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So the musical has its share of beloved moments to live up to.
First, we get a fourth-wall-breaking frame: Welcome to high school!
were told by two students at a microphone as the play begins.
Were the incoming freshmen, and these worldly wise seniors are here to teach us a lesson.
He pauses for dramatic effect, then, with a flourish: Actions … and consequences.
His counterpart is the punky, disaffected art nerd, Janis Sarkisian (pictureJane Lanewith Bushwick-in-2018 hair).
… And getting hit by a bus!
and to its heroine, the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Cady.
/ No, you would not!
That temptation comes in the form of the Plastics, the reigning clique at North Shore.
Dont look at them!
That number, the flamboyant Where Do You Belong?, is a showcase for Henson.
Broadway teaching songs likeGypsys You Gotta Get a Gimmick or Consider Yourself fromOliver!.
And the winks just keep on coming: Back me up, Show Choir!
Its grown-up musical-theater kids playing musical-theater kids.
As the minions, Gretchen and Karen, the spectacular Ashley Park and Kate Rockwell snatch scene after scene.
But as Karen, revealing hidden depth, says to Cady late in the show, Everything is reallytwothings.
Like how you were tricking us but also still had fun with us.
And how when Regina was mean to me, its because she was unhappy with herself.
/ Dont jump online and react.
/ You really need tostop.
Mean Girlsis at the August Wilson Theatre.
