July 19, 2006
'Evil Dead' Rises Again, Now Off Broadway
The trend for Broadway shows to be based on popular films continues unabated but this twist reported in Variety today is actually kinda cool. The production team of George Reinblatt, Christopher Bond and Frank Cipolla will be opening Off Broadway Evil Dead: The Musical based on the 1981 cult classic horror flick by Sam Raimi. It'll be directed by Bond and Hinton Battle, who also choreographed the show. Tying in with the Midnight Movie plot of a group of friends visiting a wooded cabin and unleashing untold evil, they'll be offering performances starting at 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Also if you're really into the guts and gore aspect of hack 'em up horror, be sure to ask to sit in the first few rows identified as the "Splatter Zone." No news yet whether the evil book will get a tap dance solo. Previews begin October 1 with the opening November 1 at New World Stages.
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but will they cut the raping tree?
This will be either really good or really bad. I'm sure it'll get Bruce Campbell's seal of approval.
I think the raping tree should do a little dance.
ia! ia! cthulu fhtagn!
and let's not forget that hinton battle was also the softshoeing demon on the musical episode of 'buffy', so he's got horror-comedy-dance cred.
will, the above lovecraft fan, also prolly knows about the ill-fated 'shoggoth on the roof' musical.
Here's some interesting trivia for those truly geeky among the readers ...
Hinton Battle also played the Cat character in the pilot episode of an American version of Red Dwarf.
The show is excellent. I saw a performance during the preview run in Toronto in 2004 just before they headed to Montreal for the Just For Laughs festival. And, if you don't want to get covered in blood, don't sit in the first two rows.