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Beetlejuice will play the Winter Garden!

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#25Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/6/18 at 8:41pm

From what I do know about the film, it's not that explicit or too much adult content. With the warnings they've put on the website and all the marketing I'm wondering if we can expect something Book of Mormon-ish? 


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ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
#26Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/6/18 at 8:53pm

I hope they do some real old-school special effects. That's one reason I love the film. Also, please keep this scene somehow:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVN-5-I5iBo

Updated On: 9/6/18 at 08:53 PM

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#27Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/6/18 at 9:03pm

I'm a "millennial" and I can't say I totally know the source material, but that said, I think it's a bonkers idea for a big budget Broadway musical and I love it. I'm excited to see it. 

Patty3
#28Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/6/18 at 9:51pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "I hope they do some real old-school special effects. That's one reason I love the film. Also, please keep this scene somehow:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVN-5-I5iBo
"

I can see this working as finale and curtain call similar to Billy Elliot. I guess I’ll find out  when I see the show in DC in less than two months. 

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#30Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 8:46am

'Are younger generations even familiar with the movie? I remember watching it in the 80's and being thoroughly entertained, but how familiar is it to people born after 1990?"

Alas no one born after 1990 has a television.

Solipsist234
#31Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 9:19am

emaxman said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "There goes my dream of Moulin Rouge at the Winter Garden...

Nevertheless, super excited for this one.
"



I totally agree-I really thought MR! would take the Winter Garden. Any thoughts of where it might go since this is no longer an option?


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Since the Imperial and the Winter Garden are out of the cards now for Moulin Rouge, the Hirschfeld is probably the best bet at this point (this would make sense, considering the rumors that have been going around for a while!)

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#32Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 9:24am

Ugh. The Hirschfeld feels so out-of-the-way compared to the rest of broadway / Times Square. For my own selfish reasons I wish it was going into a theater more central Just because of aesthetics.

Anyway, My only issue that I have now is I feel like the logo is too cartoony.It kind of looks like clip art


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ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
#33Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 9:39am

Regarding younger generations and their knowledge of Beetlejuice, I don't know the answer to that at all, but more people than I realized remembered it when Robin Thicke did that VMA performance with Miley Cyrus and so many memes resulted..like this one:

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

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#34Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 10:25am

As a rule, millennials and the generation beneath them don't care much about TV unless it's prestige TV (Netflix/HBO) or event TV. The FreeForm channel (which used to be ABC Family or Fox Family) has capitalized on that event TV thing for over a decade with its beloved Harry Potter marathons or "13 Nights of Halloween" programming blocks. Anyone under 30 likely grew up watching 13 Nights of Halloween and seeing Beetlejuice repeatedly, as it's a staple of that programming block. When I was a kid, they even played the movie on Disney Channel regularly, with the one f-bomb and masturbatory gesture censored.

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#35Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 10:32am

^i concur with this. Beetlejuice was something I always looked forward to watching on ABC family. I think enough young people know of it, but the main audience will be gen xers.


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#36Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 10:43am

There was also that Nickelodeon cartoon that ran in the 90s.


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#37Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 10:45am

I'm probably not your most typical example, but was born in 1990, grew up in India - and saw Beetlejuice for the first time last year because a work friend threw a giant viewing party. There were probably 40 people invited (my age group) and most of them knew them knew the movie growing up and liked it. I think it definitely has a pretty good name recognition. Enough to get tourists to flock.


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theaterwiz414
#38Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 12:39pm

Would you all recommend watching the movie before seeing the show? I don't really have plans to see it yet, but just curious. 

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
#39Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 12:41pm

I'd recommend seeing the movie even if you don't plan on seeing the show. The movie isn't the best thing in the world, but it's highly enjoyable.

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#40Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 12:43pm

theaterwiz414 said: "Would you all recommend watching the movie before seeing the show? I don't really have plans to see it yet, but just curious."

Absolutely.  The film is a Tim Burton masterpiece and the stellar film cast elevates it to another level: Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and most notably, Michael Keaton.   


theaterwiz414
#41Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 12:53pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "theaterwiz414 said: "Would you all recommend watching the movie before seeing the show? I don't really have plans to see it yet, but just curious."

Absolutely. The film is a Tim Burton masterpiece and the stellar film cast elevates it to another level: Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and most notably, Michael Keaton.
"

WOW that cast!! I'll definitely check it out :) 

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#42Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 1:06pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "theaterwiz414 said: "Would you all recommend watching the movie before seeing the show? I don't really have plans to see it yet, but just curious."

Absolutely. The film is a Tim Burton masterpiece and the stellar film cast elevates it to another level: Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and most notably, Michael Keaton.
"

Oh those good old days when Alec Baldwin was still hot


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#43Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 1:22pm

I'm definitely among the youngest crowds on here, and I'm also pretty active on Twitter (gross, I know). From what I'm seeing on there, people my age have either seen the movie and liked it, or are excited enough about the cast/director/general aesthetic to go see it anyway. I personally have never seen the movie but have heard a lot about it, so I'm hoping to check this one out!

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#44Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 5:54pm

New trailer up for DC: https://youtu.be/o_mc31YLjEM . I’m honestly so excited for this! One of my favorite movies from childhood!!!

imklepcyk
#45Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 6:20pm

Maybe moulin rouge will wait until palace is available again. That would be a perfect theatre

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#46Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 6:41pm

As a late millennial/very early gen Z, I have seen Beetlejuice, and it's an amazing movie. What's with the stereotype that all people under age 20 haven't watched the classics and are addicted to on demand? Heck, I don't even have Netflix or Hulu!

freewilma
#47Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 7:00pm

My 23 year old and 17 year old BOTH know the show well; largely from ABC family 13 days of Halloween.

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#48Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 11:15pm

Thank-you everyone for the responses re the younger generation knowing this show.  This sounds to me like the show could have a very strong commercial run as the audience could come from a pretty broad demographic and age group. 

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#49Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 9/7/18 at 11:37pm

imklepcyk said: "Maybe moulin rouge will wait until palace is available again. That would be a perfect theatre"

The Palace Theatre renovation won't be completed until 2021, at the earliest.

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#50Beetljuice will play the Winter Garden!
Posted: 3/15/19 at 10:51am

https://nypost.com/2019/03/14/revamped-beetlejuice-still-may-not-have-the-juice-for-broadway/

From the NYP:

"A source tells me that director Alex Timbers sat down with the creative team and went through the show “beat by beat,” expunging all that was tasteless, lewd and inappropriate in the post-#MeToo era. He also demanded better jokes and songs."

Okay Werk.

I also love the shade thrown at King Kong. 

"Eddie Perfect, an Australian songwriter, wrote the score. He also wrote the songs for “King Kong,” which isn’t going to win any Tony Awards."


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