What is the difference? Something or other to do with the difficulty and construction of the music. A famous Chicago chef's daughter is off to study musical theater, but he thinks I gave him the impression that she would be slumming it by opera standards. Not so, not so-- two different beasts.
And vive la difference! I saw Mary Poppins and was quite bowled over by the spectacle. As was the entire audience. Lots of showstopping dance numbers with an intensely energetic chorus. Brave singers 'flying' all over the theater. Fantastic light show. Talented children, too. (Always love that!) But the amplification was sub-par, alas. Which seems odd when everything else was so late-breaking technology. Of course, the dialogue didn't much matter, which is good because the acquired English accents were hard to understand anyhow.
Overheard comments ranged from "It's not totally like the movie" to "This is the best show ever!" Plenty of children in the crowd. Lots of fun, really. Good enough but nowhere near great.
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