‘The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals’ is a 2018 horror-comedy stage musical by Starkid Productions, written by Nick Lang with music and lyrics by Jeff Blim. Set in the seemingly peaceful town of Hatchetfield, the story follows Paul Matthews, an ordinary man whose world turns upside down when he finds himself in the middle of a bizarre apocalypse where a mysterious alien infection causes everyone around him to bursts into song and dance — except him.
Featuring performers such as Jon Matteson, Lauren Lopez, Robert Manion, Jaime Lyn Beatty, and Jeff Blim, ‘The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals’ has become a cult favourite among fans of Starkid’s unique blend of humour, chaos and creativity.
The ‘Tip for a Song’ sign and the coffee pot filled with blue slime are memorable details from Hatchetfield’s local café, Beanies. The sign advertises a quirky new Beanies gimmick — whenever a customer leaves a tip, the baristas must sing a song in return.
Later, as the alien infection spreads, the café becomes one of the first places to show signs of trouble, with the singing baristas unable to stop signaling that something is horribly wrong in Hatchetfield, a theory only solidified when we see the coffee maker oozing with strange blue slime, a symbol of the otherworldly contamination creeping in…
This pin design features both items encapsulating the entire story in a way that only fans would recognise.
If you want to check out the show, you can find out more at www.teamstarkid.com/the-guy-who-didnt-like-musicals