This time of year, I'm eagerly on the lookout for a funny, freaky Halloween theatrical treat. Twice I've been thrilled by the Bug Theatre and PaperCat Films' live and undead production of Night of the Living Dead. It's great fun. Check it out at http://www.bugtheatre.org/.
But this year, my appetite for haunting Halloween hilarity is leading me up to Breckenridge to see the outrageously funny stage version of the cult classic film Cannibal - the Musical, which performs at the Breckenridge Theatre through October 30.
Before creating the South Park phenomenon, and long before taking Broadway by storm with The Book of Mormon, prolific satirist Trey Parker cut his creative teeth writing and starring in Cannibal - the Musical, a low-budget film inspired by actual events relating to Colorado's own man-eating monster Alferd Packer.
Parker's warped and whimsical view of Packer's ill-fated journey from Utah to Colorado Territory (on the way to Breckenridge!) that resulted in his consumption of the gold prospectors he was supposed to be leading, produces belly laughs and comic gold. Some of the songs are just way too funny, including "Shpadoinkle Day," "Let's Build a Snowman," and Packer's ballad to his horse, "When I Was On Top Of You."
The show is directed by Christopher Willard, a major talent in the region, and returning for the Breckenridge Theatre's third staging of the show is the production's original Alferd Packer, Charlie Schmidt. The musical is uproariously optimistic, even when the events are over-the-top horrific. Be warned, there is adult humor, language, and brief nudity. No mention of gore, but I'm guessing audiences will get a belly full.
Cannibal - the Musical plays at the Breckenridge Theatre, 121 South Ridge street, Breckenridge, CO. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday Oct. 21-22, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 27-29, and 6:30 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30. Tickets are $23. Call 970-453-0199 to make a reservation or purchase tickets online at http://www.backstagetheatre.org.
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