We went to see the Boston engagement of Movin' Out at the Boston Opera House last night. The show is basically ballet set to a Billy Joel cover band. The main singer/pianist guy is pretty good, but the band "re-interprets" several songs and totally butchers them (most notably and frustratingly We Didn't Start the Fire). The choreography is mediocre, but the dancers' technical ability is outstanding — though then again, you can't really expect much less at the professional level. The staging is miminal and stayed away from the whiz-bang chintz that (unfortunately) often wins Tonys on Broadway. The lighting is pretty good, if a bit elementary and pedantic at times. Overall, not the worst thing I've ever seen; definitely not the best, either, though. Solidly pedestrian.

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