Excellent point. I like to think the musicals of this generation were inspired by the musicals of the past generation. Today's composers were brought up on musicals of the past. Now they get to put their own spin on the genre.
And there were plenty of "flash in the pan" musicals in years past, it would be silly to assume that older musicals were all classics. Musicals appeal to people in many different ways to many different people, it's not just people brought up on the classics.
That sounds like a great program!
Oh, I saw it with my mom. She loved it - she actually went back and saw it again.
And I saw it for the 2nd time last month - Alex Socha was terrific!
I'm seeing
In The Heights on Friday, I can't wait. Got discounts from Playbill, and I've been assured the rear mezz seats are fine. There are way too many empty theaters on Broadway right now, that's for sure.
It's not on discounts, but if you get a chance to see Billy Elliot, I definitely recommend it (I think that the 3rd time I've posted about this show here, I'm definitely the BE shill). But I loved it in London, the B'way production is supposed to be terrific.
Have fun!