“Beetlejuice 2” is in the works, and the Broadway adaptation of the original film is the subject of an eight-night residency at Tampa’s Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
The Scott Brown and Anthony King-penned stage version of Tim Burton’s late '80s cult classic has a bit of an odd reputation. Despite its eight Tony Award nominations in 2019, “Beetlejuice”—along with every other Broadway musical at the time—had its lights go out in March 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdowns. The show didn’t even reopen until a new room—the Marquis Theatre inside of the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel—could be pinned down for what turned out to be a nine-month run in April 2022.
An extensive national tour began last winter, and during the show’s residency at Denver’s Buell Theater last month, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and drag-friendly bar owner Quinn Gallagher were escorted out of the theater for highly improper etiquette, including vaping, photography, and groping each other.
Hopefully, any local politicians planning to attend will behave themselves, with or without a plus one.
A sign language interpreter will be on site on Thursday, Oct. 26, and audio descriptions will be available for Saturday, Oct. 28’s matinee.
Tickets to see “Beetlejuice” inside Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts from Oct. 24-29 are still available and start at $55.
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Tampa’s Straz Center kicks off new Broadway season with ‘Beetlejuice’
They do this bullshit, like, eight times a week.
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