Evil Dead: The Musical Returns to the City Theatre, Tix On Sale 9/2

The cult classic movie, Evil Dead, turns 30 this year and The Ringwald/Who Wants Cake? and Olympia Entertainment are celebrating the film's world premiere which took place in Detroit in 1981 by bringing the hilariously bloody homage, Evil Dead: The Musical, back to the City. Beginning Friday, October 7th and playing for a four week engagement ending on Saturday, October 29th, Evil Dead: The Musical will play at 8 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night at Detroit's City Theatre located inside Hockeytown Café at 2301 Woodward Avenue.

Tickets ($25 general admission) go on sale Friday, September 2 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre, Joe Louis Arena and the City Theatre box office, located inside Hockeytown Cafe box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611 or go to WhoWantsCakeTheatre.com. Please note, the Splatter Zone seats, where the blood really flows, are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.

In order to celebrate the film's premiere that took place in downtown Detroit on October 15, 1981, tickets ($22) for the Saturday, October 15th show will be discounted $3 to celebrate the film's three-decade-long run.

Based on Sam Raimi's 80's cult classic films, Evil Dead: The Musical unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, "camp" takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like "All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons", "What the
F&%* Was That?" and "Do the Necronomicon".

With the approval of both Sam Raimi and the film's star, Bruce Campbell, the first musical version of the film was staged and enjoyed a successful workshop in Toronto and subsequent performances at the Just for Laughs Festival 2004. The Off-Broadway production opened on November 1, 2006 and ran through September 6, 2008.

Evil Dead: The Musical has Book & Lyrics by George Reinblatt and Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Boyd, Melissa Morris, and George Reinblatt.

Who Wants Cake? opened the doors to their resident home, The Ringwald, in May 2007 with Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Quickly, The Ringwald became a mainstay of Detroit's theatre community. Since opening their doors, Who Wants Cake? has been offering up slice after slice of successful shows
including Southern Baptist Sissies, Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical, Killer Joe, The Bad Seed, The Book of Liz, Rent, Mercury Fur, Thank You For Being a Friend, Evil Dead: The Musical, and [title of show]. Who Wants Cake? was named the 2008 and 2009 Best Theatre Group in Channel 4's Vote 4 The Best contest, the 2009 Best Theatrical Troupe by Real Detroit, and Best Place to see Local Theatre in the 2010 and 2011 Best of Detroit poll in the Metro Times.

Cast & Crew:
Ash Pete Podolski
Shelly/Annie Tara Tomcsik
Cheryl Molly Zaleski
Scott Tim Kay
Linda Thalia Schramm
Jake David Schoen
Ed/Evil Moose Dez Walker

Director Michelle LeRoy
Choreography Molly Zaleski
Music Direction Geff Phillips
Costume Design Vince Kelley
Set Design Tommy LeRoy
Special Effects Jen Hansen
Special Effects Ted Hansen

Performance schedule:
Friday, October 7 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 8 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 13 8 p.m.
Friday, October 14 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 15 8 p.m. *$22--- 30th Anniversary Showing
Thursday, October 20 8 p.m.
Friday, October 21 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 22 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 27 8 p.m.
Friday, October 28 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 29 8 p.m.

 

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