On June 22, 2012, Sirc Michaels Productions brought the show to the Las Vegas Strip as a resident, open-ended production at the V Theater. It played its final performance on Augafter five successful runs.
Bringing Broadway actors into the forests of Virginia, this unique production has garnered critical acclaim and a massive audience following.Ĭomplete with a 150-seat splatter zone, a fully realized replica cabin, live band, active vehicles, zip lines and Broadway quality special effects, this fully realized production has opened the door for an arts revolution in the Appomattox area. The Virginia-based, experience themed theatre company first began productions of Evil Dead in 2013. The show was produced by Theatre Just Because and featured local talent. The Oshawa producers were preparing to open a brand-new production, which was to boast a revamped design and enhanced special effects, in April 2020 in a planned 32-week run, but were unable to even begin pre-production due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.Įvil Dead: The Musical had a limited run in Fort McMurray, AB, Canada from December 12–14, 2019. After 13 weeks, and becoming Oshawa's longest-running musical to ever play the city, the production closed on April 27, 2019. The new production was produced by the Mansfield's Cabaret in downtown Oshawa. The production had a successful initial run in October 2017 (for only six performances). The show received rave reviews from critics and fans alike, and as such the production was brought back to Las Vegas for another successful run in January 2012.Įvil Dead: The Musical opened in Oshawa, ON, Canada on February 1, 2019. It was presented at The Onyx Theatre and was helmed by Sirc Michaels. Over 300 productions of Evil Dead: The Musical have since been staged by professional, amateur and school theatre groups throughout North America and around the world in cities including Seoul (2008), Tokyo, and Madrid (2012).įrom October 13–31, 2011, Off-Strip Productions and RagTag Entertainment teamed up to present the Sin City premiere of the show.
It won the Dora Audience Choice Award and praised by the Toronto Star. It celebrated its 300th performance on June 26, 2008, which marked it as the longest running Canadian production in Toronto in 20 years. While the initial run was only to last until the end of June 2007, it was extended to August 4, 2007, September 8, 2007, Jand finally until September 6, 2008. The cast album debuted at #4 on the Billboard Show Charts.Įvil Dead returned to Toronto, again starring Ryan Ward as Ash, at the Diesel Playhouse starting May 1, 2007. The Official Opening Night performance was Novemand it ran, performing 8 times per week at the New World Stages, until February 17, 2007. The New York off-Broadway production started previews on October 2, 2006. As the evening wore on, flashlights and car headlights were used to illuminate the actors. The band played acoustic instruments and cast members provided sound effects from backstage. Media Premiere of Evil Dead: The Musical, Tranzac Theatre, Toronto, August 13, 2003ĭuring the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the intransigent cast and crew performed the show on the front lawn of the Tranzac club in Toronto.
The show was presented in July 2004 at the 22nd Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. The same team remounted the musical in Toronto that October for an additional 3 weeks. With the approval of both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, the show was first staged as a workshop in Toronto in August 2003.
Roughly, the first act adapts the original The Evil Dead while the second act adapts Evil Dead II. The musical takes creative liberty with the plot line of the movies, mixing together the characters and concepts of all three, as well as changing sequences for the sake of the stage and comedic intent. And, as in the films, Ash is there to dish out his various one-liners and fight the neverending demons. In this comedic take on the 1980s horror franchise, characters and demons sing and dance to songs written specifically for the musical. Five college students spend the weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleashing an evil terror.