According to Wiki “It won numerous awards, including Best Musical at both the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Tony Awards. An unprecedented commercial hit, the musical had grossed over $2 billion worldwide by 1994 and started the megamusical phenomenon that has dominated the industry ever since. The London production ran for 21 years (1981–2002; 8,949 performances) and the Broadway production ran for 18 years (1982–2000; 7,485 performances)”. I had many friends who spent the weekend in NYC just to go see it & returned ranting about how wonderful it was. Maybe I was expecting too much; but, I was put off by the just so-so trailer for a “Best Musical”, I didn’t see the original & only watched the trailer after seeing a news item saying that the entire internet was horrified by the trailer. So, my curiosity wondered what there was that was horrifying everyone in a once Best Musical production. I still don’t know as I wasn’t horrified & I also wasn’t impressed!!!
I was simply expanding on my opinion & in NO way meant my comment to be seen as a personal attack…that includes this comment!!!