With the success of the show in Toronto, productions began springing up all over the world. The cast album from the show even debuted at #4 on the Billboard Show Charts. In 2004, the show opened in Montreal as a featured attraction at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival.Īnd in November, 2006, Evil Dead The Musical made its Off-Broadway debut in New York City where it was praised by both the fans and critics alike. With all the attention the show was receiving, other cities became interested in Evil Dead as well.
Within days of opening, people were lined up around the block to see this new show (not only because they heard how fantastic it was, but also because the production was too cheap to have a formal ticketing system). And in August, 2003, in the back room of a small bar called the Tranzac Club, Evil Dead The Musical made its debut.Īnd like the movies it was based on, Evil Dead The Musical quickly became a cult sensation. but that didn’t stop a group of ambitious young people in Toronto from giving it a try. Some might have looked at these films, and never thought they could be combined into a musical. Directed by Sam Raimi (Spiderman), and starring cult icon Bruce Campbell, these movies used comedy, gore, slapstick, blood, one-liners, and some of the most creative camera techniques ever seen to revolutionize the horror genre.
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But Evil Dead The Musical is the only musical in history to be based on a series of movies.ĭating back to 1981, the Evil Dead films combined to make one of the most beloved cult franchises in the history of cinema. Many musicals nowadays are based on movies. New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Victoria Theater Upcoming Showsįt Lauderdale, FL - Opens November 20, 2014 If your production of Evil Dead the Musical is not listed below, or you would like to add a banner for your production, please let the web team know via the contact form. Want to know when and where you can watch Evil Dead the Musical? Look through the list of cities below to see if there is a production in your area!