Date/Time: Thursday, 7th November 2024 at 14:30
Location: Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4HS
Price: £68 per person. Member and guest £136. Face value £104pp
Event Organiser: Pete Wells. Flat 7, Wayfaring Court, Safflower Lane, Romford RM3 0LQ
The show is set in 1992, during rehearsals for the Dangerous world tour and handily a year before child sex abuse allegations were first levelled against Jackson. MJ thus avoids any allusion to said controversy. At the same time, it doesn’t do that thing where it pretends there was nothing unusual about him: there are allusions to everything from Bubbles the chimp to Jackson’s changing skin colour.
For the West End debut of Christopher Wheeldon’s production, present day Michael is played by the jaw-droppingly talented original Broadway star Myles Frost. To say he’s a triple threat would be an understatement: in the acting department he’s maybe more of a vague menace, but as a dancer and singer he is extraordinary. Yes sir, he can moonwalk, and slip into all of Jackson’s propulsive dance routines effortlessly. His voice isn’t quite as piercing as Jackson’s, but its a fair approximation, and frankly remarkable given what hes doing with his body at the same time.
There is a clear sense that Jackson’s behaviour can be traced back to his exacting-bordering-on-abusive father, Joseph. There are also references to Michael’s painkiller habit. And, of course, it foreshadows his death, 17 years later.
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