I liked Tango:Maureen. The very first time I heard the song (the first time I listened to the OBCR), I was confused about the Tango concept. Having the actual "dream" tango, I thought, was a really clever analogy for the Joanne/Maureen/Mark triangle. Plus, as I dancer, I just found it a lot of fun to watch!
I think I overanalyze things too much but if that second part of T:M was a dream, I don't like that Joanne doesn't know they had that conversation (because it was Mark's dream). Does that make any sense? I think I'm confusing myself.
I just felt like having the dream tango kick in halfway through the song didn't work. It would have worked if it had started after a line or two.
"There was this one time an alarm went off - it was in the middle of '24.' That's just wrong. Everyone knows everyone was watching '24' at that time."
--NYU student quoted in the Washington Square News about students ignoring the frequent fire alarms in dorms
Well to contrast all the upsetting threads dissing Adam's acting in the movie, I found this slightly more pleasing thread at ATC that made me smile a bit, thought some of you might want to read it, defending his acting:
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli