(Logan Square Auditorium, 11 June 2023)
It is not difficult to improve on the films; the show accomplishes that much. The opening two acts are good. The show fails to pick up momentum, however. MC's rants before every number deserve some of the blame. (MC's one saving grace was the invocation of the Star Wars maxim "Win not by fighting what you hate but by saving what you love.") In addition, the weaker numbers should have been axed and the stronger ones expanded.
It is hard to think of a problem in life that cannot be solved by throwing mathematics at it, or money, or classical ballet training. The show is a testament of how much can be achieved with classical ballet training.
