Posted: 10/14/22 at 11:40pm
Saw it tonight. This is not the same show that played off-Broadway. That was interactive and I remember we walked around a building and saw scenes, like Sleep No More. This plays like a straight up concert of K-pop music. Most plot is gone. It’s impossible to know what anyone is singing because it’s sung half in Korean and half at a deafening volume. But let me say, I loved every second of it. It’s not a traditional Broadway musical in any way. It is its own thing that reminded more of Korean TV soap operas. The framing device of the TV rehearsal has a sly meaning you can see coming a mile away when there is only one white person in the cast. The second act is mostly dialogue, until Luna sings an amazing song. She is absolutely fantastic, though the woman sitting next to me complained she couldn’t understand anything through her accent.
That is what they will have to deal with from the traditional theatre going audience. I hope they can lean back and just enjoy this over the top, pop saturated explosion of energy and passion. Otherwise, traditionalists will absolutely hate this.
The costumes and choreography are the real standouts. The villain (who had a husband off Broadway) wears the hottest clothes. Luna is dripping in diamonds. The boy band is dressed so perfectly.
I saw & Juliet in London and it’s the same choreographer. I think the work in that musical is better. Not that it isn’t extraordinary in K-Pop, it’s just I had seen it before.
I really hope this show does well. It’s such a great night out if you’re willing to let it be what it is.
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