Gorey and very tongue in cheek. Stay back if you do want to be splashed

LOVED the show! It was creepy, and hilarious. Cast performed wonderfully. The songs were hilarious, as was the cat. I think Sam Raimi's brother was sitting behind me.

Just amazing. The cast and director took the time to talk with all of us in the audience 9even though they were still bloody)!

Quite a delightful show with witty lyrics and blood splashing the audience. I'd go again.

After seeing the movie this past week to get acquainted with what I should expect to see, I was totally taken aback with the fact that the musical was right on the money! I loved the humor in it and the music.....the MUSIC as sound effects was the greatest--it really added depth to the entire show! I am glad I was able to catch the show!

Raving bloody fun, from beginning to end!!

Best musical I've ever seen in my life :) It was hilarious!

The musical itself was GREAT! I wish the venue had better seating tho. I was stuck behind a big head and couldn't see the action on the floor of the stage. But over-all a great show.

This is one of the funniest musicals I've seen in a long time. Just cracked me up! I saw it opening night and loved it then and I couldn't believe how much more funnier it got. The Cast is Awesome! I would highly recommend this Musical to everyone!

I @%^$#*! LOVE THE MUSICAL!! Thanks to Goldstar, I went this past Saturday for the third time! I bought two more tickets for the price of two regular tickets and HAD to take my friends to see this. It is absolutely HILARIOUS! you will have a BLAST! And if you sit in the first 3 rows (the splash zone) it is even better! I met the cast and everyone is awesome! I HIGHLY recommend this show! Next weekend is their last showing, so BUY YOUR TICKETS NAO!!! GOOOO

Really fun idea for a show, however, the musical score was very amateurish, and the singing actors for the most part can't sing very well. The cat puppet was a riot.

Great night out! Lots of laughs.

Was probably the best time I've ever had at the theatre! How many shows are there that require a shower before AND after! Loved it.

This musical did not disappoint. It was funny, campy, and the actors were very good. I wish that the actors had been mic'd it might have made it easier to hear some of the "softer" singers. Othewise, I totally (as did my companions) enjoy it.

Exceeded expectations!!! Cast was fantastic and the whole feeling was awesome! Sit in the "Splash Zone"!!!!!!

This is the best worst play you will ever see. If U like broadway this is not for you!!!!!!!!! If you are looking for Rocky Horror Picture show kinda of fun look no more. This is it .. It is great over the top fun. Brief nudity ( side boobie ) . Real small theater. I think that made it better.

Fun campy stuff! Great music and story!

Actors were awesome, it just was too much bloody moments for my taste.

This was my 3rd time seeing the show, and it's even better. Where some shows loose steam during the run, Re-Animator has been tweeked (some great new sound design & more bloody mouthed actors)! And yes, I'll be going back one more time. Run to see this!!!

It was a lt bloody good time.

This is a fun and campy production, and comes off a lot better than you'd initially expect, given the subject and the location... it was well acted and produced, and provided many laughs. I'm glad I went to see this!

Hilarious! You know it's going to get messy when the audience arrives in shower caps and surgical goggles. Truly outrageous theatre that will keep you in stitches. Great singing too!

Hilarious. It's the best thing that I have seen this year. Beware of the splatter zone.

An enexpectedly fun night at the theater. Very interactive with a lot of audience participation. Not for the squeamish, oh wait, maybe it is!

What fun! Full of laughs and gross-out humor, plus a few shocks thrown in for good measure. This is exactly what I had hoped it would be. On a serious note, DO NOT sit in the front 4 or 5 rows if you don't plan on wearing some of the show home with you. The night I went, a guy in the first row was unmercifully drenched in blood!

A thoroughly enjoyable evening. Sit back and be entertained. The acting is amazing with Dr. Hill at the 'head' of the list.

Absolutely brilliant, creepy, and fun! The performances are fantastic, the music is rich, complex and engaging, and the creative use of minimalist staging is inspired. My only complaint is that I didn't get nearly enough blood on me--I was sitting too far from center stage, I guess!

