A musical about a pallid, weirdly dressed, showmanlike ghoul? Well, that’s enough about MJ, the Michael Jackson musical that until recently occupied this theatre. Its welcome replacement is this peppy Broadway sleeper hit based on Tim Burton’s comic-gothic 1988 film.
Beetlejuice the musical is louche, macabre and pure, unadulterated fun, full of black-and-white grotesquerie, visual flair and near-the-knuckle jokes. It’s a lot less troubling than the Jackson show, even though it includes a song called Creepy Old Guy.
