Sailor Moon Live On Broadway

[Bob Schroeck]

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon The Super Live opened at the Playstation Theatre on Times Square in New York on Friday.  I kid you not.  Judging by the information in this Theatermania article, it appears to be a Sera Myu musical made for the American stage as part of the 25th anniversary of the show.

SyFy Wire's review of the show is disturbingly effusive, and Theatermania's coverage is similarly gushing, but honestly, after watching the clip on this page, all I could do was cringe at the performance.  This is not going on my "must see" list, or even "see if I must".

[Bob Schroeck]

What am I missing? Every time a review of this thing pops up on my feed, it's gushing over the show. But every clip I've seen is just... meh. Is this a case of "it's the only thing we've got, so we're going to love it until they give us more"?

[classicdrogn]

Could be. I rmnember being all for Beasties until some real Transformers came back on the shelves.

[Labster]

Oh come on, what's wrong with a few girls with weak voices waving their arms wildly around a stage, singing an entire love song at forte?

[robkelk]

What am I missing?  Every time a review of this thing pops up on my feed, it's gushing over the show.  But every clip I've seen is just... meh.  Is this a case of "it's the only thing we've got, so we're going to love it until they give us more"?

That's can't be so - that's never happened before, right?

Pop-Tarts, anyone?