Honestly i went in expecting to love this show, because of all this praise, and I really wanted to love it because London hasn't had a good original musical in DECADES, save for those written by Elton John or Tim Minchin. They really needed this. But it was a mess. The score is terrible, like really actually terrible, like the kids in the show had to make songs up themselves. Every song is unoriginal and I was cringing. And the story just seems like it would have been revelatory maybe like 15 years ago. Just so disappointing. That anyone is suggesting this could beat Hamilton in any category is insane; I don't think it's even better than Made in Dagenham, which was also poorly conceived with a painful score.
Updated On: 3/5/18 at 09:35 AM