honestly, the whole "coming back from the dead" narrative is such a great marketing tool for a BEETLEJUICE musical that I'm half convinced it was planned all along.
I found this out on tik tok where someone said it was coming back before it was officially announced. In that same video, he also mentioned a filmed special would be made for HBO Max, so that might he happening too
@@cindiadkins9510 Though it might be a hint hint kind of thing, that was for a gig they were both attending at 54 Below and unrelated to Beetlejuice. I really want him to come back though so here's to hoping!
About proshot camera angles, I was so so mad when they cut Hamilton out of the end of The World Was Wide Enough. Like, he turns around and it’s such a small but incredible thing in the theatre and then boom, close up on Leslie Odom Jr instead. Arrrrgh!
@@ridiaraspberry4095 sure, so you know the scaffolding that surrounds the stage? At the end of The World Was Wide Enough Hamilton is in the middle of the scaffolding facing back. At the very end of the song he looks over his shoulder and then walks away as Burr finishes the last chorus. It’s a really powerful moment.
@@Niarydia I think it's in between - the new production of Waitress isn't eligible because even though the show opened in 2016 it only closed a year and a half ago
Leslie Kritzer was on the Guys Who Like Musicals podcast a little while back, and she mentioned the possibility/her hope of Beetlejuice returning! I had a feeling it would happen at some point and I'm so excited!
@@randoperson5190 the open calls are likely for understudies and swings. Because a lot of them left. With how secretive this all is. They're not just going to slap up straight away with the cast being confirmed. Plus they already had a new Lydia cast. They're going to keep casting calls vague for now. Especially open calls.
This entire story has been epic to watch, like the little guy finally stood up for themselves and won. I'm really excited to see the show return to Broadway!
I was actually able to talk to one of the members of the national tour, and found out that the show is paced in a way that you are only allowed to clap at 3 moments: after Welcome to the Rock, after Screech in, and at the end of the show. The reason for this is because all of the actors and musicians have a sort of clicker inside of their ears because the producers wanted to strictly keep the show's runtime at 100 minutes.
To that end, the applause at the few points you CAN clap is absolutely insane. When I saw the national tour, I've never seen a faster standing ovation than at the blackout after the finale going into bows.
The earpieces also serve to allow the performers to hear the music. Since the orchestra is behind them onstage this makes it difficult for a performer to hear, this also makes it difficult to put in monitor speakers for the performers to hear which is what they normally do when the orchestra is in the pit. So in this case the earpieces make sense, they do the same thing for Six.
Isn’t it exciting how the fans seem to gain more power over what they want to see (on Broadway)? Waitress, now Beetlejuice and may I remind you of Bridgerton The musical? And Ratatousical (sometimes that time feels like a fever dream😂)! On another note: Kat you always radiate so much energy and positivity! I always have the biggest smile on my face!😊
This musical really made me feel like grief was normal in a time that I was struggling and I might have cried when I found out they were coming back! I hope that they will go on tour or maybe actually film it!
I'm holding out getting too excited until they announce the cast. Alex will almost certainly come back but with Sophia leaving before everything happened, I'm worried about who they'll find to replace her; she was THE perfect lydia with that dismissive inflection. Her replacement last time wasn't bad but she was too peppy for the role.
When you talked about the camera work on Come From Away. I especially loved the moment in darkness and trees reprise when they say "and that's how we started speaking the same language" and then there's a loud hit on the drum and the light changes and the turn table starts spinning for the first time in the show. I love that moment because it really makes the show come to life at the perfect moment in the story. In the pro-shot they just have a long shot slowly zooming out and it's just perfect!
Back in 2019 beetlejucie introduced me to theater. Theater is my life now. I can’t imagine life without and I think it’s really the reason I’m still alive. I had a hard time this past few years and without theater I might have ended it. So thanks beetlejucie
In New York at the theatre for the music man it just says "Hugh Jackman Sutton Foster" like that's the title. It doesn't even say the music man and that's super funny.
