Sorry- couldn't type any more in that post!
Then Ayodele Casel came out to perform a tap dance that stopped the show cold. It was thrilling, but only added to the odd randomness of the whole evening. It felt like they were just pulling ideas out of a hat without any thought to continuity or theme.
Groff sang two pop songs, one by Elton John and the other by Simon and Garfunkel. The latter was not very good.
Sutton got Miss Bryd, which worked because it's, you know, from an actual revue! There were possibly some other original songs from emerging composers, but they didn't register; only the last new song was effective.
The act one finale swung back to inspired with a Groff/Sutton duet of Love on Top that had me boppin' in my seat.
Act two was the best yet, with the aforementioned gender-swapped Forget About the Boy. When the screen flashed Forget About the Boy the audience went mad thinking we'd get to see Sutton recreate her performance, but when the curtain went up on Groff in the wig the response was even more rapturous. I LOVED this.
Sutton sang Stars and the Moon and Ring of Keys which both landed well. Groff was stuck with a badly arranged Stevie Wonder song, that he nonetheless sang well.
Another video played- this one more engaging, but still kind of out of place. What was this thing???
Groff and Sutton sang and exquisite "mash up" of a Joni Mitchell song and Move On. Breathtaking. Much better than a dull country song they tackled earlier in act two. The Fred and Ginger dancing was embarrassing and should have been cut. They were off with the screen, and wonderful a performance as Groff is, he doesn't exactly move like Fred Astaire.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
