Review by anonymous
June 15, 2019 certified reviewerWhat I liked
The cast. Stand outs: James Everts, Jordon Mitchel – Love, Hallie Mayer, the kid with the scarves, kid with glasses and tipped hat, The JIT principal/slow Bully (OMG hahaha).
What I didn't like
While I found myself bobbing my head to the music quite a bit, nothing really ‘stuck’. The lyrics were often elementary.
I think the plot would have even been THAT much better if they had Charlie infiltrate the nerds earlier and SHE had made a ‘romantic’ connection to Kevin causing her to come around on the ‘Nerds’ – which makes the plot just a little bit more interesting.
The choreography was… a lot. It felt like every single word had a move attached to it for no reason. There felt like very little purpose to the dancing other than “Make them move here and here and here”. There was a youthful exuberance, but it was like beating us over the head with it. The ONLY time it really worked was in the bully song “Weakness”. THERE the moves were funny.
My overall impression
Every single person on that stage had excellent delivery, timing and energy. They committed 100% and it’s one of the best ensemble casts I’ve seen in a while. 95% of them had incredible vocal quality. Like so close to what you see on Broadway and the 5% wasn’t bad at all. It’s Fringe, so let’s calm down Anonymous review… Overall it’s a strong, energetic show and you’ll definitely be entertained – the story was one we’ve all seen and heard before thought so it wasn’t anything particularly epic or even different. While my review may seem nit-picky, I do think the show was fun.