I got dragged to this show by a zombie movie lover. I ended up loving it. Creative, clever, funny, great energy, actors were spot on. Sit close, but not too close. (we sat in three)

Entertaining and a lot of fun and laughs.

There is a warning on the front of the theatre - the first few rows will be a "spray zone." Those patrons are given trashbag/ponchos to protect them from the blood sporayed on them. This is a romp. Last night was the SECOND time I have seen the show (which was given a rave review by the LA Times.) One member of the audience had seen it 14 times. This is a combination of Grand Guignol ( that old French custom of melodrama and blood-letting on stage) and a college midnight show (think Hasty Pudding and the such.) So-so music, so-so story (based on a B-movie with every film scene reproduced in the stage show) but it adds up to a Great Show - very , very enjoyable. Last night the theatre should have been empty because it is a long holiday weekend and it was packed. Good word of mouth is keeping it at the Steve Allen Theatre until late Aug - maybe longer. It is sure to move to Off Broadway.

A family member who had already seen the show wanted to go again and share it with me. Most of the performers were first rate in a production that spends its limited budget very wisely on some spectacular special effects. As a fun night out, it succeeds. As a stage musical, however, it as yet is only in the earliest stages of development. For example, most musical numbers end before the character is allowed to fully express the emotion which motivated the song. The production shows great promise, however, if it can continue to explore its stories unique qualities and mine them to greatest effect. The director achieves miracles in a small space with rapidfire scenes that flow quite logically together.

So nice we saw it twice. Seriously, this small-theater gem is now one of the longest running shows in town, and for a good reason. Perhaps, on second viewing, the first row is not the best seat in the house - I would recommend third row center. Show up early.

I am so sorry that I didn't review this musical when I first saw it. THERE IS NOT A SINGLE FLAW IN THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION! I have rarely had so much fun in my long theater going life. The kitsch was perfect. The blood letting, a side splitting gas! I sat front row center and was so drenched that I could not see at times. And I was crying tears of laughter. Even the actors came up to me after the show and remarked on my drenched condition. They said that in the front row, the more you laugh the more blood you are likely to receive. If that is the case, I must have received a record amount as payment for my pure enjoyment. Several denizens of the front row with whom I spoke were back for the second and third time. If you sit four or five rows back, or wear the provided "ponchos", you are spared the wet treatment. It seemed that even the people in the back rows were laughing pretty hard. A smattering of the audience came in costume (mostly Doctors, and Nurses, and Zombies). I wish I had thought of doing so; it looked like fun. I am sorry that I do not have my program at hand to specifically recognize the various actors. I am writing from Mexico and cannot do so, but they were all first rate. By the way, I had never seen the movie on which this book is based..... It doesn't matter at all. Do not go if you expect a serious play... This is for FUN, LAUGHTER, KITSCHYNESS, GOOD SINGING, AND GREAT COMIC ACTING. All ages seemed to be equally happy, but you must be young at heart. I shall go again, if it is still playing on my return from vacation.

Hysterically funny, well acted and sung, great special effects. This musical version of the cheesy 1985 film is fun, fun, fun! Be sure to get there early enough to get seats in the splash zone, to really bond with the experience.

If you want a good time with plenty of laughs and blood sqirted at you then Re-Animator is the musical to see.

This show was so much fun! Didn't know what to expect and was so pleasantly surprised. It was silly, crazy, fun...talented cast...music was great, direction perfect, set was clever, illusions brilliant! My husband, 11 year old son and I were laughing out loud. Great fun and appropriate for teens & up.

Our second time going, the cast did not disappoint! The hilarious delivery of what is truly brilliant writing, with a professional score and great set decoration made this comic horror piece a "don't-miss" that had us laughing non-stop and left us talking about it for hours (again!)

the Re-animator is very entertaining,,,,,and provides a lot of laughts.

Amazing! Brilliant cast and direction! Laughed uncontrollably throughout!
Sat in the front row and got drenched in fake blood - Now that's a good time!

