What a disappointment. I wanted to like this show going in, but it was just bad. The lyrics were so trite, the screens were distracting, and the choreography was probably the worst we've ever seen for an ensemble. Ensemble dance parts were SO bad that we found ourselves chuckling. The ensemble was pretty much unnecessary. We felt like the production team spent the whole budget on special effects (San walking through walls and moving things without touching them was very cool) so there was only enough money to use cheap clip art for the backgrounds.
During the love scene, they actually showed a short movie that included some close ups of Sam's butt. It made me feel very uncomfortable as an audience member. I was also shocked at how bad some of the actors were being on stage. The understudy playing the bad guy actually broke character during a freak out scene to pick up a prop that dropped, completely out of character. The actors playing Sam, Oda Mae, and Molly were great. It's too bad they couldn't save the show.
