’
I really admire how they’re able to make subtle changes to make every performance and venue special.
You know that when they were shifting the set for Beetlejuice out of the theater, one of the crew members fell from a ladder and died? I thought that was so creepy since it's a show about death. They need to light some sage in that theater.
@@NairAthul where did you hear that? When stating things like this you should find and credit reliable sources
This is straight-up gonna be Goths vs Preps when it comes to the resurrection of Beetlejuice vs The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster.
Me a Casual person: “Let then Fight”
Me a theater major who enjoys both shows for different reasons: I’ll get the popcorn
LMAO you're not wrong. When we learned about Beetlejuice closing, I had to explain to my pals what "The Music Man" was even about. They were not impressed. I do not blame them.
Nothing's more in character for this show than getting brought back from the dead
So in early 2019 I went to a psychiatric hospital for depression after having a breakdown and spent a year of working towards good mental health. To celebrate my anniversary of that hard work and because Beetlejuice was closing very, very soon after, I had planned to take my first trip to New York to see the show... and then covid hit, everything closed, I lost my job, and my mental health declined greatly.
So here's hoping that the revival of Beetlejuice will revive my work towards mental positivity and I can try to celebrate by going to see the show!
Rooting For you Haven!
I’m so proud of you for focusing on your mental health, stranger!
You can do it!!!
I'm so happy it's coming back! I hope Alex returns in the title role but I trust that whoever plays the part will be great! And it'd be cool to see Presley be Lydia full time since she essentially saved the show the first time around.
im not sure if presley will come back since she was planning to leave the show before covid
So while I also hope they beat Music Man, I think it is gonna be one of those slow rollout situations. Music Man is charging almost $500 for many of its seats, while Beetlejuice (I assume) won't be charging anywhere close to that. But I really feel like David is gonna beat Goliath in this case ;)
I honestly think in the long run it will beat Music Man. That show is probably gonna flame out when Sutton and, especially, Hugh leave. I get why the Shubert org did what they did in the short run but they are gonna be kicking themselves when Music Man craps out after the pair are gone.
Not if these sales don't improve for Beetlejuice quickly. The Music Man sells out at nearly every performance, and that is with it being almost double the cost of Hamilton tickets. Beetlejuice, on the other hand has been open for a month, and post opening weekend has dropped to under 60% seating capacity average. They seem to be greatly underestimating how many of its fans are under 35, working class, and not local to NYC. If they don't go into marketing overdrive for the summer vacation crowd fast, it's game over for them.
We've had the technology to virtually put someone in a live setting for years now. One of the first things you could do with Android's Cardboard was to watch a concert on stage. Yet, they've rarely taken advantage of it for concerts, let alone all live events. You could easily place a 360 degree virtual camera almost anywhere without even blocking anyone's view, unlike camera jibs used for filming live performances.
You could even have multiple angles & zoom controls that you give to the viewer to improve their viewing experience, letting them decide how they want to see a live event, almost like being there in person. You can charge more while it's live & then a reduced rerun rate, so you're earning more box office for a performance & it also opens up your customer base globally. The added revenue would cover the AEA rates that are usually too prohibitively expensive for broadcast TV, which is why you rarely see plays broadcast at all, let alone actually live.
There's so much money that could be made if they would just let the technology breathe a little. I mean, I can start a viewing party on my streaming services. People live stream at events all the time. I can play GTA with my friend in CA at the same time as my friend in Scotland. We have characters that can interact & go to the in-game movie theater together. That game came out in 2013.
But yet, even after 2 years of virtual meetings & living in quarantine, there still isn't a virtual theater I can go with my friends & watch a movie, play, concert, dance, stand up, sports, or anything live. No virtual place for adults to have business meetings where we don't look like XBox Live Avatars or cartoon characters. Even though that would, from a technical aspect, be one the easiest things to program. Why is that?
Fortnite has dabbled in viewing experiences, but really, no one seems to be taking charge of this infant technology. Anyone with a modern smart phone can put it in a headset & experience VR. There is a huge untapped market out there for people with VR headsets & no access to what they want to watch. & the Vive & PSVR demographic is one that has the money to pay for first run ticket prices, even if you wanted to charge full price. We're just waiting for someone to turn on the camera & take our money. Where's the VR? It's like someone invented the TV & then forgot to broadcast anything.
