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Nothing says success like repackaging a well-known property. Elton John and Vanessa Williams deliver music and bops. The cast all have voices that can belt you into the stratosphere. Andy clearly is cribbing her whole performance from Anne Hathaway. The musical makes her boyfriend more sympathetic and her much less so. But other than a few small tweaks, you are watching a scene -by -scene, line -by -line retelling. Obviously, this is fan service to the hot polo. I would have loved to see a version where Andy doesn't even talk. What if it was all the other characters reacting to her, each showing their impressions. As the musical goes on, their versions of Andy should get more extreme to follow her metamorphosis.