Page 3 - Jesse Sharp News Today

Tim Burton’s beloved 1988 horror comedy “Beetlejuice” has been transformed into a vibrant stage musical, and its unhinged demon protagonist has spawned in Golden Gate Theatre to wreak havoc on the Bay Area.

As played with ghoulish gusto by Justin Collette in the musical’s first-ever national tour, which launched at the Golden Gate Theatre last week, this ’Beetlejuice’ is a comparable Mama Rose from the Dead.

As played with ghoulish gusto by Justin Collette in the musical’s first-ever national tour, which launched at the Golden Gate Theatre last week, this ’Beetlejuice’ is a comparable Mama Rose from the Dead.

As played with ghoulish gusto by Justin Collette in the musical’s first-ever national tour, which launched at the Golden Gate Theatre last week, this ’Beetlejuice’ is a comparable Mama Rose from the Dead.

If ever there was a musical theater adaptation from a movie that I didn't see coming, it's 'Beetlejuice.' But the darkly comic Tim Burton classic from 1988 translates remarkably well to the stage, with plenty of tweaks and updates, and a terrific score by Australian singer-songwriter Eddie Perfect.

At DC Arts Center, an original musical about real-life risk-takers who went over the famous falls.

Theatre By The Sea’s hit production of Mamma Mia! will be presented through Sept. 5.

The summer theater is banking on the megahit ABBA musical to bring patrons back to Matunuck after the 2020 season was lost to COVID.