I hap­pened to get some tick­ets to Evil Dead The Musi­cal for last Saturday…that is, the Sat­ur­day that just passed. We were off to the side, and just out­side the “splatter zone”. With a sur­pris­ingly small amount of props (though the ax, the 12 gauge, the chain­saw and the Necro­nom­i­con all make their appear­ances) and almost child­ishly sim­plis­tic sets, Evil Dead The Musi­cal blew me out of the water with wit, energy, and so much homage that it almost hurts.

I’m almost at a loss for words to describe this stage per­for­mance. Fan­tas­tic, B, Sparse, Elec­tri­fy­ing, Camp, Enter­tain­ing, Rude, and I’m sure I could think of more were I will­ing to ded­i­cate more time towards the effort. Suf­fice it to say, it’s a great night out and it’s prob­a­bly the best 40 dol­lars (for two tick­ets) that I’ve ever spent.