Betty Boop? Corpses? Robots? Will Broadway audiences go to all these extremely weird new musicals?
nypost.comMaybe Happy Ending,” are singing robots.Of the more traditional fare, the two jukebox bio-musicals that feature beloved old songbooks don’t celebrate arena phenoms like Michael Jackson or Tina Turner.
No, the respective focuses of “A Wonderful World” (closing Feb. 23) and “Just In Time” are Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin, both of whom died in the early 1970s and played the Copa.Welcome to the Year of the Underdog.Every season has a few scrappy tuners that cut through Broadway’s confetti canons with grit and heart.
Think Best Musical winners “Avenue Q,” “Spring Awakening” and the more recent “Kimberly Akimbo.” But the 2024-2025 crop has no Goliath for them to triumph over.
It’s a crowded pack of artsy Davids clutching rocks, ready to hurl ‘em at each other. But they can’t all come out celebrated, or unscathed.Worryingly, most of the 14 new musicals — far too many once again — require a lengthy explanation for ticket-buyers as to what they actually are.
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