This musical was extremely successful on Broadway - it won lots of awards and toured the US for a long time after it closed in New York. In this country it garnered excellent reviews - 5 stars from The Independent's Michael Coveney, 5 stars from Whatsonstage.com's Terri Paddock, 5 stars from Charles Spencer of the Times and a very positive review from Mark Shenton of the Stage.
However, after a successful run at the Lyric Hammersmith, it opened in The Novello theatre in the West End. It survived 12 weeks before it was forced to close due to poor ticket sales.
Although not under-rated by the critics, or by those who had a chance to see it in London, I have put this musical in this section, because I believe it was under-rated by the British theatre going public who didn't give it a chance - those who would rather have gone to see a big musical they could have seen three years later - a la Lion King or Billy Elliott. Because this musical deserved to be seen on a wider scale, but never got an opportunity to. That is why I have picked it for an under-rated musical.
Here is a link to the show.
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