Evil Dead: The Musical, Book & Lyrics By George Reinblatt and Music By Frank Cipolla/Christopher Bond/Melissa Morris/George Reinblatt . Directed by Robert Dennick Joki , Evil Dead will play on the Oakland stage from April 27 through May 12.
Based on Sam Raimi’s 80s cult classic films Evil Dead tells the tale of 5 college kids who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror, it’s not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. Evil Dead: The Musical unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, “camp” takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like “All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons,” “Look Who’s Evil Now” and “Do the Necronomicon.”
