'Beetlejuice' musical brings Broadway-scale spectacle and local jokes to Abu Dhabi

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00:00My name is Elise McCann, but I play Barbara Maitland, and the Maitlands are a very lovely

00:27family who live in Connecticut, and we sadly die in the first eight minutes of the show.

00:32So the rest of the show, I am a ghost, but I learn to find more life through the process

00:41of death, so it's very fun.

00:43And I'm Andy Carl, and I play Beetlejuice.

00:47Yes, I have to use this voice the whole time, so get used to it.

00:51Say it three times, it's even better.

00:54I'm going to host you through the entire show.

00:56We're going to have a lot of fun.

00:57We're going to be making fun of the Maitlands over here.

01:00We're going to be doing a lot of crazy stuff and going into the netherworld wearing black

01:05nails and rotting sandworms.

01:07It's going to be amazing.

01:09Everybody gets on fire here like Roger's heart and Hammerstein here.

01:14What we love about Abu Dhabi is its sensational audience.

01:20They've embraced musical theater.

01:22They love quality.

01:23They love great storytelling.

01:25Beetlejuice is a great story.

01:27It's a great piece of theater based on Tim Burton's iconic film.

01:31It's been transitioned to the stage with an incredible score by composer and lyricist Eddie

01:36Perfect.

01:37Well, look, what I think makes Beetlejuice so unique is that it is a musical comedy.

01:43So it brings all of those humorous elements to life on stage.

01:46But what Beetlejuice is a musical theater piece does very well is wrap around all of the theatrical

01:53magic.

01:54So you've got live sandworms coming to life on stage.

01:58You've got clones of Beetlejuice coming to life on stage.

02:01It really is spectacular.

02:04Yeah, I know you're woke, but you can take a joke here.

02:07I think the great thing about Beetlejuice is that it's while it's on, you know, from the

02:11outside, you feel like it's a horror movie, but it's also there's like layers to it.

02:14There's comedy.

02:15There's like a family heartwarming moments to it.

02:17And in general, it's like one of the leading, award-winning productions.

02:21Bringing it here is a very strong testament to Yas Island and At-Tahadari and Abu Dhabi

02:26in general, that we are capable of hosting and attracting all of these international world-class

02:31Broadway musicals.

02:32So take a little break here.

02:35It's kind of like a week here.

02:36The scenery is big here, but there's a giant snake here.