Finding Neverland was it good — Page 2

I loved it, and I don't accept the idea that if I love a show you hate, then I have bad taste in musical theatre. I've seen tons of shows. I hated Gigi and didn't care for Something Rotten, while others swear by those shows. It was a great night of entertainment and I haven't stopped humming the songs in a long while.

My heart was pounding through "Stronger" onstage too. Folks who only saw the unexplained spectacle out of context on the Tonys would have no idea what a wellspring of emotion surrounds the number as the glorious culmination of Act I onstage. Barrie is at a crossroads suffering from writers' block at that point, and out of whole cloth conceives the idea of the arch villain Hook from his own fears and nightmares. The storm at sea that surrounds him is metaphorical and glorious, and the pirate sails and plank to walk are a thrilling actualization of the turmoil in his head.

I too was in one of the front rows toward the side, and the sight of the ensemble scrambling up the those nets put such a huge grin on my face-- the perfect combo of all the theater arts onstage at one moment.

Not nearly as terrible as some here makes it out to be, but it's not particularly good, no.