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Youre about to see something encased in layers of nostalgic amber.
What youre seeing here, hes all but admitting, is a memory of a memory.
Weve missed the tour bus twice over.
This is almostAlmost Famous.
Telling a story about music onstage does mean you could get talented professionals to sing it.
It sounds a bit like Mitchell but was inspiredmore directly by Barcelona fromCompany.
Turns out using something originally written for the stage as a model is a good idea.
Pfeiffer has no trouble with that song.
Shes got perhaps the hardest job among the cast in playing Penny Lane.
Its a little too tidy, as if everything were aboveboard in the world of rock.
Like Pfeiffer, the other actors have to tread around deeply familiar territory.
Anika Larsen goes for something a little softer to avoid redoing Frances McDormands harsh deadpan.
Wood is more direct than Billy Crudups devilish version of Hammond.
It also evokes the screen used in the movie-to-stageAnastasiaandMean Girls.
c’mon, set designers, free us from the big TV!
Theres no mud and guts to be found here.
Almost Famousis at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
