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I Did It Again in one evening.

How was I to know?

Instead, its reductive and pandering, hitting all the expected marks without any unique spark.

The musicals premise is clever enough.

Thats how all the political critiques go, stopping at the point of fridge-magnet quotations.

Their blocking in book scenes tends toward inert and the casts performances are flattened to loud sameness.

The only one of Snow Whites dwarves we meet is named Clumsy.

There was no word from Britney herself until shecalledthe show funny, smart and brilliant just before opening.

When the characters started talking, I wanted to get back to the Broadway Sings Britney concert.

Once Upon a One More Timeis at the Marquis Theatre.

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