Unfortunately, no matter how hard fans screamed “Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!”, the Australian national tour of Beetlejuice the Musical concluded early – leaving all but Melbourne and Brisbane without the juice going loose on their home cities. While nothing is likely to replace the experience of watching the production live in your local theatre, Eddit Perfect and his new Excited Animal Records brand are offering the next best thing. While those of us who pre-ordered it early have been able to enjoy it for about a week now, the official Beetlejuice The Musical (Live At The Regent Theatre Melbourne) is now available on select streaming platforms, and via their dedicated online store both as CD and Vinyl.
As its title makes perfectly clear, this is a cast recording on the production’s original Melbourne season, specifically its opening night performance. It therefore features the original cast including Eddie Perfect as the titular character, Karis Oka as Lydia, Elise McCann and Rob Johnson as the Maitlands, Tom Wren as Charles Deetz, and Erin Clare as Delia Schlimmer. In addition to featuring all the songs found on other official soundtracks released for Beetlejuice the Musical internationally, it also features pretty much anything that could be considered a “musical moment”, so while it may not be a two-and-a-half hour recording of the entire production, it is at least a little more immersive.
The full tracklist can be found below:
| # | Title | Performers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act One | |||
| 1 | Prologue (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Adam Lyon, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 1:13 |
| 2 | Invisible (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Karis Oka | 1:25 |
| 3 | The Whole “Being Dead” Thing, Pt. 1 (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 4:06 |
| 4 | “It’s a house!” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann | 1:15 |
| 5 | Ready Set, Not Yet (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann | 4:09 |
| 6 | “So let’s say we are dead…” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann | 0:24 |
| 7 | The Whole “Being Dead” Thing, Pt. 2 (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann | 1:42 |
| 8 | The Whole “Being Dead” Thing, Pt. 3 (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Elise McCann, Rob Johnson, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 0:46 |
| 9 | Dead Mom (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Karis Oka | 3:20 |
| 10 | “Don’t you want to get those people out of your house?” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann | 0:42 |
| 11 | Fright of Their Lives (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 4:44 |
| 12 | Ready Set (Reprise) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann | 1:01 |
| 13 | No Reason (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Erin Clare, Karis Oka | 3:25 |
| 14 | Invisible (Reprise) | Eddie Perfect | 1:45 |
| 15 | “By the time you read this, I, Lydia, will be dead” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Karis Oka | 0:45 |
| 16 | “So. Living girl. What brings you to la roof?” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Karis Oka | 1:11 |
| 17 | Say My Name (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Elise McCann, Rob Johnson, Karis Oka | 4:18 |
| 18 | “Oh Father! Oh Father, dear! Did I hear the dinner bell?” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Tom Wren, Erin Clare, Adam Lyon, Noni McCallum, Elise McCann, Rob Johnson, Karis Oka | 1:19 |
| 19 | Day-O (Banana Boat Song) (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble, Tom Wren, Erin Clare, Adam Lyon, Noni McCallum, Elise McCann, Rob Johnson, Karis Oka | 3:19 |
| Act Two | |||
| 20 | Entr’acte (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 0:26 |
| 21 | Girl Scout (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rebecca Ordiz, Karis Oka | 2:09 |
| 22 | “It’s so dark in here” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rebecca Ordiz, Karis Oka | 0:49 |
| 23 | That Beautiful Sound (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Adam Lyon, Noni McCallum, Andy Conaghan, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble, Rebecca Ordiz, Karis Oka, Daniel Raso | 5:20 |
| 24 | “I gotta get out of here” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 0:34 |
| 25 | That Beautiful Sound (Reprise) | Eddie Perfect, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 1:15 |
| 26 | “Is that the Netherworld?” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann, Karis Oka | 0:46 |
| 27 | Barbara 2.0 (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Rob Johnson, Elise McCann | 3:39 |
| 28 | “A living girl in the world of the dead?” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Angelique Cassimatis, Karis Oka, Tom Wren | 0:22 |
| 29 | What I Know Now (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Angelique Cassimatis, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 3:40 |
| 30 | Netherworld Chase (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Karis Oka | 0:47 |
| 31 | Home (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Karis Oka, Tom Wren | 6:29 |
| 32 | “Come on! I mean this is all very believable” (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Erin Clare, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble | 0:32 |
| 33 | Creepy Old Guy (Live) | Eddie Perfect, Elise McCann, Rob Johnson, Erin Clare, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble, Karis Oka, Tom Wren | 4:48 |
| 34 | Jump in the Line / Dead Mom (Reprise) | Eddie Perfect, Elise McCann, Rob Johnson, Erin Clare, Beetlejuice Australia Ensemble, Karis Oka, Tom Wren | 2:26 |
| Total running time | 74:51 | ||
This is the first release from Eddie Perfect’s new record label, with the promise of more to come. It makes one wonder what other Australian productions could see a proper release on CD/Vinyl in lieu of the often-imported Broadway / West End cast releases. Based on what I have seen this year, would love to see something for the recently touring Australian cast of Heathers the Musical next.
