I really enjoyed this tonight. I mean, I REALLY enjoyed it. A pretty perfectly cast evening and sung just gloriously.
I did take issue with one thing though - the ending. I'm sorry but for me, that was just horribly staged and lost any and all emotional impact the scene has. It's hard to beat the original ending and really, I don't understand why productions just don't do it that way or adapt it like say, The Signature did. For me (again, FOR ME), the survivors wrapped in their blankets looking at the ship ready to depart and then mixing with those who died, dressed as they did ready to depart as the orchestra plays, just can't be beat. And here the entire cast just turned their backs to the audience while the music played and that was that. And I know I know I know it was a "concert", I'm just sayin.
But other than that - just glorious.
And I'll tell you this, I'm only seeing this once more and if Jake Gyllenhaal is the cameo one night that I'm not there you're gonna hear me screaming from Hells Kitchen.
Updated On: 6/12/24 at 10:54 PM