"Something Rotten" is sort of a high concept and sort of hard sell if you're trying to explain it to someone but here goes - Pretend it's the 1590s and Shakespeare is vying with another playwright to stage the very first musical in history. See? It just sounds ridiculous, which it is - ridiculously funny!
If you're a Shakespeare geek or a Musical Theatre geek (2 for 2 here), then you'll spend the entire 2.5 hours trying to catch all the hidden references and easter eggs the show throws your way. That is of course, while you're not laughing your head off because of some amazing song or sarcastic comment. It's just so very funny. For a taste of the humor, see the video below from the Tony awards. Imagine about 12 more songs just this funny, and you sort of get the idea of just how great the show is.
Then you have the cast - Christian Borle as the Bard himself, Brian D'arcy James, and Brad Oscar are just a the few more well-known names in the show. To say they earned their pay 10 times over, is an understatement. It's been a very long time since I left a show and just had to google what else the entire principal cast was in. They landed every joke even the terrible ones and just looked like they were having the time of their lives - which is of course, the absolute key to a good show.
It may sound like I'm gushing, and I mostly am. But after seeing it for the first time with someone who was seeing it for the second time, I can say I honestly know why she wanted to pay the money to see the show again. Had our bus not been leaving at 6, I would have turned around and seen the 8:00 show that night. So if you're in NYC in the coming months, I would most definitely suggest going to see it, if only to see an entire cast dressed as eggs performing an 11:00 number. See? Now you're interested, aren't you?
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