Anyone see "Moving Out" on Broadway?

[Jersey Devil]

My daughter's coming to visit during Christmas and wants to see a show. Found pretty decent seats for Moving Out - the Billy Joel musical, wondered what anyone here who has seen it thought of it.

[russian33]

1. Haven't seen it myself

Co-worker and his wife saw it, and really enjoyed it...raved about it.

[newscaster]

2. I saw it in Los Angeles

with most of the original New York cast.
If you like Billy Joel, you will love it
but pay attention to the storyline. It tends to get a bit confusing, especially if the acoustics are not just right.

[Jersey Devil]

3. Thanks - have always been a big Billy Joel fan

I believe it is the story of Brenda & Eddy from Scenes from an Italian Restaurant. I love the music but can't figure out how they made it into a play.

[newscaster]

6. its A STORY TOLD PRIMARILY IN DANCE

WITH THE MUSIC SERVING TO KEEP THE STORY LINE GOING.
they WROTE A STORY that allowed them to insert the song of Joel into the storyline. The dancing is quite good. It follows a group of people from a time just prior to the guys going to Vietnam and what happens after they return.
Its not the best show I have ever seen but as I said, if you like Billy Joel music, you will like the show and yes, "Uptown Girl" is one of the songs.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Oh, God, I'd rather kill myself

if she wants to go to a Broadway show, take her to something more interesting and exciting. Though it's choreographed byh Twyla Tharp, who's a genius of choregraphy. So for the dancing, it could be worth seeing, since it won't be shit dancing, but artistic dancing. I don't know why Twyla decided to work for a Billy Joel musical, but there you are. I can only assume she did it because she earned a shitload of money for it, which means she could support her own dance troop and continue training new dancers, instead of scrounging for donations and NEA grants, etc. She's a dedicated and tremendous artist.

But the Producers is awesome, and perhaps far more enjoyable.

[cally]

5. I've seen it

I enjoyed it but it's very different. The musical score is all old Billy Joel songs. The actors/dancers perform to the music. There is a plot but it uses the old Joel songs. It seems more a modern dance or ballet. I enjoyed it, but I would have been disappointed if that was the only Broadway show I had seen or had seen for many years. I saw another show that visit, so I loved the Moving Out show.