Profile for NotOnSugarMountain

…saw Monday night, first row mezzanine. Disappointing.Finely directed by Michael Greif, still this show is no Rent or Dear Evan Hansen. The show’s narrative (book) is simultaneously lightweight and heavy handed while somewhat rescued in each moment by a terrific cast and earworm tunes.Alicia Keys succeeds in sharing her themes of social injustice and feelings of youthful exuberance. Yet, as Jordan Catalano notes, a lot of it is “cheesy as all hell.”The show gives us more than a rise-to-fame j...