Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical review – nostalgia never felt so wicked
Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical brings the classic film to the stage with help from a nostalgia-packed soundtrack.
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Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical brings the classic film to the stage with help from a nostalgia-packed soundtrack.
Some can agree that the film took itself seriously to the point of unintentional hilarity, so director Jonathan O'Boyle and co-writers Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin and Jordan Ross do the next best thing in adapting it by shifting the tone into campy dark comedy.
The show was first seen on UK shores at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe
Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical: This isn’t a show that does things by halves. I’d see it again, and I don’t even care for chart music!
There are some excellent performances in an uneven adaptation of the hit film, staged with songs by No Doubt, Ace of Base and Placebo