Repeat after me: there is no allowment for parody under Canadian copyright law.
How do you bring the dead back to life? Well, if you're producer Jeffrey Latimer and the show in question is Evil Dead: The Musical, you do a little grave robbing.
In a publicity stunt as witty as it is outrageous, Latimer has borrowed the original artwork from four of the biggest musical theatre hits of recent years and twisted them to fit his current slashin'-and-singin' hit down at the Diesel Playhouse.
Working with the slogan "It's like the musicals you love, only evil," he has currently plastered the downtown core with posters that bear an amazing resemblance to ads for Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, Les Miserables and Forever Plaid.
... As soon as word of these posters hit the Internet, Latimer was contacted and given a "cease and desist" order, telling him that his posters, although original art, violated the copyright of the show's art. [emphasis added]
Images of the posters can be found here. Brief info on Canadian copyright and parody can be found here and here [.pdf].
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