I think turning movies into musicals is tricky.

There is an expectation from people who love the movie.

There's an expectation from people who love musicals.

And if the movie is beloved, it's even harder.

It's Showtime!

Welcome to a show about death, and I'm going to need some hel.

My name is Kris Kukull and I am the music director of Beetlejuice The Musical.

Hi, I'll be your guide.

I'll be your G-U-I-D-E to the other side.

Even though the movie's not a musical, it has such iconic music and iconic musical moments.

It's the exciting part of it, the collaboration part of it and combining that with a totally original score, It's just a dream.

Yes, I hear that sound Yes, we do That beautiful sound Yes, we do The sound that means No more condescending adults Hanging around The show was built for this...

There's a giant cheer at the moment the downbeat happens.

You can feel it like the wave of the audience come over you and then go on to the stage and feel that I miss it.

That beautiful sound There's just this, like, over pouring of love all the time.

It's really special.

That beautiful sound.

In 1987 my mom took me into New York City to see a Broadway show.

We went to see Big River and I mean, it changed, obviously everything that, from that moment my life was on a different path.

But New York, to me, meant a Broadway show.

But I think that's true for a lot of people.

I think that it's the essential part of the New York experience.

So when Broadway was completely shut down, you could feel it missing.

You could feel a part of the soul of the city had just disappeared.

And you knew it was there and you knew it's going to come back.

But we're just waiting for it.

You know, and without it, it's not, It's not New York.

So Lydia, don't end yourself Defend yourself Concurrently, we had some struggles with the owners of our theater who had already promised our theater to another show.

And so we were all on pins and needles for most of last year waiting for that confirmation and the announcement and not knowing if it was actually going to happen.

But we got lucky and another theater opened up that we were able to move to.

So when spring comes around, we will reopen In a new home and just so excited.

Especially after this crazy trajectory between our shutting down and restarting, Covid, everything.

Just be there with your camera because I think it's going to be an amazing, amazing moment.

I'm really excited.

Beetlejuice?

Well, I'm impressed And all you've got to do is say my name three times, three times in a row.

It must be spoken unbroken.

Ready?

Yeah.

Ok, go Beetlejuice Yes.

Beetlejuice Yes.

Bee Oh God, this is going to be so good!