The Toronto prduction has been downsized since moving from the 2,000 seat Canon to the 700 seat Panasonic. I only saw the large version. Not being a huge Queen fan, I found the high energy performances by the leads envigorating... but the book is insultingly stupid and if you are a Queen fan wouldn't you rather hear the songs done by Queen? The Broadway critics would decimate it, but given the huge tourist crowds who flock to stuff like this it could be a money maker. But I wouldn't want to see it.
Maybe we need a separate "tourist" area for Vegas style shows in New York, and leave the Braodway theatres for REAL plays and musicals.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com