Back from the "stage reading" of a new musical. When they can't get "staged reading" right then I think it's safe to assume we're dealing with amateurs. A musical "based" on some Japanese fairy tale called Peach Boy. Funnily, the one thing it never feels like is a fairy tale. That's a problem right there. A dreadful book and lyrics is another problem, and a score with lots of Japanese food in the accompaniment and every song sounding the same - the fact that several songs are reprised ad nauseam is another story. Add to that that the story doesn't really work as presented here and a show that is a good thirty minutes too long - well, after, Doug and I went to the Coral Cafe, where I ate my first food of the day - a small chicken salad sandwich - it was good to eat something and hopefully it will digest easily. Now I must write some notes.
