Resembling a cross between a low-rent Harry Potter and fantastical Dear Evan Hansen, with a little Be More Chill-style angst thrown in, The Lightning Thief features the sort of potty humor geared strictly for preadolescents.
Any parents who shell out that kind of money for this tacky, bargain-basement production seriously need to reevaluate their financial priorities. The production represents glorified children’s theater, only with seats going for as much as $199. What seemed inventive and clever in the confines of a small off-Broadway theater feels utterly wan in its current incarnation. Arriving on Broadway following a national tour for a limited run (timed to the upcoming holiday season, natch), The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical has lost all of its charms while gaining a dramatic uptick in ticket prices. The show’s producers apparently took my review, and many other favorable notices, too much to heart. Calling it a “winning adaptation” that “thoroughly charms,” I predicted that the show geared for children would find much success on the regional theater circuit. Ages 10-up.When I reviewed the 2017 off-Broadway production of the musical version of the first book in Rick Riordan’s best-selling YA fantasy novel series, I gave it a rave. Still, this swift and humorous adventure will leave many readers eager for the next installment.
However, on emotional notes the novel proves less strong (for example, Percy's grief for his mother rings hollow readers will likely spot the "friend" who betrays the hero, as foretold by the Oracle of Delphi, before Percy does) and their ultimate confrontation proves a bit anticlimactic. Without sacrificing plot or pacing, Riordan integrates a great deal of mythology into the tale and believably places mythical characters into modern times, often with hilarious results (such as Hades ranting about the problem of "sprawl," or population explosion). After a humorous stint at camp, Percy learns he's the son of Poseidon and embarks on a quest to the Underworld with Grover and Annabeth (a daughter of Athena) to resolve a battle between Zeus and Poseidon over Zeus's stolen "master" lightning bolt. Narrator Percy Jackson thinks he's just another troubled 12-year-old, until he vaporizes his math teacher, learns his best friend, Grover, is a satyr and narrowly escapes a minotaur to arrive at Camp Half-Blood. Olympus on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building, and their offspring, demigods, live among human beings. A clever concept drives Riordan's highly charged children's book debut (the first in a series): the Greek Gods still rule, though now from a Mt.
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