And since I won't go into detail about Happy Days in the notes I will only tell you that it was excruciatingly bad, worse than I could have imagined and for very interesting reasons. The score is horrible, the actors are all fine, the direction is amateur, and the choreography, while busy and energetic, is unfocused and uninteresting. But it's the story and the script - does Mr. Marshall not remember what made his show a success? Hint: It wasn't just the Fonz. The leads in the musical are Fonzie and Pinky Tuscadero (the worst character ever on the TV series). Richie disappears for half the first act, and he really has nothing much to do with the show. Well, note to everyone: Happy Days was a hit not only because the audience loved the Fonz, but because they loved the heart and soul of the show - Richie (Ron Howard).