HILARIOUS & CAMPY! Love the "splatter zone"! Totally in the RHPS vein, the actors were superb & over the top in their madness, the lyrics had some great surprises, and all in all, a gory, goofy good time!

Fun show, although my husband and I were a little bit intimidated about all the talk of the blood we choose to sit in the non splash area, and after we left, we wished that we would have sat in the very first row to the right. Brings you right into the show. Get there early, as we got there about 7:10, and there were already people in line, and we most likely would not have been in the front row even if we would have wanted. Actor's were fantastic, overall lots of fun.

This show was a singular experience that I believe everyone must attend at least once. I think I will be going again at some point.

The cast for this show is really excellent however I think the shows likability would be increased with stronger singers. There's nothing like a good musical with good singers ;) I think the man playing Dr. Hill (I think the name is) had a magnificant voice as well as being an extremely seasoned and talented actor. However the entire cast was wonderful and had great acting ability and so you hardly notice the singing due to the context of the show.

The gore was fantastic and whoever designed the props gets major accolades for their part in making this production a great one. I was also amazed at what can be done with the space they performed in. It is not the Kodak Theater by any means ;) however what they did with the space, especially using some of the backstage to give some depth, really made me smile because whoevers idea that was is obviously someone who is always thinking :)

The leading men: what can I say? Both extremely handsome (HOT) and talented guys and I'm so glad they were found for this production. The leading lady = not so much, however likeable and she showed some boobage. (For all you gentlemen callers out there: winky, winky)

The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5 is due to some singing issues and the lack of space.

I do believe everyone who is a horror fan should attend, and it would be great fun for someone who is not because the audience participation aspect really gets the fun going. Watch out for the splash zone! :)

The Musical was funny!...I have never laughed at as some one on stage was dieing before. And the best seat is the front row, in the middle. I got covered in blood and got to feel like apart of the show!

Really professional, funny, and gory. I was not bored for one second, the singing was also really good, and the actors are extremely good.

Fabulous - brilliant staging, great funny music and all the crazed inventiveness of the movie

Hilarious and thoroughly entertaining.

A Blood Spattered Full Tilt Romp and Stomp filled with more than enough delight and dismemberment to last you a lifetime.

A hilarious and highly creative staging of the cult classic movie. Loads of gory camp fun.

This was a lot of fun. It's a small theater that seats maybe 50 people at max. They gave out some modified garbage bags for people in the first few rows to wear, if they wanted. There are a few times when blood gets sprayed into the audience, but it's definitely not a blood bath or anything. The audience was mostly made up of people in their 30s and 40s, so it wasn't rowdy to say the least.

It was a great show, though. I would love to go again.

I had heard so many rumors about this production that it definitely peaked my interest, so when I saw tickets available on Goldstar, I jumped at the offer. My partner and I traveled from Long Beach to Los Feliz to see the production and absolutely LOVED IT! How would they turn this cult favorite movie into a musical? With amazing performers (standouts - Chris McKenna, Jesse Merlin and Graham Skipper), witty/clever songwriting, max usage of the small stage, and enough blood splashage to cover the first 4 rows, the team was able to make the seemingly impossible - possible. It has been awhile since I laughed so hard at a show and it completely tapped into the horror fan side of me! This is not a show for the Phantom of the Opera types, or prudish theater people - this is a show for the fans, and for those who are open minded (and not so serious) enough to just have a great time.

excellent creative and fun show i did chicken out of sitting in the wet seats but now wish i hadn't. Hope it is extended again!

I can't remember ever laughing so hard and so continuously in a musical before. Bravo to the writers, performers, and producers. It's a MUST SEE!

I am sooooo not into anything SciFi or gory, but when I read the description of this play I just had to attend! It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen, so campy, so witty, so smart!

Kudos to the creative team behind this ridiculously fantastic musical! Although my hopes were high, I still had some nagging worries that as a musical it might be just a gimmick. I need not have worried, and neither should you! I'd buy the cast album in a heartbeat.

