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36/60 pts
A touring musical at the National Theatre
On-line review · 36/60 pts
Broadway, slightly out of breath
The play is sharper than the event. The event is what a lot of people paid for.
A touring musical at the National Theatre · Washington, D.C.
MINUTECRITIC · Aug 1, 2026
Touring productions are the circulatory system of American theater: a New York room, a D.C. ceiling, a poster that implies you missed something in another city. Sometimes the play survives the extra air. Sometimes it becomes an event about its own ticket price.
I had a decent night. Design traveled. Intimacy did not always. If the text is doing work you cannot get from a stream, go. If the text is a souvenir of a better production, wait.
See it if the writing is the reason. Skip it if you only want the original cast's ghost.
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