I saw it tonight. I was expecting something as awful as Legally Blonde and was pleasantly surprised.
The book is really good. One of the better movie-to-show adaptations I've seen. The added dialogue actually improves the show instead of making me mad like Legally Blonde did. And it's really funny. People cheer during big movie meme lines- "On Wednesdays, we wear pink", "She doesn't even go here" etc. but they've definitely updated it. It's not just a copy and paste of the script onto the the stage so you wish you'd saved $150 to stay home and watch the movie instead, but it also doesn't do that thing where they take all the good movie lines and turn them into songs so you don't get to enjoy them in context.
Agree with others, the supporting actors are great- Grey and Barrett, Ashley and Kate. The leads are fine, but IMO they don't carry the show in the same way Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan carried the movie.
The music is ok. Where Do You Belong works well in the cafeteria scene. Did not like Apex Predator and it seemed to go on for a long time. I didn't like any of Regina's songs. The only standout solo song was Janice's I'd Rather Be- or whatever the song is after she confesses about Cady. Karen's song about slutty Halloween costumes was more funny than an amazing theatre song.
I usually hate projections, but I liked the set. The images were stationary unless they were transitioning, so I didn't feel seasick watching the background sway and move for no reason the entire show (*cough Dear Evan Hansen). The classroom transitions were well done.
The projections also included a few subtle jokes in the mall store names- Suburban Outfitters, Sapphora. There was a shoe one I'm blanking on. Also a gender neutral bathroom sign.
Overall, I'd see it again if I can get cheap tickets. Also, since it's Wednesday, I want to say about 25% of the audience was wearing pink- men included.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never
knowing how
Updated On: 11/2/17 at 01:36 AM
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