Mar 20, 2013 — 2:24:07 PM
I never saw the pop opera but went with someone who's devoted to it and her biggest complaint - besides the one you mention - is that they changed the character of the sister from a frumpier girl to a pretty hot one. She said that didn't help the overall tone of the musical. My opinion, based on what I heard were some the changes, is that they were trying to make it much, much more mainstream and maybe more appealing to people who like tween shows, as opposed to the darker, more mature crowd ...