BEETLEJUICE JR. MUSICAL | How I REALLY Feel & Which Songs are Cut!
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- Is Beetlejuice Jr. appropriate for young performers? What songs are CUT from the full-length version to the jr. version? In this week's video, I cover all that and more as we discuss the highly anticipated release of the Beetlejuice Jr. musical. Please note that the musical is only in the pilot phase and has not been cleared for national release as of this video's release. My opinions are based on the information that I have available. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section!
Beetlejuice Jr. Rights: tinyurl.com/6cu64caw
0:00 Intro
1:03 What We Know
1:35 Pilot Productions
2:54 But It's Rated R...
3:36 Songs Cut
5:43 Jr Show Appropriate?!
7:38 Would I Direct this?
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I saw the Jr show and yes Beetlejuice and Lydia still do get married
Thankyou for the clarification!
i played lydia in the riverdale children's theatre production! very interesting time lol
What an awesome opportunity! Thanks for stopping by :)
I'm being beetlejuice for Halloween this year! So this is quite the perfect timing video
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I would love to see you do a comparison between one of my favorite musicals,the little mermaid! I've done both the Jr musical, and seen the full musical live and I'm seeing it next month again!
That would be a great one to compare! I love both shows and all of the songs they added since the original films
Ah! I’m being beetlejuice as well! So excited!!
Ive heard they've made a high school edition of Six; definitely curious to see how they pulled that one off
In my opinion this show should have never been sold off as a Jr. show, the two things that make this show successful is not the original story, which is most likely what the Jr. show will pull from. What made this show survivable outside of the concept, is that it really explores Lydia's struggle with her Mom's death, thoughts of un-aliving herself, her struggle with her father to connect and mourn, Adam and Barbara's struggle to have a life, the lack/loss of their child, and of course the fact that BJ is not a good person, he is manipulating Lydia, Adam, and Barbara to do do his bidding. That...and the fact that it is literally a raunchy and self aware take at the industry as a whole. I'm shocked there wasn't a tongue and cheek joke about how, " The Industry will attempt attempt to milk its success and then sell it off as a watered down Jr. version". The same Industry that tried to scrub its place on Broadway for the new shiny less subversive, big name musical.
But not every theatre can always do a full performance and what about for young actors like elementary-middle school they aren’t gonna do a musical that has sexual jokes or swears so like if we didn’t have jr versions of shows how would younger actors get opportunities to preform
@@Youdontknowme6 Plus, aside from that one random F-Bomb and crotch grab, the original film is totally appropriate for kids 7 & older and is generally viewed as being a family film, so it's bizarre that the stage musical went the route of being of a full-blown PG-13 nature(I don't know why she said it was of an R nature, as it's not quite at that level from what I've been able to gather). If you remove the raunchy humor, dial down the number of uses of the word "shit"(obviously, any usage of even PG swear words would be omitted from a "jr" rendition), and remove Beetlejuice sniffing cocaine during the song 'The Whole "Being Dead" Thing', you have a show of a PG nature. You can tackle the subject of suicide in a way that doesn't go beyond the PG level. It's all in how you handle the subject matter. Also, outside of the line that references the movie 'Lolita', there's really nothing about the song 'Creepy Old Guy' that's "inappropriate". They just mention how a minor getting married to an adult is messed up.
i'd love to see you cover the high school edition of ride the cyclone!
I’m curious out the scenes where bj and Adam-
Nevermind i wouldn’t be surprised if they cut that💀
You have a very cool job teaching theatre to kids. I’d like to do that or direct students in shows. I don’t have a degree though. I guess I need one.
You will need a degree to teach - but if you're just interested in the directing aspect you can absolutely volunteer with your local community theatre! That's a great place to start if it is something you're passionate about.
I agree, I'd be ok with this having a high school version but IMO Jr. is kinda weird. It's not just about cutting swears and other suggestive stuff Beetlejuice says. There's one really deep plot point that would really take away from things if it were cut IMO, but you'd need to cut it for a young group of performers (Lydia being so desperate that she almost jumps off her roof.) Yes the struggles with losing her mom and feeling invisible, nothing wrong with that for youth if the adults give them the right guidance, but the *level* of desperation needs to be there for it to have the biggest impact.
@TheHorselessCantor
Hear me out. Aside from that one random F-Bomb and crotch grab, the original film is totally appropriate for kids 7 & older and is generally viewed as being a family film, so it's bizarre that the stage musical went the route of being of a full-blown PG-13 nature(I don't know why she said it was of an R nature, as it's not quite at that level from what I've been able to gather). If you remove the raunchy humor, dial down the number of uses of the word "shit"(obviously, any usage of even PG swear words would be omitted from a "jr" rendition), and remove Beetlejuice sniffing cocaine during the song 'The Whole "Being Dead" Thing', you have a show of a PG nature. You can tackle the subject of suicide in a way that doesn't go beyond the PG level. It's all in how you handle the subject matter. Also, outside of the line that references the movie 'Lolita', there's really nothing about the song 'Creepy Old Guy' that's "inappropriate". They just mention how a minor getting married to an adult is messed up.
