Re-Animator-The Musical: Extended to 5/29 [midnight shows, matinees, discounts]
Charlene
Announces Half Price Tickets for Students +
Midnight Madness Every Friday:
Free Beer With ID & Bands Perform Opening Set at 11:00pm
At the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood
Final Month of Shows – Through May 29, 2011
“Bloody hilarious.” – LAist.com
"Terribly inappropriate … it's glorious!" – KCRW
Re-Animator™ - The Musical, the horror-comedy based on the 1985 cult
movie hit and earlier H.P. Lovecraft story, has extended its run due
to popular demand and added Friday Midnight Madness events and matinee
performances on Sundays at the Steve Allen Theater. Half price
student discount tickets are also now available. Stuart Gordon who
directed the film is now on hand directing the new musical, which is
receiving standing ovations and rave reviews in the media. The new
performance schedule for this funny, bloody and tuneful production
includes five shows per weekend: Friday at 8:00pm and midnight (it's
a horror show, after all!), Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 3:30pm and
8:00pm. Costumes are encouraged and seating is open – come early and
sit up front in the “splash zone.” Ticket prices are $30 for general
admission, $15 for students (with ID) as well as all Center for
Inquiry members. The Steve Allen Theater is located at 4773 Hollywood
Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027. For theater information please call
323-666-4268 or visit http://steveallentheater.com. For ticket
purchases only please call 800-595-4849. For more information on the
musical please visit http://www.re-animatorthemusical.com. Online
tickets can be purchased through the Re-Animator or venue web sites.
Throughout the month of May, every Friday night the doors will re-open
at 10:45pm (following the 8:00pm performance of Re-Animator The
Musical) for Midnight Madness – featuring all ages preshow events with
bands and free beer (21+ with ID) followed by a midnight performance
of the musical. Starting with horror metal band Rosemary’s Billygoat
on Friday the 6th, Midnight Madness will continue with loony punk band
Radioactive Chicken Heads on Friday the 13th and more bands to be
announced.
On Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 8 – Moms get in free all day.
According to his letters, Lovecraft wrote the original story as a
parody of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Re-Animator - The Musical is
the story of brilliant yet amoral medical student Herbert West whose
discovery, a bright green glowing serum, can actually revive the dead.
He involves fellow student Dan Cain and his fiancée Megan Halsey in
his research by murdering and then re-animating their cat. Cain,
realizing the enormous potential of West's research, agrees to smuggle
him into the hospital morgue, which results in an orgy of bloody
mayhem.
“There’s a lot of liquid spurting through the air,” says Gordon of the
live performances, “The special effects are even better in 4D than
they are in 3D.”
Those special effects are being delivered by the same folks who
executed them for the 1985 movie: Tony Doublin, John Naulin and John
Beuchler. The blood flows so freely that the first few rows are
designated as the “splash zone.” Laura Fine Hawkes, who last designed
the equally bloody Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Taper, provides the
creepy sets, Joe Kucharski the moldering costumes, and Jeff Ravitz the
cadaverous lighting. Stage managing the madness is the unflappable Joe
Begos. Steve Pope helms the Technical Direction.
Graham Skipper, Chris L. McKenna, Rachel Avery, Harry S. Murphy, Jesse
Merlin, Mark Beltzman, Cynthia Carle, Brian Gillespie, and Liesel
Hanson make up the amazing ensemble.
Music and lyrics by Mark Nutter. Libretto by Dennis Paoli, Stuart
Gordon and William J. Norris. Adapted from the story by H.P.
Lovecraft. Based on the film H.P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator produced by
Brian Yuzna
. Play produced by Dean Schramm and Stuart Gordon
.
Directed by Stuart Gordon. Musical director: Peter Adams. Choreography
by Cynthia Carle.
“Mark Nutter’s songs are absolutely inspired,” says Gordon, “They are
dark, twisted and yet also insanely cheerful at the same time.”
“Two thumbs up. If you count the bloody severed thumb, then it's
three!” – Flavorpill
“Incredibly wet!” – Shocktilyoudrop.com
“… richly sophisticated… The horror movie vibe is amplified by a
genuine operatic ambition.” – The Hollywood Reporter