Re-Animator: The Musical

Re-Animator the Musical

Music	Mark Nutter
Lyrics	Mark Nutter
Book	Stuart Gordon William J. Norris Dennis Paoli
Basis	1985 film Re-Animator and related franchise
Productions	2011 Los Angeles, 2012 New York, 2012 Edinburgh

Re-Animator: The Musical is an American musical stage-play based on the cult classic film Re-Animator which was adapted from the stories by H.P. Lovecraft . First performed in 2011 at The Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles, California, the show won several awards including the LA Weekly award for Best Musical. One critic for Variety praised it, saying "not since 'Little Shop of Horrors' has a screamfest tuner so deftly balanced seriousness and camp."^[1]

Synopsis

Medical student Herbert West develops a glowing green serum that brings the dead back to life to catastrophic results. After the mysterious death of his mentor Dr. Gruber in Switzerland, West transfers to Miskatonic University in Arkham, Mass. to continue his studies. West enlists his roommate Dan Cain to help him with his experiments, much to the chagrin of Dan's fiancée Megan Halsey, daughter of the dean of the medical school. Dr. Carl Hill tries to steal the re-agent and West beheads him and then brings him back to life.

Production

Original Re-Animator film director Stuart Gordon, who began his entertainment career by co-founding Chicago's Organic Theater Company, began thinking of a stage adaptation in the early part of the century. He was partially inspired by the movie-to-musical adaptation Little Shop of Horrors.^[2]

Similar to Evil Dead: The Musical, fans can enjoy the "splatter zone"—the first three rows of the theater where patrons can count on a good blood-soaking.

Los Angeles production

The musical debuted at The Steve Allen Theater in March 2011.

It won the Best Book award from the Ovation Awards and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Score. In addition, it also won 6 awards from LA Weekly.^[3]

New York production

The production appeared at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in July 2012.

Edinburgh Production

The production made its international debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2012.

Creative team

It was produced by Dean Schramm and Stuart Gordon. The music and lyrics are by Mark Nutter. Peter Adams was the musical director and Cynthia Carle supplied the choreography. Re-Animator: The Musical was developed and premiered at the Steve Allen Theater under the artistic direction of Amit Itelman.

Cast members of the original Los Angeles production included Graham Skipper, George Wendt, Chris L. McKenna, Jesse Merlin, Rachel Avery, Cynthia Carle, Marlon Grace, Liesel Hanson, Mark Beltzman and Brian Gillespie.

References

↑ "Review: "Re-Animator: The Musical"". Variety.com. March 9, 2011.
↑ "‘Re-Animator the Musical’ pumps new life into cult favorite". LA Times. May 3, 2011.
↑ "Re-Animator: The Musical official site". reanimatorthemusical.com. July 10, 2013.

External links

Re-Animator series

Films	Re-Animator Bride of Re-Animator Beyond Re-Animator

See also	"Herbert West–Reanimator" Re-Animator: The Musical H. P. Lovecraft Herbert West

Media based on H. P. Lovecraft works

Films	The Haunted Palace (1963) Die, Monster, Die! (1965) The Shuttered Room (1967) The Dunwich Horror (1970) Re-Animator (1985) From Beyond (1986) The Curse (1987) The Unnamable (1988) Dark Heritage (1989) Bride of Re-Animator (1990) Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) The Resurrected (1992) The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Necronomicon (1994) The Lurking Fear (1994) Witch Hunt (1994) Castle Freak (1995) Bleeders (1997) Out of Mind: The Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (1998) Cool Air (1999) Cthulhu (2000) Dagon (2001) Beyond Re-Animator (2003) Alone in the Dark (2005) The Call of Cthulhu (2005) H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) Cthulhu (2007) The Tomb (2007) Chill (2007) The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

Role-playing games	Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game) (1981) Cthulhu Live (1997) Delta Green (1997) Trail of Cthulhu (2008) CthulhuTech (2008)

Card games	Mythos (1996) Cthulhu 500 (2004) Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game (2004) Elder Sign (2011)

Board games	Arkham Horror (1987, 2005) Mansions of Madness (2011) Eldritch Horror (2013)

Video games	Alone in the Dark (1992) Shadow of the Comet (1993) Necronomicon (1994) Alone in the Dark 3 (1995) Prisoner of Ice (1995) Innsmouth no Yakata (1995) Digital Pinball: Necronomicon (1996) Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness (2001) Eternal Darkness (2002) Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006) Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land (2012) Bloodborne (2015) Darkest Dungeon (2016)

Other	Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again (2000) Alan Moore's The Courtyard (2003) Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) (2003–present) Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths (2003) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre (2006–2015) Demonbane (2006) Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (2009–2014) Neonomicon (2010) Re-Animator: The Musical (2011)

See also: Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture

Films directed by Stuart Gordon

Re-Animator (1985)
From Beyond (1986)
Dolls (1987)
Robot Jox (1990)
Daughter of Darkness (1990)
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
Fortress (1992)
Castle Freak (1995)
Space Truckers (1996)
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
Dagon (2001)
King of the Ants (2003)
H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005)
Edmond (2005)
The Black Cat (2007)
Stuck (2007)

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