{"id":2551,"date":"2021-11-03T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2023-03-06T07:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:31:53","slug":"billie-eilish-as-sally-nightmare-before-christmas-and-joins-danny-elfman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virlan.co\/trends\/celebrity\/billie-eilish-as-sally-nightmare-before-christmas-and-joins-danny-elfman\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Eilish as Sally Nightmare before Christmas : Billie Eilish Joins Danny Elfman, \u2018Weird Al\u2019 Yankovic and Paul Reubens at \u2018Nightmare Before Christmas\u2019 Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watch Billie Eilish Nail Sally’s Spooky ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Songs<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Elfman also brought out a full-bore band for a Halloween encore of “Dead Man’s Party.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Billie Eilish<\/strong><\/a> had herself in stitches \u2014 the drawn-on kind \u2014 as she very solemnly voiced the barely-sewed-up Sally in two weekend live-to-film performances of the music for \u201cThe Nightmare Before Christmas<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d bringing new life to Danny Elfman<\/strong>\u2019s perennially undead L.A. Halloween<\/strong><\/a> tradition.<\/p>\n

Being revived as a concert event for the first time in three years \u2014 but this time over two nights at L.A.\u2019s newish Banc of California Stadium, a bigger venue than the shows\u2019 previous home at the Hollywood Bowl \u2014 the \u201cNightmare Before Christmas\u201d shows featured Elfman reviving his lead role of Jack Skellington (and a brief turn as the supporting character Barrel), Paul Reubens and Ken Page reviving their original 1993 turns as Lock and Oogie Boogie, and \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic doing Shock for the first time.
Naturally, though, some of the audience only had eyes for the young pop superstar joining Yankovic as a newcomer to the occasional concert franchise, Eilish \u2014 even though her one solo number, \u201cSally\u2019s Song,\u201d lasts a grand total of 1:47 on the soundtrack. Eilish also returned for a duet part with Elfman on the closing \u201cFinale\/Reprise,\u201d joining hands with both the singer-composer and his avatar, a giant animatronic figure of Skellington.
Along with the \u201cstitches\u201d on her arms to reflect the lovelorn character\u2019s Frankenstein-ian origins, Eilish wore an original dress that looked like a high-fashion variation on a ragdoll look. Taking the place of original soundtrack singer Catherine O\u2019Hara (who voiced the role on stage the last time the production was mounted, for three nights at the Bowl in 2018), the pop star proved an ideal vocal fit for the heartsick ballad, making it as sweet as it was short \u2014 in her hands, a tune that could almost fit in between \u201cWhen the Party\u2019s Over\u201d and \u201cI Love You,\u201d a couple of equally austere ballads that could have been right up Sally\u2019s alley.<\/p>\n

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Billie Eilish sings Sally at Banc of California Nightmare show<\/h2>\n
Watch Billie Eilish perform as Sally in \u2018The Nightmare Before Christmas\u2019 live-to-film concert<\/h6>\n\n\n