Flashing spotlights in the eyes of audience members is not a special effect and make the opening of Beetlejuice quite annoying.
So annoying that I couldn’t settle into my seat and begin enjoying the show until several jokes and two numbers in. Just stop it.
And it’s as annoying when they flash blinding lights at the audience at several points during the show. Like the musical Ghost, which did the same thing, it’s probably the thing I’ll remember about the show.
And that’s too bad for a funny, tuneful musical that had two runs on Broadway. Beetlejuice had been running for a year when Broadway shut down for COVID.