The eight-time Tony Award-nominated hit, ‘Beetlejuice The Musical’, will play in Perth this year.
Western Australian theatre fans have chanted “Beetlejuice” three times. . . And the mischievous ghost has responded. The production will play Perth’s Crown Theatre from August.
’Beetlejuice The Musical’ features an original score by Australia’s own Eddie Perfect, which even earned him a Tony Award nomination.
It tells the story of Lydia Deetz – a strange, unusual teenager obsessed with the whole “being dead thing”. Lucky for her, her new house is haunted by a recently deceased couple and a degenerate demon with a thing for stripes. When Lydia calls on this ghost-with-the-most to scare away her insufferable parents, Beetlejuice concocts the perfect plan.
It involves exorcism, an adorable Girl Scout, and a whole (nether)world of pandemonium.
“My training in musical theatre began in Perth at the West Australian Academy Of Performing Arts as a fresh-faced youth, full of dreams, making coffees in Leederville and conducting community choirs in Fremantle,” Eddie Perfect says.
“I love Perth, and I am thrilled that 20 years later my love affair with this city continues with ‘Beetlejuice The Musical’. This show about death (and life!) is full of incredible puppetry, magic and dark comedy, and I am overjoyed that my friend and Broadway superstar Andy Karl will be continuing to haunt audiences across Australia.”
Broadway star Andy Karl says, “I am so lucky to do what I love while also getting to see so much of Australia. I’m thrilled to bring Beetlejuice down under. Perth, get ready for the Netherworld, the most ‘down under’ you can get.”
’Beetlejuice The Musical’ plays Crown Theatre from 16 August.
