Beetlejuice (2019, 2022)
Director - Alex Timbers; SFX Design - Jeremy Chernick; Scenic Design - David Korins; Puppet Design - Michael Curry; Costume Design - William Ivey Long; Lighting Design - Kenneth Posner; Projection Design - Peter Nigrini; Sound Design - Peter Hylenski; Illusions - Michael Weber; Wig/Hair Design - TCharles LaPointe; Make Up Design - Joe Dulude II; Photo by Matthew Murphy
THE WHOLE BEING DEAD THING!
Catch Beetlejuice on tour! Check out these interviews from the touring production.
“This is a different type of show from most others on tour now," said Jeremy Chernick, the musical’s special effects designer. "'Beetlejuice’ taps into a certain energy, irreverence, joy and fun more geared toward media-savvy teenagers and those in their 20s and 30s – not your normal older Broadway audience.”
“There’s a lot of us who worked to bring that Tim Burton spirit to life,” said Jeremy Chernick, the show’s special effects designer, who worked on over 100 special effects, puppets, and optical illusions. “We’re basically putting a really fun haunted house on stage, so it needs a lot of spooky smoke machines to create that atmosphere and some magic tricks throughout the show.”
Watch these videos from early in the integration process.
READY, SET, NOT YET!
Netherworld Door
Smoke Bomb Gag
WHAT I KNOW NOW…
Now that you know, check out these promotional videos of Beetlejuice (with an eye out for the fog and flame!)
FRIGHT OF THEIR LIVES!
THAT BEAUTIFUL SOUND
Watch the Opening Number from Beetlejuice on Broadway!
Special Effects
general fog, smoke, and haze design; hand on fire; fireplace; book on fire; heads popping out of trunk; smoke bomb gag; burning suicide note; finger flashers; fog on clones and sandworms; shooting lightning from fingers; netherworld door; trachea smoke; confetti