Beetlejuice is a musical based on the 1988 film of the same name. With music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect and a book by Scott brown and Anthony King, the play premiered at Washington, D.C.'s National Theater on October 14th, 2018. Telling the story of a deceased couple to attempt to haunt the inhabitants of their former house, they use the services of a nefarious bio-exorcist named Betelgeuse (pronounced Beetlejuice).