Just as witty and clever the third time around. Will be putting together a group to go see it again.

It was very entertaining. We laughed a lot. My husband was a little iffy about it but finally said he really enjoyed it. If he liked it, it had to be good. A big thumbs up for this production.

Always enjoyed the movie and thought this version of it was even better. Entire group had a great time. Sit at least six rows back if you don't wanna get stuff on you.

Having seen the film years ago, I could not pass on seeing the staged work in Hollywood. We were so glad we came, it was so much fun. I would love to see a full blown production of it someday. Cheers

If you are looking for a great way to spend a weekend evening, then check out Re-Animator, the Musical.

If you are a fan of campy 80's Horror, check out Re-Animator, the Musical.

If you are looking for a way to be "dirty" check out Re-Animator, the Musical.

This was the fourth time my husband and I saw the production, and every time has been different, and better, than the one before. The actors truly embrace their characters, and if you are a fan of the original movie, you'll be left wondering, "Why wasn't it a musical to begin with?."

Lots of people are becoming regulars, so show up at least an hour (or maybe 90 minutes) before doors to get a place for the splash zone. And if you want to be in the splash zone...wear something that you don't mind being REALLY bloody!

This show has it all: Music, Comedy, Drama, and Blood. It's a perfect concoction to produce a night of awesome entertainment!

If you are a fan of Re-Animator or even musical comedy theatre, you MUST attend this before it closes on June 26th! I've been twice now and the second viewing was as funny as the first!
The first four rows are designated "splatter-zone" so if you are feeling up to it, dress in white and proudly display your battle scars after!
The cast is fantastic and give spirited performances.. I laughed so hard I almost peed myself! GO SEE THIS!

This is a very fun show with really good special effects. The cast all appeared to be enjoying performing. We enjoyed watching them, too.

The songs are cute and the sound was excellent. The singers all had excellent diction and it was easy to hear all of the lyrics. A very talented cast performing a truely unique show.

The theater is nice and there is a large, free parking lot behind it.

i saw this for a third time last night!! still an absolutely amazing evening. the last time i saw it was the premiere. the songs and music still remain strong. i like how the cast include more audience involvement with the gore. i absolutely recommend seeing it. i think i may go for a fourth time. just make sure to get there early so as to grab a seat in the splash zone.

It was very inventive - both the story and music. Talented cast. However, it didn't need to be so wildly over the top toward the end. We got the idea of playing with human life and human parts without wallowing in so much blood and guts. It may well become a cult classic, but that doesn't mean that a broader audience would tolerate the mess. I loved the macabre love song. Reminded me of Tom Leher.

My only complaint is that they didn't record a cast CD.

I'd seen the original movie in its initial release in the 80s and more recently in a film festival devoted to H.P. Lovecraft -- where I could appreciate its sense of humor more. I would not have predicted that it would be brought back to life as a musical, nor that it would work so well.

The songs play up the comedy and key character traits. And the broadness of musical theatre gave the actors permission to goose the characters as well. And the actors, script and direction are fully up to delivering the laughs (and moments of reality). So the entertainment is solidly there.

On top of that, the crew put together gory special effects that splatter the front rows of the audience. (Ponchos are provided, but it wouldn't hurt to bring a raincoat. They promise the blood washes out.) It's icing on the cake and well worth making the effort to lay claim to a front row seat.

A fun night for people who aren't squeamish.

Very well done! I was quite impressed.

The show was better than I had anticipated and I actually felt that I UNDERPAID!
One of the best times Ive had in a very long time. My friends and I loved the show and we cannot recommend it enough! Go see this!

wow, this was awesome, I really enjoyed the musical. The special effects we well done. I laughed out loud during the first act the second act was down right hilarious.
While I thought the acting was great the singing could have been better. But it was so good It did not really matter..
I would absolutely go and see it again I am glad they extended it 4 more weeks.
GO see it if you wanna have a good time.

