Friday the 13th: The Musical, Running This Weekend
The Dog Story Theater is running a musical of the original Friday the 13th. Now I know there are going to be a good number of you that will shake your head at this news, but I think that any group that uses it’s time and money to produce a musical about Friday the 13th should be recognized.
The musical is running this weekend, after selling out last weekends shows, and you can find out more about the musical and ticket prices at http://dogstorytheater.com/events/. Good Luck to those involved and if you live in the area go check this out and let us know what you think.
I’d be tempted to go even if it is a musical but it’s still a 3 hour trip from Chicago. Are there any reviews on this? I have not seen a musical since elementary school. I really can’t even imagine what this would be like.
i see this going on broadway
Hey Jasonsfury, I know you are good with giving credit when credit is due for finding some news…so uh…where’s mine? LOL
I made a quick comment about this show the other day under another the “vic remix” topic lol. I want some cred for helping ya out. 
Sorry John F, I didn’t even know you posted about this in the other blog entry. I received an email from someone I know who pointed me to the musical. If I would have known you had posted this the othe day, I would have definitely given you cedit. Good find!
Friday the 13th the MUSICAL!!! Really!!! This a joke right, what Jason going to kill some poor virgin and then sing and dance about
Good luck to all the actors!
sadly i bet many of those who go to see this will be under the false impression that the show will have Jason in his hockey mask doing crazy shit. shame on them.
Well Robert and brett,
I did mention that this is a musical of the original Friday the 13th, i.e. no Jason will be doing any killing in this play, just momma Voorhees.
Warrington Gillette should be in the Friday the 13th Musical Sequel. Warrington Gillette is an acomplished tenor on the same level as Luciano Pavarotti. I seriously don’t know why the guy hasnt been rediscovered since his dance with fame in 1981.
Walmart Man, it certainly is a tragedy. Warrington Gillette should be a household name by now.
Is Warrington Gillette really Walmart man? Sometimes I think that there’s no other explanation!
I saw Dracula as a chamber musical and it was fantastic! Break a leg cast and crew! I would see this in Toronto in a heart beat!
No prob Jasonfury
Thats like 5 min from my house…..I am going to go see it tomorrow!
Awesome, Kevin. Let us know how it is.
I honestly thought about writing a Friday the 13Th musical. Looks like someone already beet me to it. lol
Here’s hoping that it goes well. There are a lot of thematic elements in the first movie and that’s why it jumped out at me as well.
Well, I was very impressed with it. Whomever adapted it, did it directly from Victor Miller’s script I was told. There were a LOT of character changes of sorts but it mainly stayed to the story and same character names. A lot of comedy was added to lighten it into a musical. So I’ll just run through the character changes and scene changes.
The Dog Story theatre was a VERY small venue. Only 50 seats (full BTW). No set pieces just a cloth back drop, minimal props used, lighting was very good.
Character changes:
Annie- was mostly the same as in the movie. Just a quirky and naive I suppose.
Jack- lots more muscle headed and jockish than Kevin Bacon’s character, he and Marcy are making out a ridiculous ammount, in front of everyone.
Marcy- A lot more promiscuous and not airheaded but not bright either. More into partying than the movie character
Ned- A more shy and giant nerd than the annoying practicle joker, clown character
Alice- Very well portrayed, resembles the Adrienne King “Alice”
Bill- Kind of goofy, like the shy girl chaser. Think Linderman from F vs J.
Steve Christy- Only in two acts, well portrayed
Brenda- Turned into a dress wearing hippie type
Mrs. Voorhees- seen throughout as a silent character covered by a rain poncho, revealed at the end and played it very close to the movie character
other incidental characters- (mostly one act) Crazy Ralph, Barry and Claudette (counselors killed in the opening), Truck driver, and Sgt. Tierney (whose character was pretty ridiculous almost like a high strung, lunatic cop)
The play ran through like this:
Opening musical number- around imaginary campfire, songs and scary stories told, two counselors stay behind and start making out (used some of the very same lines from the movie “Does ____ kiss as good as I do?”) They are killed by “unknown” killer.
Diner scene- Annie enters with pack, asks about Crystal Lake. Trucker drives her halfway (smells her hair in the makeshift MACK truck) Talks about Camp “Slashers” (can’t call it camp blood, I assume for rights reasons.)
Ned, Jack, and Marcy scene in Ford- played like the movie scene but Jack and Marcy are making out excessivly, ( again uses a lot of lines from the movie) Marcy attempts to smoke a joint in the truck (line- “Camp doesn’t start for two weeks, I’ll be responsible then….light me up.”) Jack keeps refering to himself as “the Jack”.
Arrive at Camp- Stump pulling scene, Steve and Alice are introduced along with Brenda and Bill….Steve leaves.
No officer Dorf scene or Second Crazy ralph scene, snake killing scene is there though along with some other comedy scenes like Alice doing Kitchen inverntory and finding a LOT of butcher knives, The strip Monopoly scene is in but changed into song number, but instead of Monopoly they place “password, Win Lose or Draw, and Strip Poker….a VERY sexy bra and panties act was added in the form of 3 strippers in a strip club. It didn’t work into any of the story but I think was added for the gratuitous nudity that is famous in F13 films
Characters are killed in there same order from Annie to Steve Christy although many of the kills needed to be changed. Kills that played the closest were Jack and Marcy’s kills…Marcy’s act was her in “the bathhouse” opening the backdrop cloth as shower curtains.
Climactic acts were done very well with the reveal of Mrs. Voorhees and she does her “my son drowned” monologue as a musical number. Be-Heading was kind of well done in a slightly funny sort of way.
“Jason” scare jump was pretty good too, he pops out from behind the curtain during the aftermath of the beheading and drags her off.
Hospital closing scene was pretty much for laughs with the lunatic Sgt. Tierney and big breasted nurse and clueless doctor.
ALL in ALL very funny and entertaining in my view.
sorry this was so long.
No apologies Kevin! Thanks for the interesting review! I’m envious. I hope it tours. We just had The Evil Dead musical here for quite sometime. Now we’re getting The Toxic Avenger musical. I’m hoping that F13 is on it’s way.
Wow, thanks Kevin. It sounds like the people behind the production did their homework. I wish I could have gone as I am sure it would be a good experience. Thank you so much for letting us know about the musical. Did they hand out any sort of programs or anything like that?
Thanks Kevin! As a board member of Dog Story Theater, this is such a great thing for me to read through. I can tell you that the director Joel Schindlbeck is an amazingly talented individual who wrote, composed and played all of the music himself. He is pretty much the sole genius behind the whole thing. Becki West (who played Alice) was also a large part of making it all happen and she designed and made most of the props that were used. To clarify a couple of things: The stripper number was added as comic relief mostly, in place of an actual intermission. And for those that are wondering, yes there is a good chance this could tour some day. We\’ve already been approached by the right people who could make it happen
No programs, that would have been great.
and no complaints about the stripper number, it was funny and sexy. I just figured it was meant to be like the series with some extra fun stuff thrown in.
I heard about the possible producers talking with them, Becki West’s Sister lives across from me.
Good Luck