SummaryThe musical version of the Disney stage adaptation of the book of the same name (which were previously adapted for three non-musical films) sees Ellie (Cozi Zuehlsdorff) switching bodies with her mother Katherine (Heidi Blickenstaff).
SummaryThe musical version of the Disney stage adaptation of the book of the same name (which were previously adapted for three non-musical films) sees Ellie (Cozi Zuehlsdorff) switching bodies with her mother Katherine (Heidi Blickenstaff).
While this peppy musicalization o the Disney favorite won't erase the memories of the popular 1976 and 2003 movies, the clever score by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey brings a fresh, fun energy to the body-swapping generation-gap shenanigans. [6 - 19 Aug 2018, p.11]
The tunes are forgettable, so bland they make Teen Beach 2 look like High School Musical 3. Zuelhsdorff and Blickenstaff give good age-crossed performances, but the tone around them is all over the place, fart jokes and dead-dad ruminations.