Arts & Entertainment
Review: 'Evil Dead The Musical' by Warner Stage Company
I didn't really "get" this cult classic as well as other members of the audience but it certainly was an experience I won't soon forget.
Torrington, CT - ‘Evil Dead The Musical’ comes with a warning in capital letters: “Viewer discretion advised, contains adult language and situations, prepare to get bloody in our Splatter Zone.” Ticket holders at the Warner Theatre’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre were required by security to sign a waiver absolving the theatre of any liability if the skin or clothing of patrons were stained by the blood (fake, of course) or if they slipped on the copious amounts that fell in the aisles. Because my teen recently turned 18, he was able to sign his own form in order to enter the theatre and enjoy the musical based upon Sam Raimi’s 80s cult classic films ‘Evil Dead,’ ‘Evil Dead 2’ and ‘Army of Darkness.’
Keith Paul (of The Desultory Theatre Club) directed this “evening of singing, laughter and blood splatter” at the Nancy Marine three years ago and was excited to have been given a second crack at the show. According to Warner Executive Director Lynn Gelormino, no other show has had as many requests to repeat a production, so the cult sensation status is alive and well for this piece that Mr. Paul describes as the “oddly bizarre and weirdo fringe entertainment” that he loves. Apparently the television release of Ash vs. the Evil Dead has made the Evil Dead franchise more popular than ever; all ages showed up for the performance I attended.
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Many thanks for Naugatuck BOE Chair Dorothy Neth-Kunin and her husband for sharing their season tickets with my son and me so that we could attend this early Halloween event in Torrington. And what an experience it was.
Photos by Mandi Martini©2016 The Warner Theatre
