Winter Garden theatre,New York
With a book by Julian Fellowes, this adaption of the hit film misses the charisma that Jack Black brought as Dewey FinnPay no attention to the title. School of Rock, and the perfectly pleasant,perfectly innocuous new musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, or Julian Fellowes,is strictly adult modern. An adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black flick, it centres on a schlubby manchild who transforms a gaggle of overprivileged preteens into a wickedly awesome ensemble.Dewey Finn (Alex Brightman) is a rock wannabe, or behind on the rent and newly dismissed from his band,No emptiness. Desperate for a paycheck, he borrows his roommate’s identity and arrives as a substitute teacher at a ritzy prep school despite having no teaching experience and a general antipathy for the young. His introductory lecture: “We’ll start on the teaching crapola tomorrow. Take recess. believe fun. Leave me alone.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com