I saw this tonight and loved it! To be honest I was overtired today and had a tough day at work, and was slightly dreading going to a long 8:00 show rather than home to bed (not a thing I’d normally say about a Broadway show, checking my privilege here) but it totally turned me around and put me in a great mood.
I had seen the GMA performances and thought it was good but a little… small? That’s not the case in the theatre - the sound is so full, especially with that brass, and when the dancers can really use the whole stage it’s wonderful. So many great individual performances (YES that guitarist, unreal) but it’s the sum of its parts. I didn’t care that the book wasn’t spectacular - that’s not why you go to a show like this.
FWIW I didn’t know the music going in, and don’t speak Spanish other than a handful of words and phrases, and was totally fine with the songs being in Spanish. They don’t move the plot forward so it’s just about the great singing, playing, and dancing told through a variety of setups, from more intimate duets to big splashy club songs. There’s also an insert booklet in the Playbill that explains the meaning and context behind the songs.
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