It's absolutely mind boggling to me they haven't taken advantage of this.
@@WaitintheWings I love that modern tech saved this show. & it wasn't some jaded PR exec's idea but from real talent reaching out to their audience.
That "different angle" idea is so fucking smart. I'd kill for that and I hope they somehow see your comment and do it
Now what we need is a west end transfer. Stares awkwardly at the Prince of Egypt
Agreed! Close down Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest monstrosity and put this at the Gillian Lynne Theatre instead!
As someone who lived in England, the original England, not the New England. I have no chance of getting to see it, so I would love a Proshot. Shame it most likely won't be Sophia and Alex, but I'll take what I can get.
You never know.
Sophia's probably not coming back, but there's a big chance Alex will.
@@pigsfly465 That'd be cool but I thought he'd left sometime after Sophia mysteriously upped and walked and that Will Blum had taken over with Presley Ryan. I could and hope I'm wrong.
@@thatdrewrivers noooo, Alex loves his role! He even did a thing for Teen Titans Go! Where he appeared as a guest, as Beetlejuice. I also believe in an interview he stated that he would love to reprise the role.
@@jester3654 That would be superb. I am right that Will Blum took over the role though, aren't I?
I was hoping you’d make an update! Makes me so hopeful to the future of theatre to know the rising community of young fans and performers have a voice that’s being heard. Love your work as always!
You're so nice!!! I'm trying to get more comfortable doing little update videos like this so I'm happy you enjoyed.
I hope this gets a UK and Ireland tour. I've always wanted to see it.
West end show as Kerry butler said she would move to London for a west end run
I totally agree with you but I worry about the cost of the set/logistics of being able to adapt it for touring. Still, fingers crossed hey?!
2022 west end baby
I also heard rumors that the show might be taped to be a TV film on HBO Max (just like Hamilton on Disney+). Think that might be possible?
I wouldn't see why not. It's a product of Warner Brothers Theatre Ventures and if we've learned anything from this past year, it's that Warner Bros desperately needs all the content it can get for HBO Max. I'm optimistic!
After seeing broadway stars slip in and out of random cop shows on tv, this is a welcome change :)
When I saw Hamilton and Christopher Jackson, I kept going "Where have I seen him before?" before googling it and he's on Bull.
I swear I saw the guy from the Beetlejuice musical in Law and Order SVU, and a girl from Hadestown was in the same episode 🤣
I remember the showrunner of Law & Order : SVU actually went out of his way this past year to employ as many Broadway actors as possible so they could keep working during the pandemic.
I’m really hoping that “Beetlejuice” will have an an open-ended run at the Marquis Theatre and that “Once Upon a One More Time” will book the Broadway Theatre instead.
Let this be the first place I say this, but I am so so so excited for jokes roasting the winter garden and the music man/Hugh Jackman.
Yeah, maybe they could change the Brigadoon joke to Music Man!
F Music Man.
That’s right. I said it.
@@Beetlejuice_Sam Oh hell yes please
@@Beetlejuice_Sam Alex talked about how he did that one night unannounced, the crowd loved it but the producer told him to not do it again lol
9:59 My guess is if the Beetlejuice return takes too long for the Britney Spears show to go into the Marquis, the Nederlander company will probably put the Britney show into the newly renovated Palace Theatre. I doubt the Spears crew would say no to a theatre on times square with more seats and a new renovation.
i just booked my tickets for a showing in may, im so hype for it since i missed it in its original production
It would be wonderful to get an HBO Max screening of it.
I discovered this channel when you posted your first Beetlejuice video- it feels almost yesterday I was upset over it closing! I’m so excited for it to come back!!!
I live in New Zealand so I won't be able to go see Beetlejuice live but I'm so happy for those of you who live in the US and can afford to go.
LoL
I love how "the middle of Oregon" is the furthest away from Broadway you could come up with off the top of your head...
*cries in Latin-American
Impov, baby! lol
😝
I was on a trip to New York in October of 2019 and my friend and I decided on the spot to go to Beetlejuice that night, and I’ve never regretted it, it was so good. When I heard it was getting kicked out for The Music Man I was so annoyed. I love musical theatre but The Music Man was one of the very few shows I’ve seen that I really didn’t like (if I ever see it again it will be too soon), so that just rubbed salt in the wound for me.
