It was a great show. The choreography was great and John Larroquette was so funny as Mr. Biggley the company president. I'm glad he won a Tony for his performance. It was well-deserved. Daniel Radcliffe as J. Pierrepont Finch, the uber-corporate climber was cute, but it took me a while to warm up to his odd accent. He seemed to be working so hard on his American accent and then working it into the odd character voice he used for the show. I found it distracting at first, but he looked so earnest and performed so well that by the end I had let that initial feeling go. I was impressed by his dancing ability. In the Harry Potter movies he generally looks uncoordinated and a bit, well, flopsy. But in this production he keeps up with the dancers very well. The audience loved him and I thought he was very charming. I loved the period costumes, it looked like it was set in the late 50's or early 60's and the simplfied set. The choreography was excellent. If I didn't live on the other side of the country I would love to see it again.
Me In front of Hirschfeld Theater trying to look like a skeptic : )
A week after we got back from New York we got to see Tony Bennett. But I'll leave that for another post.
