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I found this great message thread regarding the show from Superman comics fans on DC Universe. It's interesting because these folk are often concerned with a completely different set of details than the theatre crowd...(e.g. someone may get the most obscure reference to Beppo the Supermonkey but not know that Linda Lavin was the original Sidney Sharp in 1966!!) Here it is: http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/thread.jspa?threadID=2000222276&tstart=0

Michael Riedel saw the show earlier this week. Here's his column about it. Also, below that is a link to a recent review from the Houston Chronicle, very favorable. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/man_of_steel_steals_hearts_g0X7AI34YcoMv8PJFOs5RK http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/7116910.html

Michael Riedel saw the show earlier this week: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/man_of_steel_steals_hearts_g0X7AI34YcoMv8PJFOs5RK

"The Superman musical has never been very good." Just to clarify...the Dallas production of Superman has an entirely new libretto. It is not just tweaked with a few updates. It is a new show with a new story and many new characters. Nothing remains of the original show but the music and major characters of Superman, Clark Kent, Sidney Sharp, Max Mencken (albeit in another form - he is no longer is a fellow reporter at the Daily Planet), and Perry White.

You can actually see from my previous post, missing are: "Revenge" and "What I've Always Wanted", along with the overture. Also, some numbers are reworked, such as "Meanwhile" aka "It's Superman (reprise), and "It's Supernice". Also, many numbers from the original are given to different characters, for instance, "We Don't Really Matter" was Lois and I think Jim, while in this production it is Clark and Sidney. It is definitely quite a feat on the part of Aguirre-Sacasa working these songs int...

Here is a song list to the best of my knowledge: "Did You See That" - Smallville Teens and Emily "Doing Good" (snippet) - Pa Kent "We Need Him" - Lois and Citizens "Doing Good" - Superman "Even Men Like You" - Lois and Superman "It's Superman" - Lois "Bunch of Happy People" - Daily Planet Staff "The Woman for the Man" - Max Mencken "Superman Oath" - Superman, Orphans, Matron Bumble, Torchy "We Don't Really Matter" - Clark and Sidney "You've Got What I Need" - Max, Villains, Marilyn "Even Men ...