OK, so you're a huge fan of the original movie and you're thinking, "How could they make this into a musical and why would I care?" You care because you love quirky macabre humor served up with a firehose of blood. Everything you loved about the movie is there in abundance thanks to the original films director, Stuart Gordon, who also directed the musical. The music is fantastic and hilarious. The cast is amazing and delivers the lyrics and dialog with intense exuberance. I have seen it twice now and plan to go again. I haven't had this much fun in years. It is a must-see.

I had a great time at Re-Animator: The Musical. I went with a large group and we did some pre-partying outside on their patio (it's BYOB) and watched the band play before the show. Everyone definitely enjoyed themselves during the show. We sat outside the "Splatter Zone," and I'm glad I did, but others had prepared and brought white t-shirts and medical scrubs and had a bloody good time! It's definitely worth catching is you're a fan of horror films and like having stupid fun!

This was absolutely wonderful. Although extremely funny and campy, the actors were superb. It could have quite easily been directed and acted in tongue-in-cheek, "we all are in on the joke with you," but it wasn't -- thank goodness. The songs were delightful, the gore comedic, and the storyline surprisingly compelling. I was expected hardly a notch up from a high school production, but this was most definitely professional.

My friends and I wore white and sat in the front row. It was FREEZING after the first wave of "blood" hit us. Still. Worth. It. Some of us also brought shower caps -- the stuff they use for blood comes out of clothing, but is sticky before you can jump in a shower.

I'm so happy the show has been extended. I really want to bring new people and go back!

the play was stunning and brilliant. i have never seen the movie and have it waiting on my netflix cue. but anyone who likes weird should definitely go out and check this play out.

This was my second visit to this show in 2wks, because it's phenominally good! Great music, great voices, really funny and talented actors, and you gotta love the Splash Zone. Go see this before it's gone!

The show was great. It really was funny, interesting and captivating. I was laughing nonstop. I got to tell you though, what sucked was that I was 20 min late and people, who run the theater, gave up my seat to someone else. That had never happened to me before. So, that was pretty strange. I did not like that.

The small Steve Allen Theater is sponsored by the Center for Inquiry. Interesting. The play was very funny, well cast, and well acted. It gets more twisted as time goes on. I'd highly recommend this one for anyone who has a good sense of humor, needs a good laugh/eye opener, likes Goth, fantasy, Little Shop of Horrors or Frankenstein (with a funny bone). Also great for the 20-30 something crowd. Two of the scenes are adult oriented with several others a twisted, blood spewing mess. Sit in the first four rows for the time of your life!

As a HUGE fan of the original movie (I saw it in the theater in it's original release, and many times since), I couldn't wait to catch this as well, especially due to the involvement of Gordon, Yunza, and others. Even so, this surpassed all expectations. The cast, music, and script were all excellent, and even my girlfriend who saw this with me (and had never seen Re-Animator before) thought it was very entertaining. I would love to catch this again, and definitely buy a soundtrack if one ever becomes available.

Saw it twice...loved it twice...would totally see it again!

This was a great musical! The music was fabulous, and it was infused with a ton of humor. Highly recommend sitting in the first two rows if you want blood on you! Definitely adds to the experience.

...I read all the reviews from other goldstar clients who saw this musical and they were so positive that I thought this was going to be one of those little jewels we find from time to time...what I found instead was stupid show with singers that could not sing and possibly the WORST theater staging in Los Angeles. All the seats are set up at eye level so if you're unlucky enough to sit a few rows back all you see is the upper third of a the players body and with no microphone's their weak voices failed to carry to the back of the room...this "theater" is better suited for town hall meetings, funerals or weddings, but as a venue for theater it is highly unlikely that I'll set foot there again...needless to say we escaped at intermission...

What a fun show! Check it out if you have the chance. I made a point of sitting in the front row for full splatter effect, and I was not disappointed. The tunes are catchy, and the lyrics are hilarious. I can't imagine how the actors managed to play it straight throughout with all the lunacy that transpires, but they did a fantastic job. If you like gore, camp, dark humor, horror, or musicals, you are in for a treat. I'd love to get a copy of the soundtrack.

