On Stage: Performing Arts at Our Oneonta Campusesby Rachel Frick Cardelle
'Evil Dead: The Musical' To Be Performed Next Week at SUNY O
By RACHEL FRICK CARDELLEONEONTA
The last theater show for the spring semester at SUNY O is a little hard to categorize. Is it a musical? Is it a horror show? Is it a comedy? Well, yes, yes, AND yes, it is.
During the first rehearsal I attended of “Evil Dead: The Musical”—book and lyrics by George Reinblatt with music by Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris, and George Reinblatt—I got to enjoy a musical comedy horror show unlike any other theater I have experienced!
I wasn’t the only audience member at that rehearsal who enjoyed myself. Hal Luftig, a SUNY Oneonta alumnus and a Broadway show producer, sat just a row behind me and could not stop laughing. (That’s saying a lot, given Hal has won five Tony awards and two Olivier awards, for shows like “Kinky Boots,” “Evita,” and “West Side Story” to name a few, and is currently producing “The Life of Pi” on Broadway.)
