i finally thought of a "more inept musical this season" as requested. That would be BOY FROM OZ. Apart from a catalog of good pop songs and Le Jackman's phenomenal performance (along with some good support in both acting and singing from featured performers), that show had nothing happening. The book, despite the presence of Martin Sherman (whose work i usually admire), sunk to the cliched "and then i met, and then i wrote" formula. The wonderful Jarrod is wasted with bad character development, to the point he has to appear as an angel to sing "Honestly Love You" (though he sings it very well). Some of Joey's choreo is fun. But there is no "there there", no connective new idea, no development of material, just a hodgepodge of good to great people, some good songs, some fun dances, and sentimentality.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
