High Fidelity musical

As most people who read this blog already know, I really enjoy theatre, especially musicals. Some of you also know that I was a huge fan of the book High Fidelity.

When I heard a while back that High Fidelity was being adapted for Broadway, I didn't know what to think of it. I've read plenty of books that have been made into movies; that can go either way. But have never seen a musical that was based on a book that I read, with the exception of Jekyll and Hyde. Jekyll and Hyde worked largely, because there was so little correlation between the musical and the original text, but I knew that wouldn't be the case for High Fidelity.

Today, I found the show's website and saw a music video that they're using for promotion. I laughed... but not in a good way. One of my favorite things about musicals is how everything is ridiculously over-the-top and cheesy. But when they do that with material I already like, it just makes me cringe.

The video did one thing for me. It helped me to understand something I've never quite grasped: why some people don't like musicals.