I feel like Presley Ryan doesn’t get enough credit for LITERALLY SAVING THE SHOW in early/mid summer of 2019. She brought the musical a young, internet fan base and created something totally new for Broadway as a whole. She was only fifteen at the time, as well. This is why Presley Ryan is a literal Broadway queen, thank you.
as a newfoundlander and a theatre kid, its lovely to see other people as hyped as i am for the come from away proshot! (also i think a perfect name for the cod is "screech" :)
this video almost made me cry, beetlejuice has been my favorite show since october 2019 and i was lucky enough to see it with the original cast in jan 2020. immediately after, i got enough money out of my crumbling college student savings account to buy tickets to go back in june, it was the first time i ever bought my own broadway tickets and they weren't gifted to me. obviously i didn't go because of march 2020 and i realized i would never be able to see the show again. when march 2020 happened i got a cameo from dana steingold and she basically said she's convinced people would be able to see the show again in a big way. now i've got my alarm set to buy tickets on oct 1 to go see it with my girlfriend that i met during quarantine
Being fairly new to musicals I’m glad that Come From Away is streaming! It can be incredibly hard to start getting into them because it’s all live. Lol so getting a nice pro-shot that really considers the way it’s shot to make it the best experience is so nice. When your new to a musical you have no idea that they could be robing a cool moment from you when they cut to a close up.
Honestly I’m shocked Beetlejuice is back! Not sure how I might feel about a new cast though. Recovering from post - show depression has led me to rewatch every single one of Kat’s videos - no regrets :)
I really hope they manage to do the pro-shot that Leslie said was planned to happen before it closed, would love the original cast to return but understandable if they don't, I'm just so happy it's coming back at all!
Oh my gosh you have no IDEA how ecstatic I was when I found out. I was supposed to see it in the orchestra section in May and now I get to see it again!
Im a little sad it seems like the old cast doesn’t seem to be coming back since they have an open (well, open equity) casting call for all leads but Im just happy its coming back! (And im totally auditioning)
I kind of predicted Beetlejuice coming back to Broadway… a few days before they announced it I was looking at the list of Broadway theatres and I noticed that the Marquis theatre was empty and I wondered what show would be there next. Then the night before the announcement, I had a dream that Beetlejuice was reopening on Broadway! It kind of seems a bit paranoid and it might just be a coincidence but I think that’s still a bit cool. But I’m still sooo excited that Beetlejuice is back!
I think you’re right about Beetlejuice being a gateway drug to musical theater. During quarantine my family started listening to the soundtrack nonstop and we were heartbroken thinking we missed the opportunity to see it live. Then the announcement of it’s resurrection was announced and we purchased our tickets for Beetlejuice this summer! It will the first time the kids, my husband and myself ever see a play on actual Broadway! 🤩
When I heard about Beetlejuice I was soooooo excited. And then I told my mom and she was just like, “I’m not surprised.” But the tickets go on sale the day before my bday so I think it’s a sign! I really hope I can see it!
i was so excited when I heard that Beetlejuice was coming back! Initially, me and my family were going to fly to New York last year in April, and I would've seen Beetlejuice. But well, then Covid hit and we couldn't travel, and then Beetlejuice left the Winter garden theater. :/ so I thought I'd never get a chance to see it :( We wanted to travel to New York this month, but we didn't and are planning to travel next year in october, and just shortly after we planned that, Beetlejuice announced that.... so I'm just so excited because I'll probably get to see it after all!
I saw Beetlejuice in DC during it's tryout and then didn't see it on Broadway but have heard that there were cuts and new additions from when I saw it. I really enjoyed the show and laughed a lot and thought that the cast was great, especially Alex and Sophia. I'm surprised that it didn't do better on Broadway but knew that some critics were very harsh. I'm glad that it is getting a second chance. As for Come From Away, I saw that the summer of 2019 at the Schoenfeld and was very blown away by the show. I was already familiar with it, having the Cast Recording. Watched it on Apple+ and cannot stop recommending it to everyone. You are correct in saying that it was exceptionally well filmed and the cast is amazing. Thank you for this addition to your channel. Very good episode.
I saw Beetlejuice on Broadway for the first time at the at the marquee theater September 17, 2022. It was amazing and then I saw it twice on tour downtown Detroit Michigan and third time Florida so I sing Beetlejuice the musical three times Broadway, New York Detroit, Michigan, Florida, West Palm Beach, so I sent it three times it’s amazing. Great show and I dressed up for it twice Detroit, Michigan in Florida.
