“Something Rotten” recently replaced most of its principal cast– Will Chase is now the sexy William Shakespeare, Rob McClure and Josh Grisetti the Bard-envious Bottom Brothers, Leslie Kritzer Nick Bottom’s liberated wife, and Catherine Brunell as Nigel Bottom’s love interest.
Watch the videos below of their performances at the last Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert of the summer.
When the musical comedy about the first-ever (made-up) musical opened on Broadway in April, 2015, the reviews were mixed, including from me. But I saw it again recently with most of the replacement cast and found the pacing much improved, and while some of the content still revels in bad taste in service of an outdated humor, the acting is less winky-winky (Andre Ward as the Minstrel is especially welcome.)
