A vehicle running 2½ hours needs more memorable songs than these mostly interchangeable parlor ditties, and more engaging characters than this bunch, which by design, are cardboard cutouts enlivened by melodramatic flourishes. Holmes’ show scores points for ingenuity, but it often feels like being stuck for too long in front of an olde-worlde department-store window display.
The competition for chief honors that year was the Andrew Lloyd Webber concept piece Song & Dance, the subpar Bob Fosse assembly Big Deal, and the dance revue Tango Argentino, none of which muscled into the musical- theater pantheon. But with one or two notable exceptions, the mid-‘80s was a lackluster time for the original musical. It swept the top Tony Awards in its categories, winning for best musical, score, book, direction and lead actor. Transferred to Broadway after debuting outdoors as a Shakespeare in the Park production, the show’s title was officially simplified to Drood midway through its premiere run.
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