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The “Evil Dead Musical” combined both “Evil Dead” movies, all of which star Bruce Campbell and directed by Sam Raimi and it is because of these wonderful men that we have this cheesy, awesome, musical play about zombies coming to life.
The play is about five college students going on a random road trip and ending up taking shelter at an abandoned cabin in the woods where they find a book down in the cellar and, of course, they read from the book. Well, you know what that means … they’ve unleashed an evil spirit that will turn them all into zombies if they don’t kill the evil spirit by morning.
“You’re going to be dead by dawn.”
So who else to save the day then an ordinary guy who works at the local S-Mart? Mr. Ash Williams, of course. Along with him he has his shot gun in one hand and a chainsaw in the other.
This play follows the first movie pretty closely and then after intermission they go take things from the second “Evil Dead” with bits and pieces of “Army of Darkness.” From the horny trees that rape Cheryl to Ash singing and dancing to “Look Who’s Evil Now” with the zombies in S-mart.
The woman that played Cheryl definitely stole the show. Everything from her do-gooder attitude in the beginning to the witty dialog she says from the cellar all throughout the entire play.
The cast did an amazing job and were a major hit with the sold-out crowd. The only thing that I didn’t like about the play was that no one got “splattered” in the splatter zone. The audience was very disappointed about paying the extra money to get sprayed with blood, or in the middle row’s case … a condom that burst open on them!
“Usually our audiences are COVERED in blood. We literally have buckets and buckets full of fake blood that we make ourselves, but this theater was too nice and we didn’t want to make it un-nice!” said Chance, who plays Ash Williams.
The musical numbers that they sang were just spectacular. Their singing was a bit off-key, but it was all done on purpose because these movies are B-rated and so for the performances they wanted B-rated.
For their dance numbers they did the Time Warp, Thriller, the Macarena, the Sprinkler, the Robot, and the Dishwasher – all backwards. They also made references to the Fonz “Heey (and brushing their hair)” and with Zombie Land “Rule #2: Make sure to always double tap”.
All-in-all this play was AMAZING and I would definitely recommend everyone to go and see it. This play will keep you entertained and have you laughing the entire time. The only thing I recommend is to make sure they are playing at a theater where they aren’t afraid to get the place dirty and you definitely need to wear a white shirt!
Cast Q and A:
Commuter: How do you guys identify with your characters?
Chance Newman (Ash Williams We were all HAND selected…because we ARE our characters!
Commuter: How long have you guys been together?
Chance: Well, this crew has been together since January 2011. This is actually our second show that we’ve done. The first one was in Bellingham.
Commuter: How did you get inspired to play your character?
Chance: Well, I was in Vancouver at the time and I saw this exact play and next thing I knew I was auditioning for the role of Ash.
Commuter: What is the biggest mistake that you’ve done onstage?
Dale Sharp (Ed Getley): Well…mine was, I fell off stage onto a girl in the audience, so I “died” on her and took her face in my hands and told her that I didn’t want to leave her and then I died!
Cassidy (Annie Knowby): I’ve slipped, tripped, fallen, and eaten shit onstage. I’ve done it all. I promise I don’t randomly rip my clothes off in public!
Commuter: Ok, since we’re at VooDoo Doughnuts too, what kind of doughnut did you order?
Dale: I just had to order the Maple Bacon Bar. I mean come on…a doughnut with bacon, what could be wrong?
Cassidy: I definitely had to go with the Captain My Captain. I just love Captain Crunch.
Dale: Now I have a question for you, what was your favorite part of the play?
Commuter: Honestly? You were my favorite part. Your acting was amazing and you did a great job…even if it was just a “bit” part!
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