The "music": Dialogue as song. Super generic musical music mixed with rap. Felt very anachronistic.
Casting: Total disregard for race or age of the characters portrayed. Why use a grown up mad to play a 9 year old. They even had to explain it in the play. Calling this a biography is really a stretch.
Lighting: Weak use of colored light. I felt like in a cheap 70'es movie. Felt almost like Suspiria.
History: Total disregard to historical fact - it came across as an American homage to founding fathers only. Felt like propaganda.
Stage: Only one stage setting. Everything happened with only one set of scenery. And what is up with the dancers. They served no purpose except as filler on the stage.
Story visualization: It seems a lot of important events was just skipped and the characters talked about them after the fact. Hugely missed opportunity.
Costumes: Modern haircuts and only some costumes fit the era. The rest was anachronistic. Whoever did this should fired
Only redeeming part is the Orchestra performance. They played well.
After this I fail to see why anyone would watch a Broadway musical. Ever.
I reserve my lowest grade to rare cases. This is one of them: 1/10.
Review by TormentedSoulVIP 8BlockedParent2023-07-04T13:39:05Z
This was painful to watch. 3 hours of boredom.
Everything was wrong with this.
The "music": Dialogue as song. Super generic musical music mixed with rap. Felt very anachronistic.
Casting: Total disregard for race or age of the characters portrayed. Why use a grown up mad to play a 9 year old. They even had to explain it in the play. Calling this a biography is really a stretch.
Lighting: Weak use of colored light. I felt like in a cheap 70'es movie. Felt almost like Suspiria.
History: Total disregard to historical fact - it came across as an American homage to founding fathers only. Felt like propaganda.
Stage: Only one stage setting. Everything happened with only one set of scenery. And what is up with the dancers. They served no purpose except as filler on the stage.
Story visualization: It seems a lot of important events was just skipped and the characters talked about them after the fact. Hugely missed opportunity.
Costumes: Modern haircuts and only some costumes fit the era. The rest was anachronistic. Whoever did this should fired
Only redeeming part is the Orchestra performance. They played well.
After this I fail to see why anyone would watch a Broadway musical. Ever.
I reserve my lowest grade to rare cases. This is one of them: 1/10.