From the moment the cast launches into ³What the F‹k Was That,² ³Blew That B--- Away,² and the Rocky Horror ³Time Warp² homage ³Do the Necronomicon,² it¹s frighteningly clear that Evil Dead The Musical ups the ante from the standard Broadway theater fare. Peppered with enough four-letter words to make a grown man blush and bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit.

Unlike most brassy Broadway shows, the musical performances from Evil Dead are shockingly funny and witty, every bit as mordant and brilliant as the original movies themselves. Canadian comedy writer George Reinblatt penned both the lyrics and the script, winning over New York theater critics and Deadites (Evil Dead fanatics) alike in his first musical theater venture. "The film runs this fine line between horror and comedy," says Reinblatt. "You might watch the film and not realize it's supposed to be funny, but it is, and that's why Evil Dead, probably more than any other horror film, lends itself to the musical so well." The show¹s music was written by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris and George Reinblatt with music supervision by Frank Cipolla.

Based on Sam Raimi¹s (Spiderman, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Darkman) 80¹s cult-classic horror films, 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 stay alive. In the theatrical production, musical mayhem descends as ³camp² takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers, buzzing chainsaws and dancing demons, not to mention a ³splatterzone² (the front rows of the theater where the audience members literally had a bloody good time).