I was there in April 2019. It was opening a couple of weeks later. Gutted i missed the chance. Glad you were able to.
I was able to see the original show twice in previews and once more when it was officially open. I would have gone more if not for the circumstances! I can’t wait to go back for more!
I really hope they make a dvd version of the show, like Cats. I’m from Spain and discovered the show through TikTok so I want a way to watch it
As someone who watched a crummy 'slime tutorial' of Beetlejuice, I really hope they get to do a proshot
I still won’t be able to travel to NYC to see it, but it makes me feel good knowing that people who never got to see the original run because of covid are going to have another chance
I love that Beetlejuice is coming back and might even be on Broadway during probably the one time in my life when I'll have a chance to visit New York. Still, I really hope they do a Pro-shoot as well, this show is really too great to only be fully enjoyed by people who can go to New York (and maybe London) and pay for a ticket.
Honestly, this is good news. I hope it's turns out great.
I’m so excited that Beetlejuice is going to be my first Broadway show!!! I’ve seen touring performances but it will be the first one I’ve seen in New York in April
Our theater in Orlando just announced their new Broadway season and I was shocked to see Beetlejuice in the line up (Spring 2023). I had not heard of the tour nor thought the show could be reproduced in a touring version.
I was so happy that I actually teared up when I heard Beetlejuice was coming back, even thogh I have no chance of ever seeing it live
Hugh Jackman is a big draw for broadway traditionally, I think that was more of the reason for the stop clause than the show as a whole.
Glad to hear that more people will have a chance to see this. I was fortunate enough to catch it this summer here in Korea. I think that the licensed production here was successful and wonder if it could have played any role in proving the show is bankable. I'm looking forward to hearing how the jokes are retooled to suit the changing circumstances!
Can we talk about how the Beetlejuice Billboard stayed for ages in Times Square? They wont even have to take it off for when it opens again a few blocks away
My hubby got me the Beetlejuice cast recording last Christmas and I practically memorized the score. I do hope I get a chance to see this show, because this isn't a revival, it's a well-deserved resurrection!
I was so excited when I heard this news and it was all due to how many times I've watched your Beetlejuice video
My birthday is April 8th and I’ll be 24. I’d be so excited if I got to go see this
Beetlejuice has a huge fan base, like huge! Collectors and all. So restarting is genius. Keeping tickets affordable is also smart since us weirdos that grew up with and lovee these shows don't always have money to spare. A virtual theater would be genius for this as well, for those if us that can't travel to see it!
hi from middle of nowhere OR! thanks for getting me into Beetlejuice musical with the first video. thanks for sharing the good news!
What are the odds! Thanks for watching and thank you for the kind words!!
I'm praying that they bring back the original cast. 💚🖤
I think most of them may come back but a few might not. Like I'm thinking Presley Ryan may be playing Lydia instead of Sophia. Rob also is working on Mrs Doubtfire but the guy who was playing Adam before the shutdown was pretty great (I saw him live.) Other than that, I bet that most of the original cast will be back
The announcement couldn’t have come at a better time for me! I have just recently gotten into this show, and I will try to go to the opening! Though I wish I had seen it before the shut down because I know it might not be the same, but I’m still thrilled to see it back!
“Dead Mom” is probably my favorite musical theater song right now, no joke. Sophia’s vocals are incredible - they’re filled with so much passion. It’s interesting because there is this dark humor in the fact that Lydia refers to her mom as “Dead Mom,” but it also doesn’t stray away from the fact that she is in mourning and she’s looking for help in the last place she can think to find it. It’s wonderful.
Hi there, I really love your channel, and I'm overjoyed that Beetlejuice is getting another chance. I appreciate what you're doing SO much, to bring musical theatre to new eyes, and to bring specific shows to light that might have otherwise gone under certain peoples' (my) radar. So I hope it doesn't sound complainy when I say I was sort of surprised by, I don't know, a "tone" in this video that I hadn't picked up on before.
I guess now that I look back on the specific shows featured on your past videos, maybe the hints were already there... but it almost sounds like personally you're anti classic Broadway? And of course hey, your channel, your opinions! That's the way it works. I just hope there can be an appreciation among hardcore musical theatre fans of both the old and the new. Not just where we're going, but how we got here.
