Each generation had its own version. This time it is bilingual:
[quote]With its accessible melodies and robust harmonies, the score by Jaime Lozano and Tommy Newman earns comparisons to Stephen Flaherty’s music for “Once on This Island,” although with salsa and merengue instead of calypso rhythms. Nearly half the songs are at least partly bilingual, and while the lyrics (those that are intelligible through the sludgy sound design) don’t always land, the toe tappers far outnumber the watch checkers.
Given the amount of music, Mando Alvarado and Mr. Newman pack the familiar tale about Dorothy (Dora, as she’s known here, is whisked off to Oz right before her quinceañera) into an extremely tight book. Unlike the Shreks and the Kung Fu Pandas of this world, the characters mostly aim their material at the younger audience’s level, although it is a bit jarring to hear Dora (the Nickelodeon-ready Virginia Cavaliere) quote “Scarface,” one of the most violent movies ever made.
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Given the brief running time, Dora’s three companions are sketchier than usual. And it’s not clear how dance fragments from the “Single Ladies” and “Thriller” videos manage to vanquish the witch, although nobody else in the audience seemed to mind too much. Heck, make that nobody at all in the audience.
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theater.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/t … c_ev=click
Can’t wait for the Chinese version -there should be one already out there, though.
