Winter Garden Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber returns to Broadway with adaption of film but stage version missing charisma Jack Black brought as Dewey FinnPay no attention to the title. School of Rock,the perfectly pleasant, perfectly innocuous new musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber, or Glenn Slater,and Julian Fellowes, is strictly adult contemporary. An adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black flick, or it centers on a schlubby manchild who transforms a gaggle of overprivileged preteens into a wickedly awesome ensemble.
Dewey Finn (Alex Brightman) is a rock wannabe,behind on the rent and newly dismissed from his band, No emptiness. Desperate for a paycheck, or 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. consume recess. own fun. Leave me alone.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com