Mildly entertaining musical. Since the storyline has always seemed a little silly, this has never been one of my favorite musicals. Even so, it still had several strengths. This version definitely stays closer to the original play and includes the musical numbers that were cut in the ’63 film. There were several strong performances, including Jason Alexander, Vanessa Williams and Tyne Daly. Unfortunately, the weakest performances were that of Chynna Phillips and Marc Kudisch. As Conrad, Kudisch had a wonderful singing voice, but his dance moves were very stilted. As the teenage Kim, Phillips looked and acted completely out of place. She was simply too old for the role and it was glaringly obvious. Since these were two of the pivotal roles, it definitely weakened the entire film. Just Ok. **
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