Marthatex
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You wouldn't know, Martha. It was only a minor hit on Broadway (ran about a year and a half) and it isn't the sort of piece to be regularly revived by high schools. (Too bloody, but also too hard to sing.)
When it was on Broadway, we used to get front row seats for out-of-town visitors so they would get splashed by the blood (actually, some sort of chocolate syrup concoction) and then we'd serve real meat pies afterwards. The 70s were fun!
But with Tim Burton directing the film, I doubt it has gotten any less violent.
(Actually, it's so over the top, it becomes funny and one roots for the killers, not their victims. Don't let me discourage you from going. I wish we could see it together.)
Oh dear, dont know if I would like it now. Are you supposed to just "laugh" at it, because it's so "fakey evil". Johnny Depp always does the most off-beat pieces (Gilbert Grape and Edward Scissorhands); and pulls it off.
I will be thinking of you Xmas day SEEING A PLAY!!!! We actually have some very good plays here.