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I saw the show's ninth or tenth tryout performance in Seattle and dropped back in here tonight to see the tenor of the reviews. They're more negative than I expected! Because I thought the show's problems were very apparent in Seattle, and eminently fixable... and I was sure Stroman & Co. would attend to business before opening night. It doesn't sound like much has changed since Seattle. Certainly not enough. I wrote back in August that while the cast was working like crazy, and mostly doing ...

I saw the ninth performance Tuesday, 14 August in Seattle and thought I would add some notes. It's been interesting to see what other people think. The show's strengths are its cast and production design. Roger Bart and Andrea Martin, in particular, are just wonderful. They are laboring in the shadows of icons (Wilder, Leachman, Kahn, Feldman) and for the most part they make you quit comparing. Bart's and Sutton Foster's effortless dancing and comic timing are astonishments. Bart, especially,...