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Episode 26 of the Take Me To The World Musical Theatre Podcast is all about horror musicals. I recorded this in October 2025 and just in time for Halloween and Spooky Season I wanted to cover some horror musicals on the podcast. What they are. What they aren’t. My experince with horror as a genre, and I talk about a few Horror Musicals that I’ve seen.
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Horror Musicals Mentioned in this Episode
- Carrie: The Musical
- Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
- Evil Dead: The Musical
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Conjoined: A New Musical
- Krampus: A New Musical
- Final Girl: A New Musical
Resources – Music
This section has links to the cast recordings/soundtracks for musicals that are mentioned in this episode. It also has a couple of musical playlists.
It’s Broadway, Bitch – Deezer Playlist. This has over 1700 songs from different musicals. Albums are in random order. Some songs contain strong language and subject matter; listener discretion is advised.
Sounds of Broadway. This is an online radio station with over 4600 songs from 560 different musicals. The station also has a great weekly podcast about musicals.
Carrie: The Musical (Premier Cast)
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious of Edgar Allan Poe (Original Off-Broadway Cast)
Evil Dead: The Musical (Original Cast)
Little Shop of Horrors (2003 New Broadway Cast)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast)
Resources – Videos
Here are links from Just Watch (unless otherwise noted) for any musicals mentioned in this episode that have a movie adaptation or a proshot/filmed live stage version. When available, non-musical film adaptations of these shows are also included.
Carrie (1976 Non-Musical Movie)
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (1 Week Streaming Rental)
The Evil Dead (1981 Non-Musical Movie) and Evil Dead II (Non-Musical Movie). The Evil Dead: The Musical is mainly based off of the these movies.
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960 Non Musical Movie that inspired the Musical)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986 Musical Movie)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 Filmed Stage Movie)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 Movie)
Resources – Websites and Apps
Reddit Musicals and Reddit Musical Theatre. Both subreddits are great places to learn about musicals, get tips (if you’re a performer), and to get recommendations on shows to check out.
Broadway Musical Home. This is a great website with a list of over 300 musicals. The Rights page has information on where to get the rights to put on a variety of musicals. Concord Theatricals and Musical Theatre International are the two main companies to license musicals.
See a map of upcoming Concord Theatricals productions here and a map of upcoming MTI shows here. Be sure to move the maps to your area or use the search function to help you.
Playbill has a listing for shows (musicals and plays) in New York, London and National Tours.
Today Tix has an App for both iOS and Android. You can use the app to buy cheap, same-day tickets for shows in several cities like New York, London, and more. I’ve used this app in London and highly recommend it.
Use the Code JGZYL to save £10 (or $10) on your first order with Today Tix.
Carrie: The Musical at MacEwan. Click the link to get tickets to Carrie: The Musical running at MacEwan’s Triffo Theatre from November 26-30, 2025.
Catalyst Theatre. They put on Nevermore and several other great productions in Edmonton. Definitely check out their shows if they ever come to your area.
Evil Dead: The Musical Website. Find out where the Evil Dead: The Musical is playing and get the rights to put on a production.
Little Shop of Horrors NYC. If you’re in New York get tickets here for the Broadway Revival of Little Shop of Horrors.
Straight Edge Theatre. A local theatre company that’s put on several musicals, including a few original ones mentioned in this episode Conjoined: A New Musical, Krampus: A New Musical, and Final Girl: A New Musical.
Have you seen a Horror musical before?