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‘Why Am I So Single?’ Review: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ Musical Follow-Up to ‘Six’ Disappoints in the West End
Despite sparky performances, a slack book makes for a disappointing West End follow-up to Marlow and Moss' megahit "Six."
“There is,” as Stephen Sondheim once groaned, “nothing worse than great expectations.” It may seem unfair to evoke a master when reviewing only the second show from a young British musical team, but when their debut was the Tony-winning, Tudors-Got-Talent sensation that is “ Six,” expectations are sky high. A more objective director might have cut not just repetition within songs and scenes but entire numbers in order to let the audience make connections rather than have every possibility spelt out and sung. The show boasts strikingly low ticket prices with a $85 top less than half of the similarly-proportioned “Hadestown.” That may attract the target Gen-Z audience who might decide to go to a West End musical to see their lives reflected.
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