This is a very fun night of theater. The actors are superb and the music is catchy. It was also fun to see all of the horror movie geeks in their wild outfits - sort of like Rocky Horror Picture Show - sitting eagerly in the front row as they got sprayed with blood from onstage.

Yes, if you sit in the first two rows you will get sprayed with fake blood throughout the show. And not just a few droplets...they turn a hose on you! It's all in good fun. We sat in the 5th row and had no problems staying blood free.

Easy parking in the lot behind the theater.

We laughed out loud and thoroughly enjoyed the entire show. Keep in mind you will almost certainly get splashed with "blood" in the first 4 rows. They claim the blood doesn't stain, but don't plan on washing the red kool-aid like spot out in the bathroom. I'm sure the red blotches will come out of our clothes in the wash not as out easily as advertised. That aside, the music and acting entertained us, and we heartily recommend the show.

While not as tuneful as its musical godfathers "Little Shop of Horrors" or "Sweeney Todd," this campy, clever operetta has solid entertainment value -- our sold out audience roared their approval all night and gave a cheering standing ovation. Cast maneuvered well on the tiny stage thanks to very strong direction, and squirting blood across (and generally involving) the front row was clearly a highlight. My biggest complaint is that many scenes and songs end abruptly. Would love to see the writers find more solid, satisfying musical conclusions/transitions so the audience isn't left hanging with those awkward "Do I clap now?" moments. That kind of polish would raise this from "campy little freakshow" to something destined for wider audience. (And please cut the college fight song!)

Entertaining and fun! Go see it!

Thoroughly enjoyed this show, we got there about 7.40pm and ended up having to sit at the back. It looked like they had extended the seating to accommodate the crowd and we were a little worried that we wouldn't hear all the way in the back but it was not an issue. I would highly recommend this play/musical.

Had a great time at this performance. The music and acting was spot on. Will definitely attend once more.

What can one say that hasn't already been said? This show is over-the-top. The acting was superb throughout--casted as perfectly as one could ever imagine. From the special effects to the comedic interludes, this show rocks!

This show is amazing. Ive seen it 5 times! All my friends have gone twice or more and we keep bringing people. Its funny,smart, original, and a roaring great time. The music is fantastic- a perfect sing-a-long soundtrack. The acting is awesome, especially Chris Mckenna as the Hot Dr. Dan who plays the "straight guy" with perfect tone and delivery and is as good to look at as he is to watch act. Graham Spencer is perfectly cast as Herbert West, and the creepy and hilarious Jesse Merlin, whos opera chops make his songs stand out above all. I hope this musical gets extended and goes to other cities because its the perfect new "Shop of Horrors" for zombie fans and musical buffs alike. Campy, great story, a bloody great time. Go see this!!!!!

It was fun seeing a cheesy cult movie become a cheesy cult Musical. They should do THIS as a movie too.

I haven't laughed so hard at a show in quite some time. Hilarious. I have to see it again! If they had the budget that Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (which I also laughed at but in a different way) has it would be THE best Broadway show ever! See it

Lots of fun. Sat in first row. Got sprayed with blood. Washed right out. Terrific cast. Good voices. Inventive score and staging. Has the potential to move up from this small venue. A quarter century later, Re-Animator strikes again.

Loved it so much, we are going again and bringing new people!

Extremely entertaining, great performances, wonderful lyrics. Loved the gore.

Brilliant cast, catchy tunes, and the most clever staging I've seen in years! The best time.

Fantastic, funny, and very entertaining!

What a kick! A terrifically entertaining show that's both faithful to the 1985 movie and original in its presentation. All of the songs are winners, and the whole cast is very talented.

What an amazing cast - not one mediocre performance in the show. My only regret - why didn't they record a cast album?

Definitely small theater but lots of fun.

Second half better than first but no great musical numbers.

Fun..gory..great time had by all.
Seating is not great, not sloped, so if you are in the back, everyone is in your way. Plenty of free parking though.