I understand dissatisfaction with cold corporate commerce shutting down beloved shows for other ostensibly more "commercially viable" shows, believe me I do (still reeling over the relatively small audience Great Comet achieved - and I know there were other factors at work there). But to me it doesn't feel good to pit Beetlejuice against The Music Man so directly, because we literally would not have one without the other. Anyway, it's entirely possible I'm your only fan that feels this way, just wanted to put it out there and see what you thought. Maybe a video on this topic could be an idea someday! I truly appreciate what you do and hope you'll keep doing it, even when classic Broadway addicts like me get cranky. Looking forward to my birthday Broadway trip next month, and seeing Hadestown specifically based on what I learned from this channel.
As someone who loves The Music Man and Beetlejuice. I am happy that they will both be coexisting.
This is literally one of my favorite musicals im so happy ^^
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, be a doll and release a DVD! Pleeeease!
We have been waiting SO LONG for a pro-shot 😩
8:09 If they get Sophia Ann Caruso to play Zaneeta, however, they might have an edge
I was not prepared to hear my name spoken in a youtube video this early in the morning
Come April, I’m donning the Beetlejuice getup and touching up my voice just for the occasion. It’s Showtime!!!
09:13 thank you for the shout out @WaitWings!
Another interesting thing to note is that the rights are due to release with MTI, so Beetlejuice could move to other states/counties.
"middle of nowhere Oregon" SIR! I resemble that remark, and whole hardily agree that I will not be able to get out there, but dang it if I wouldn't try XD
I'm so excited it's getting another chance. This was the first show in years that I'd actually planned to save up for and try to see, in part due to the stunning amount of work that went into the sets and development. The very good songs and cast also helped. It was an ugly shock to learn it had been canned in favor of "The Music Man."
We can only hope that Hugh Jackman, killer of musicals, can be kept at bay long enough.
PS: It is a joke I know Huge Axeman is very popular. I'm just being petty.
Is Beetlejuice the The Rocky Horror Show of this generation..so cool!
Yaaay! Would definitely pay theatre prices to watch a pro shot!
Saw this in 2019 and loved it!
I was in NYC on Oct 20th and shocked to see the original Times Square billboards were still there. I thought it was for the new production. Imagine my surprise, and the triple take that came with it, when I realized it was for the original WG show! I was lucky enough to see it in Jan 2020 and thought it was it was absolutely amazing. Here's to hoping the pro-shot is filmed ASAP. 💜💜💜
Being a huge Beetlejuice fan (movie and the 90’s nick cartoon) I went and saw this at the winter garden and I absolutely had a blast, It was so much fun! I was sad to hear it was closing. I’m glad others will be able to see it because I really do feel like it was a worthwhile theater experience. Beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice!
Glad to hear this news.
as stoked as I am for the possibility of a pro-shot no matter what, I really hope there's more footage of the show from the Winter Garden. since stage size was such a concern after the eviction announcement, I'm super curious as to how the spectacle of the show will be scaled for a different stage. I know there's some decent boots and many of the effects were filmed for promos but man, just a view straight on of the stage would be so cool to have, even just for comparison.
God willing my friends and I will be there, god willing
I haven't been to the musical in decades... Since seeing Evita 5 times with LuPone, but I found myself mesmerized with the press Alex Brightman was doing..Binged his performance on the Today show..and considered buying an expensive ticket..
I am really excited
omg you have a picture of the Green Goblin from Turn Off The Dark on your wall it's amazing lmao
I'm thinking that the set is going to be tour-ready like Newsies was. If the show does well, It will stay. If not, no biggie, it goes on tour and that was just the extended NYC stop.
Hello, it’s me in nowhere Oregon. I hope they release a pro recording!
My mother is trying to get me out to New York this summer. As a sort of anniversary of the first time we went like a decade ago. I’m literally trying to push mom to let me go see beetlejuice on broadway but she’s not budging.
I'm so happy that it's back I was so sad when it ended
I am oddly happy about this. I’m not a fan of this musical. It’s cool. But I love that this happened. And I hope it bodes well for other musicals that shut down too soon.
