Will Burton, Megan McGinnis, Madison Mosley and Justin Collette in Beetlejuice | Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2024
Is Beetlejuice kind of hot?
I was not expecting to ask myself that question. But now I’ve seen Justin Collette take the lead in Beetlejuice (the musical), presented by Mirvish, and so here we are. I’m a huge fan of Michael Keaton’s manic persona from the films and worried that an impression would irritate me. Collette, though, does his own outrageous and specific thing with the character. The Juice—a cartoonishly vulgar and macabre huckster gameshow host pervert—always had some ghoulish razzle-dazzle, but the jazz hands are dialled up to eleven here and surprisingly queer! Continue Reading