I've been refraining from opening this thread before I saw the show, and now I don't feel like going back and reading all of it, so pardon me if I'm saying things that many others have already said. I saw the show this weekend, and really enjoyed it overall. Yes, it was VERY far from perfect. The first half of act 1 was kind of weird and boring to me (which some exceptions), but as soon as LMK started singing her first solo number, I liked the show from that point on (though there were still lots of iffy parts). The book is kinda spotty, but it seemed like they really tried to make it their own, without doing too much copying and pasting dialogue from the movie. The score worked well, and had some incredible moments. The penultimate scene had to be my favorite. I won't spoil anything, but for me it was a real coup de teatre, and had me in tears.
Apparently they've been changing a lot. I was speaking with one of the cast members after the show, and apparently the opening number has been completely re-done, and Friday night was their first night doing it. She also told me about lot of other changes that have been made.
I thought Morrison's performance was easily the worst part about the show. His vocals were fine, but nothing else was, in my book. Definitely would have preferred Jeremy Jordan.
In my opinion, the show is far from perfect, but there is a lot of magic and beauty happening on that stage, and I'm very glad I saw it. If I ever here about an understudy going on for Morrison, I might give this show another visit.
