I love using movie references for the titles of my posts!
So what is my point with this one?
Well, a few weeks ago I searching the interwebs to find some events to attend in my local area.
Get out of the house so to speak.
While my eyes scanned the list I had found and entry in the theater section jumped out at me.
Evil Dead: The Musical.
Really?
For real?
Noooo.
Someone turned three campy, gory, and very cheese horror movies into a musical?
Now I am NOT a big horror movie fan. I have seen these movies once, quite a long time ago. But I was stunned that someone turned this into a musical.
So I did want any self respecting geek would do. I googled it.
Low and behold it was true.
And there were YouTube clips.
I was astounded, the samples that I saw were outrageous yet incredibly well done.
Curiosity got the better of me and I found it was playing in a local theater this past Saturday.
I got myself tickets and proceeded to go.
O.M.G!
Now this was a rather smallish limited budget production (I'd love to see this done in a larger venue) but is was still an absolute riot. I laughed, I cried, I cringed, and I laughed some more.
It simply was unlike anything I had ever seen and the musical numbers were amazing and totally off the wall wild.
The whole thing was wickedly creative and down right silly, campy, cheesy fun. With a splash of gore.
It is also defiantly not a show for children or the bashful.
But if you are looking for something different to do, can stand a little camp and bad puns, and you can find a production in your area, I highly recommend it.
I promise you, like it or not, you've never seen anything like it.
Oh, and the signs leading into the theater stated quite plainly: "This production uses large amounts of stage blood. There will be splatter. You have been warned."
They are not kidding, if you want to stay clean I suggest that you NOT sit in the first few rows.
It's always nice to see something new and unique.
Not to mention actually be entertaining.
So what is my point with this one?
Well, a few weeks ago I searching the interwebs to find some events to attend in my local area.
Get out of the house so to speak.
While my eyes scanned the list I had found and entry in the theater section jumped out at me.
Evil Dead: The Musical.
Really?
For real?
Noooo.
Someone turned three campy, gory, and very cheese horror movies into a musical?
Now I am NOT a big horror movie fan. I have seen these movies once, quite a long time ago. But I was stunned that someone turned this into a musical.
So I did want any self respecting geek would do. I googled it.
Low and behold it was true.
And there were YouTube clips.
I was astounded, the samples that I saw were outrageous yet incredibly well done.
Curiosity got the better of me and I found it was playing in a local theater this past Saturday.
I got myself tickets and proceeded to go.
O.M.G!
Now this was a rather smallish limited budget production (I'd love to see this done in a larger venue) but is was still an absolute riot. I laughed, I cried, I cringed, and I laughed some more.
It simply was unlike anything I had ever seen and the musical numbers were amazing and totally off the wall wild.
The whole thing was wickedly creative and down right silly, campy, cheesy fun. With a splash of gore.
It is also defiantly not a show for children or the bashful.
But if you are looking for something different to do, can stand a little camp and bad puns, and you can find a production in your area, I highly recommend it.
I promise you, like it or not, you've never seen anything like it.
Oh, and the signs leading into the theater stated quite plainly: "This production uses large amounts of stage blood. There will be splatter. You have been warned."
They are not kidding, if you want to stay clean I suggest that you NOT sit in the first few rows.
It's always nice to see something new and unique.
Not to mention actually be entertaining.