@Optimegatrongodzilla Beetlejuice literally goes to a brothel in the movie.
I played Adam in my CenterPoint Theatre in CenterVille UT! It was super fun :)
I was actually Adam in riverdale childrens theater pilot production of the show! Great experience!
Thanks for stopping by! I'm glad you had a great experience!
Anyone have a guess as to when the rights to a Jr/High School Edition might be made available? How long after pilot productions do these things usually take?
Obviously I know no one will have a real answer - but curious as to if there’s a rumor or guestimated time frame
I imagine we won’t have a version for anything other than Jr until the current North American tour has wrapped up.
Could be a long time, you used to be able to find the page for BJ jr., but now almost any evidence of its existence is erased from MTI’s website
I'm my opinion some things don't need to be made into a jr version like this but I swear they better not make wicked jr
Fair point! I’m honestly tired of all of the Jr adaptations of full length shows meant for adults - I would rather see more pieces originally written/composed for jr performers.
@cayleejo same im acutely working on a full length muscial and it's jr counterpart
You make a good point! I would just like to put out there that a lot of middle schoolers I know would be very excited if they were able to perform these shows, and are very upset that there are certain shows they can't perform simply because there are some adult themes. Making Jr. Versions of shows is actually something I really appreciate for this reason!
@superstarsoli4580 I'm happy about it to but sometimes enough is enough there more play websites with tons of kids plays that are takes on fairy tales and such
COOPER? What are YOU doing here?
Oh hey! I was in beetlejuice jr at the Riverdale Children’s Theater! It was the best experience!
Thanks for stopping by! I'm glad to hear it was a positive experience for you.
Ahhh I played Ms. Argentina in Riverdale Childrens Theater production! it was a great experience
How fun! Thanks for stopping by!
my local theatre was one of the first theatres to do this. i wasn’t in it, but the kids in it did have fun. i personally believe that the best part of beetlejuice is how it is slightly vulgar and has rude humor, it just doesn’t have the same charm to is as a jr version.
@katybeard
Aside from that one random F-Bomb and crotch grab, the original film is totally appropriate for kids 7 & older and is generally viewed as being a family film, so it's bizarre that the stage musical went the route of being of a full-blown PG-13 nature. If you remove the raunchy humor, dial down the number of uses of the word "shit", and remove Beetlejuice sniffing cocaine during the song 'The Whole "Being Dead" Thing', you have a show of a PG nature. You can tackle the subject of suicide in a way that doesn't go beyond the PG level. It's all in how you handle the subject matter.
Ooo, can you do Heather High School or elf from elf jr
I have been searching for the Heathers High School script to no avail! I will add Elf to my list, that would be a great video especially with the holidays coming up!
Look up JTF Atlanta 2024 for a 15 minute introduction of this show. Very good!
Also if you ever attend a Junior Theater Festival, they do a showcase featuring the new Jr. shows coming. They also supply the teachers/directors with a QR code to read the scripts and listen to the music. Check out iTheatrics or JTF if you haven't.
I saw it in Macon it was so good
Can you do the differences between Sweeney Todd full version and the school version?
Could you pls compare Peter pan and Peter pan JR next because i am in a production of Peter pan JR currently
I did beetlejuice jr! I was lydia and also lydia and bj got married:)
Aside from that one random F-Bomb and crotch grab, the original film is totally appropriate for kids 7 & older and is generally viewed as being a family film, so it's bizarre that the stage musical went the route of being of a full-blown PG-13 nature(I don't know why she said it was of an R nature, as it's not quite at that level from what I've been able to gather). If you remove the raunchy humor, dial down the number of uses of the word "shit"(obviously, any usage of even PG swear words would be omitted from a "jr" rendition), and remove Beetlejuice sniffing cocaine during the song 'The Whole "Being Dead" Thing', you have a show of a PG nature. You can tackle the subject of suicide in a way that doesn't go beyond the PG level. It's all in how you handle the subject matter. Also, outside of the line that references the movie 'Lolita', there's really nothing about the song 'Creepy Old Guy' that's "inappropriate". They just mention how a minor getting married to an adult is messed up.
the rct cast of bj jr found it 💀 (I was in it)
They should at least make a teen version first
Wait so this is real?
yeah
That it is!
And yes she does marry beetle juice