You're at the first read-through.  The director, with a wild gleam in his eye, leaps to his feet: "This production will be like no Fiddler On The Roof ever seen before in human history!"  Do you groan with dismay, or does your heart leap with joy? The Concept.  As a...

Big musicals, by their very nature, often require mass spectacle. But people regularly see productions of great size that leave them walking out of the theatre shaking their heads in puzzlement--they were impressed with the production values...why didn't they like the...