I can’t wait to see how they re design the show for the marquis theater
i'd love to see Beetlejuice, but i'm in the uk and can't afford a trip to New York. come on pro shot.
id love to see this live but given im on the other side of the pond ill look forward to the bootlegs :D
8:36 I feel like that too! 🤣💖
I’ve never been more excited for a show that I’ll most likely not get to see in person, tickets to NYC and Broadway are expensive. Here’s to hoping there’s a proshot
I’m also curious to know about what happened to that tour that they announced a long time ago since it was promised Fall 2021 but nothing has come out about it since?
ITS SHOWTIME!!!
I'm going to broadway next Summer and already have a list of things I HAVE to see (Six, Hadestown, Hamilton. Oh and I'm not american so... vacation!) and as soon as the revival was announced I messaged my mom. I can't see her saying no when I offered to buy the tickets no matter the price! Just crossing my fingers Alex Brightman will return, but if not I'd still count myself so lucky to see this musical with any cast.
Well, also crossing my fingers my mom says yes, but we are already buying plane tickets and I can buy theatre tickets.
Can-Can I-Can I just?
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The news is a beautiful sound and I am so so glad this is happening like I can't stop crying this show means alot to me🥺💚
The-middle-of-nowhere, Morelos, México.
Is there a HD Full show of this? I'd love to buy a DVD, I can't make it to new york in the west coast all the time.
❤️
I’m waiting for it to go on tour. I been wanting to see this musical so badly. The one this I want for this revival the beetlejuice to look more like the movie with the hair
I just wanna hop a plane now and go see it.
I loved Beetlejuice, and am thrilled with it coming back. I will definitely be getting tickets to see it. However, Broadway is having enough problems without pitting one show against each other, and hoping for failure. The Music Man's big draw is the 2 big name people they have starring in it. Recasting would probably harm it. Two very different shows, 2 very different crowds, they can both succeed without being happy only if one fails. Sorry, being supportive of one show is not exclusive of all other shows. Hundreds of people work on each show, and you're hoping all these people lose their jobs, after not working for 18 months. Not cool.
I love your comment. People can be so cruel in not acknowledging the hard work that goes into putting on a play.
I totally understand your point, but I don’t think that’s what he was saying here. My impression was more that he’s rooting for Beetlejuice to outperform Music Man in sales, not that Music Man should fail (which is incredibly unlikely anyways). Beetlejuice is the underdog here so it’d be very satisfying
@@TigerLuvr I was replying to someone else's comment on this post, where they said they hoped The Music Man closed quickly and Beetlejuice went on for a very long time.
Do you hear that sound? That beautiful sound!
I'm *going* to see it.
I would kill for a ProShot
So true about that lavish public restroom though.
The editing seems to say "It started with Joseph, but I didn't hit rock bottom until I saw the American Psycho musical."
I dropped this info on tiktok a month or so ago and no one believed me! Also it is 100% being filmed for HBOMax. The producers know that this show will make crazy money when community theatres and high schools can do it and it's easier for those theatres to do shows that have pro-shots (ala Shrek and ala how Spongebob will be).
like that person, i have no way to see it in person in the US
buuuuut, it's because of the popularity that there's going to be a brazilian production next year!
But yeah!!!! Proshot! I really want it too!
Miracles happen, people!
It's really pitting "old Broadway" against "new Broadway" huh? It'll be fascinating to see what the results are from ticket/merch sales (and I imagine Beetlejuice has way better merch)
I want a zoom performance
I am over the moon about the return of "Beetlejuice"!
9:09 hi exactly I live in Italy but I still wanna see it but the US is not open for tourism or at least not for Italy for what I know so even if I had the money I wouldn't be able to come see it
I hope that at least Alex comes back to the show
When you foresee, never predict?✨✨✨
I find it interesting that you gave a shout out to the composer, the book writers, the coreographer and the director, but forgot to mention the person who did the orchestrations, contributed the incidental music and actually conducts the show every night, and who's the one fundamental figure who connects the acting with the live underlying music in real time: Kris Kukul. Without him, there would be no Beetlejuice, the MUSICAL, the MUSICAL, the MUSICAL... because without the music part, this would just be a theater play. Let's give a little more love to the people who actually help make the magic happen, just as much as the celebrated actors on stage, albeit in a less glamorously visible way.