Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

‘I feel like New York is the city that is always exploring new things. If you have a new idea, you put it here’

The songs explode. The passion overwhelms. It’s opulent when it needs to be, fun when it needs to be, and intoxicating

The original cultural punch of the 1970s production has been replaced with gaudy, empty commercialism

The language itself — and the on-the-nose themes that Amy Herzog has unsubtly emphasized — feel like they could be sourced directly from Twitter/X

Director Maria Friedman has harnessed revelatory performances from her three leads to create a theatrical masterpiece