EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL Returns for Fourth Year at City Theatre, Now thru 10/26

The Ringwald and Olympia Entertainment are thrilled to be bringing the hilariously, bloody Evil Dead: The Musical back to Detroit for its fourth annual engagement. In honor of the cult classic's Detroit world premiere in October 1981, the musical will perform a four week engagement starting tonight, October 2 through Saturday, October 26 at Detroit's City Theatre; located inside Hockeytown Café at 2301 Woodward Avenue.

Tickets ($29.50 general admission) go on sale Friday, May 31 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre, Joe Louis Arena and the City Theatre box offices, located inside Hockeytown Cafe, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611 or go to TheRingwald.com. Please note, the Splatter Zone seats, where the bold really flows, are available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Supergroups and groups of 8 or more receive $2.50 off per ticket by calling Olympia Entertainment Group Sales at 313-471-3099.

Based on Sam Raimi's 80's cult classic films, Evil Dead: The Musical unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, "camp" takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like "All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons", "What the
F&%* Was That?" and "Do the Necronomicon".

With the approval of both Sam Raimi and the film's star, Bruce Campbell, the first musical version of the film was staged and enjoyed a successful workshop in Toronto and subsequent performances at the Just for Laughs Festival 2004. The Off-Broadway production opened on November 1, 2006 and ran through September 6, 2008.

Evil Dead: The Musical has Book & Lyrics by George Reinblatt and Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Boyd, Melissa Morris, and George Reinblatt.

Performance schedule:
Wednesday, October 2 - 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 3 - 8 p.m.
Friday, October 4 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 5 - 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 10 - 8 p.m.
Friday, October 11 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 12 - 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 17 - 8 p.m.
Friday, October 18 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 19 - 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 24 - 8 p.m.
Friday, October 25 - 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 26 - 4 p.m. & 9 p.m.

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