Written by Daniella Litvak
Adapting a single film into a stage show is a challenge. Adapting a film series into an under two-hour, musical theater extravaganza is a Herculean labor. If you’re going to undertake such an audacious feat then you are going to need some audacious source material. What better fits the bill than Sam Raimi’s cult classic Evil Dead trilogy? Now I’ll be honest, most of my knowledge of the films comes more from pop culture osmosis rather than memories of watching them. From what I do know and what people around me in the audience told me is that Evil Dead The Musical is fairly faithful to films —more importantly it captures the elements everyone loves about the movies. Continue Reading
