After seeing this show on Broadway, it was a disappointment for me.
The venue was the first disappointment. We had lower orchestra seats that were NOT obstructed view but we could NOT see about 1/4 ~ 1/3 of the set (left side) so we were missing a good bit of the story line. The slope on the seating should be improved because I had to view between peoples heads the entirety of the show.
Now for the actual show. After seeing this performed on Broadway, maybe it is not fair to compare but the singing was good but not AS good. The dancing was fair but did not have the intensity of the original show and the music definitely lacked the energy we experienced in NYC.
Overall it was still entertaining but since we experienced such a high energy show on Broadway we were disappointed with the show at he Hippodrome.