![]() ![]() The projections set the scenes so quickly and cleanly that the numbers that don’t rely on them suffer by comparison. It focuses more clearly on its main characters: the tough, bitter director of the Broadway-bound musical “Pretty Lady,” Julian Marsh (played as harsh but not mean by the handsome Max Von Essen) the heartsick, undeniably talented and infuriatingly self-centered star Dorothy Brock (played by Broadway veteran Kate Baldwin) and Peggy Sawyer, the naive and innocent chorus girl who’s abruptly called upon to save the show, played by Carina-Kay Louchiey who has a lot in common with the role. It’s more human-sized, which befits a show about creating a show.Īt the Goodspeed, “42nd Street” is less of a sprawling ensemble piece. ![]() The conversations are more intimate, the insults more stinging, the pushing pushier. ![]() ![]() At the Goodspeed, “42nd Street” is more straightforward. The show’s peppy tone and colorful trappings haven’t actually changed a great deal over the years (and some of the changes made for the 2017 London revival haven’t made it to the Goodspeed rendition), but the Goodspeed’s is very much a reconfigured “42nd Street.” Skinner is making a genuine attempt to scale down the show not just size-wise - from a cast of over 40 actors and dancers in the original Broadway run to around 20 here - but emotionally. ![]()
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