A "Rocky Horror" for the "High School Musical" Generation
The network-TV pop musical, usually performed live, has picked up steam in recent years, with unnerving results. Watching Christopher Walken fop sleepily through "Hook's Tango" or Carrie Underwood singing under a tree in "The Sound of Music" made a great many viewers think, Why? That's what I thought, anyway. I want musical theatre to thrive, and for the world to focus some energy on the greatest musicals in the repe…