Evil Dead: The Musical (2006 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
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Composer: Christopher BondComposer: Frank Cipolla
Composer: Melissa Morris
Composer: George Reinblatt
Performer: Ryan Ward
Performer: Jennifer Byrne
Performer: Jenna Coker
Performer: Darryl Winslow
Performer: Brandon Wardell
Performer: Tom Walker
Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Music Label: Time Life Records
Soundtracks:
- Book of the Dead
- Cabin in the Woods
- Stupid B****
- Housewares Employee
- Evil Trees
- It Won't Let Us Leave
- Look Who's Evil Now
- What the F**k Was That?
- Join Us
- Good Old Reliable Jake (Intro)
- Good Old Reliable Jake
- Housewares Employee (Reprise)
- Death is a B****
- I'm Not A Killer
- Evil Puns
- Bit Part Demon
- Good..Bad..I'm the Guy with the Gun
- All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candaian 19. Demons
- Ode to an Accidental Stabbing
- Boomstick
Music reviews of Evil Dead: The Musical (2006 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
Music Review: I Have Never Heard Anything Worse
Rating: 1 Stars
OK, so after reading this review, I'm sure that most people will think that I'm one of those musical theatre elitists that just "don't get it" when a show is just trying to be fun. But, believe me, that couldn't be further from the truth. I can appreciate that musical theatre is supposed to speak to a wide range of tastes and styles and that a show like Evil Dead is not supposed to be taken too seriously. I also get it when a show is trying to be a clever parody (i.e. Urinetown) or just a fun and light-hearted piece of eye and ear candy that doesn't require a lot of deep thought or heavy emotion. I also understand that not all composers/lyricists are seasoned professionals and, believe it or not, I actually support and encourage new and start-up writers and embrace all of their novice mistakes, as long as they don't all occur in the same place at the same time. So, believe me, I get it.
But, sometimes, even with all of this forgiveness in my heart, there are some scores that are simply atrocious. I'm afriad that Evil Dead falls into that category. First, the music: In my mind, a musical score has to be either melodic or original. In the best cases, you have both. In the worst cases, you have neither. In this case, you have nothing. Just nothing. The songs don't say anything - musically or otherwise. They have all been done before, and they are all really, really, bad. I just don't know how else to say it. But the worst part of this unforgivable score has got to be the lyrics. When I say that they are unlistenable, I am not exagerating. These are the worst lyrics I have ever heard committed to CD. Seriously, they are that bad. I couldn't find one redeeming moment. Picture rhymes that a 6-year old might come up with - like trying to rhyme "would be" with "groovy", or "girl" with "squirrel". Yes, I'm afraid these are real examples. The lyrics, in fact, are so bad, that I am not completely confident in my review of the music because I couldn't even get through some of the songs. I shudder at the thought of ever going back to listen to this monstrosity again.
The performances, to my ears, are awful - but that I can forgive. After all, this was not a Broadway show and the actors, in all fairness, had no decent material to work with. I do like the concept, so please don't think that this is the problem. In fact, the story is why I even picked up this CD to begin with. My entire problem is that this is one of the worst scores I have ever heard and, because of that, I found myself constantly infuriated at the fact that these composers were given any funding at all to stage this show.
So, in summary - I encourage everyone reading this review to continue to support off-Broadway theatre and upstart composers and even shows that are not completely perfect. I'm just not sure that I would support this one. This is all just my opinion, of course - as pompous as I'm sure it sounds. Not a very popular one, it would seem, but, hey, what fun what it be if we all had the same tastes? Well, for me, at least, this show tastes pretty bad.
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