Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue — Former Show · History & Timeline

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⚰ Permanently closed · Jan 5, 2016operated 24 years · 1992–2016

Also known as Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue, Beetlejuice's Graveyard Mash-Up.

↩ On the former site of An American Tail TheatreReplaced by Fast & Furious: Supercharged →

This show is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.

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2018

UpdateApr 23, 2018#

The theater was demolished and Fast & Furious: Supercharged opened on April 23, 2018 on the combined Beetlejuice theater and Disaster! site.

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2016

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RefurbishmentJan 5, 2016#

Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue gave its final performance and closed permanently after more than 23 years, with the 5:15 p.m. show reserved for the first 1,100 annual passholders to check in at the Studio Audience Center.

Orlando Informer, TouringPlans' closing-day report and Laughing Place all give January 5, 2016; Wikipedia's list says January 6, 2016, which is the outlier and was not used. TouringPlans records the final public performance at 4:10 p.m. plus the added passholder-exclusive evening show.

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2015

Coming SoonNov 2015#

Universal set a December 3, 2015 closing date for the show and then extended the run to January 5, 2016.

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UpdateAug 2015#

Universal announced that Fast & Furious: Supercharged would replace both Disaster! and the Beetlejuice show, which was set to close in early 2016.

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2014

ChangedFeb 8, 2014#

A fourth version debuted as Beetlejuice's Graveyard Mash-Up, dropping the characters Hip and Hop for Cleopatra and Phantasia and swapping much of the storyline for a near-constant run of pop and rock mash-ups.

version 3→version 4

Attractions Magazine dates the debut to February 8, 2014 and names the character swap; Orlando Informer describes the format change from character-driven banter to a near-constant stream of pop and rock hits. Wikipedia's park timeline still used the older Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue title at the 2016 closure, so the Mash-Up retitle was not universally adopted.

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ChangedJan 4, 2014#

The show played its last performance of the third version at 5:30 p.m. and closed for a complete reimagining with an all-new script, song list and cast.

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2006

Changed2006#

The show was completely redone into a third version by then Senior Universal Orlando Show Director Michael Roddy.

version 2→version 3

Orlando Informer credits the 2006 redesign to Michael Roddy; TouringPlans independently describes the version closing in January 2014 as the one performed since 2006. An earlier draft claimed the version won industry awards, which no cited source supports, so that claim was removed.

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2002

Changed2002#

The Florida show was updated to the second version of the production, which Universal Studios Hollywood had run since 1995, adding the backup characters Hip and Hop.

version 1→version 2

Laughing Place states Hollywood's original ran until 1995 when version 2.0 took over and that it took until 2002 for that version to reach Orlando; Orlando Informer records modifications to the show in 2002; Wikipedia supplies the Hip and Hop addition.

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1993

Area Update1993#

The theater was refurbished with additional seats and a roof to shade the audience from the sun.

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1992

NewMay 1992#

Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue opened in the San Francisco area theater at Universal Studios Florida, taking over the venue vacated by An American Tail Theatre.

Wikipedia's former-attractions list gives 1992 and names An American Tail Theatre as the predecessor in the same venue. Orlando Informer is the only source that narrows the debut to May 1992; Laughing Place says only 1992.

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Questions & answers

When did Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue open?

Per the documented record, Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue at Universal Studios opened on May 1992.

When did Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue last close for refurbishment?

The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue is dated Jan 5, 2016: Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue gave its final performance and closed permanently after more than 23 years, with the 5:15 p.m. show reserved for the first 1,100 annual passholders to check in at the Studio Audience Center.

What changed recently on Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue?

The latest documented change (documented Apr 23, 2018): The theater was demolished and Fast & Furious: Supercharged opened on April 23, 2018 on the combined Beetlejuice theater and Disaster! site.

How many changes are on record for Beetlejuice's Graveyard Revue?

10 documented changes, dating back to 1992 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.

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