I'm honestly super excited about it coming back! I love Beetlejuice sooo much! I was so sad when it closed and I'm so happy they're bringing this amazing show back
I'm not sure if it's because I've been starved from musical theatre for nearly 2 years but i sobbed throughout the entirety of Come From Away. Every song made me cry, even the happier ones. It was the most humanity affirming piece of theatre i have ever seen! I was almost happy that I was watching it in the comfort of my own living room so i didn't subject other audience members to my bawling.
I've seen more shows than I can count or remember on Broadway and out here in California. I saw Sweeney Todd three times on Broadway and it is still the greatest show I've ever seen. Guess what number 2 is? It's Come From Away. We saw its National Tour production in San Francisco in 2019. It is an incredible show, which like you said Kat, zooms by. The fact there's no intermission and only two natural applause breaks means that we the audience sat here with our emotions about 9/11 and our appreciation reaching a bursting point. When the last note was sounded, we all literally leaped to our feet as one, wildly applauding, whooping and stomping out feet as the band played on stage. I've seen it described as a spontaneous explosion of an ovation and that it is. I've never experienced anything like it and that includes Hamilton twice. The pro shoot on Apple + is gorgeous and wonderful but whether it's on Broadway or a national touring company if you are able to see the show live on stage, do it. It's an experience that you never forget.
I'm so glad this show is getting a second chance at life. If I recall correctly, Urinetown didn't exactly close, it was also evicted from its theatre, and it just never found a second home. I think that's what happened
First- I REALLY REALLY hope this means Beatlejuice gets a proshot. We cannot afford New York, and I've spent my quarantine gobbling up proshots and adaptations. Second- I maybe cried all through the proshot of Come From Away. I don't know, maybe it was knowing where we were as a country 20 years later. Maybe it was realizing that I personally had a good quarantine, and I relate to these characters having a good experience after 9/11. Maybe it's just knowing this was the very first thing that got 9/11 for most of the country. We weren't at Ground Zero, but we felt it. We knew it. We lived it in our own way. I'm also excited for RU-vidrs like you, because it's going to give you content, and you are good at what you do and deserve the ad revenue and viewers.
I just figured this out now and I'm so happy!! The first time I heard the show was back on broadway was 3 minutes ago. IM SOOO EXCITEDDD!! I hope pressley is cast.
You know what, I live in MT, and I've always been a musical nerd, but never really had the means to travel to NY to go to a show live, but if Beetlejuice is really coming back, I'm not letting the chance slip by again!
I'm beyond excited that Beetlejuice is back! It became one of my favorite musicals ever, especially since the original movie is my favorite movie of all time! I also submitted my audition video to be in the cast! Fingers crossed!
I also found the show in the pandemic so I am so happy that I will get to see it return (and yes my profile picture is of Presley because I love her so god darn much)
I´m so hyped about Beetlejuice returning to Broadway, I hope that because of the Broadway return they decide to continue in the process of opening the show around the world!!
I’m super excited that Beetlejuice is back because I just got into the fandom and this resurrection means that maybe I will be able to see it live! (Which would be a huge dream of mine)
I let out an unholy scream of joy when they announced they were coming back. I’m so happy. 🙌🏻🥰 I was going to the original closing night, so I’m grateful I’ll get the chance to see it finally!
hiiiiii kat!!!!!!!!!! i’m so excited for bj honestly, also i will be moving to new york and possibly seeing it if it does get revived! it is my comfort musical (haha yep you heard me right) and it’s just my all out favorite of all time
i'm really happy that beetlejuice is coming back, i mean i'm not gonna be able to see on broadway BUT the show is going to be produced here em Brazil next year so... yeah i'm really excited!!!
Update because I’m SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW! Shows I have seen since UK theatres reopened: Be More Chill Phantom Of The Opera Pretty Woman Cinderella Everybody’s Talking About Jamie What I’m going to see: Chicago Jersey Boys Heathers Anything Goes Six & Juliet Frozen The Addams Family Mamma Mia Waitress Les Misērables IM SO HAPPY IM BACK AT THE THEATRE! 💕💕💕💕
I am super excited for the show to come back, and still really want to come out and have it be one of the first shows I’ve seen on actual Broadway in New York, but that really depends on the cast.
I’m almost certain that at the very beginning of the video, kat was just looking in her viewfinder at herself and thinking, “The Cod! The cod? The cod! The cod! THE COD!!!” 🤣
