The scenic design for Beetlejuice has very phenomenal stagecraft throughout the show from moving sets to extremely cool technology for the home. The lighting design is chaotic and fills every space of the set with patterns, flashes, and cold colors. Alex Timbers has a great leadership with the elements and stagecraft. He is doing impressive work out there.
Guranteed wins: Best Direction Best Scenic Design Best Lighting Design
Strong contenders:
Best Lead Actor - Alex Brightman Best Leading Actress - Sophia Anne Caruso Best Featured Actress - Leslie Kritzer Best Costume Design
Guranteed noms: Best Musical Best Book Best Sound Design
Anastasia or Beetlejuice with 13 year old boy? Oct 18
2018, 08:03:20 AM
If your boy is good with explicit language and sexual jokes, Beetlejuice will be okay for him. Anastasia is more of a princess story
I was and am so impressed that the musical is so different from the movie. It was freshening to not see the direct movie on stage a la Disney and Shrek.
I enjoyed the show a lot. It is really fun. Act 2 is in perfect shape for Broadway. Act 1 needs a lot of work done. To quote a person who was waiting for the bathroom with me: “The songs overtake the words.” There was a song every 1 or 2 minutes and there was like
BEETLEJUICE - Pre-Broadway Tryout in DC Oct 17
2018, 08:36:39 PM
Technical difficulty #2. I’m enjoying the show, but it really has some Fixer uppers. Sophia Anne is phenomenal as Lydia. Alex is fun as Beetlejuice!
Cody Simpson to make Broadway debut in Anastasia as Dmitry Oct 16
2018, 10:51:30 PM
I’m shocked Anastasia is getting lashed at. I thought given the fanbase, they’ll be overjoyed that a dream boat is getting hired. It isn’t like Cinderella where they hired reality stars to be the Stepmother.
For me, it’s WHY they hired a pop star when any Broadway name like Aaron Tviet or Corey Cott would be perfectly fine.
