Matthew Murphy
In Beetlejuice, reclusive teen Lydia Deetz groups up with the titular “ghost with essentially the most.”
Following its wildly profitable Broadway debut in 2018, Beetlejuice will hang-out the stage of San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre this month, one in every of many stops on the manufacturing’s first ever North American tour.
The eight-time Tony-nominated musical, primarily based on the beloved 1988 Tim Burton movie, explores an surprising intersection between melancholy and levity.
When a just lately deceased couple notices a brand new household shifting into their former dwelling, they determine to provide the enterprise of haunting a strive, however not earlier than calling on Beetlejuice, an infamously mischievous and prolific demon. One of many dwelling’s residents is Lydia Deetz, a reclusive teenager mourning the lack of her mom and shouldering neglect from her father, a person who pours himself into his work and a brand new relationship together with his assistant, Delia.
Whereas hiding within the basement, Lydia meets Beetlejuice and — regardless of his scary look and crude demeanor — decides to staff up with him to chase her father, Delia and their enterprise associates out of the house she feels has been stolen from her. Lydia hopes associating with the lifeless will deliver her nearer to her mom whereas wreaking havoc on her father’s shiny new life.
Nonetheless, what begins as a need for vengeance has the potential to develop into extra twisted and sophisticated than she may ever predict.
$45-$210, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and eight p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13-18, Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com.
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