Radio City Music Hall's "New York Spring Spectacular" is a lot of show — all for something that feels like the most expensive visitors bureau commercial ever made.
For starters, it gives us "Dancing With the Stars" pro Derek Hough and Tony winner Laura Benanti, a familiar presence on TV shows like "Nashville," "The Good Wife" and "Nurse Jackie." He plays an angel sent to Earth to earn his wings; she's a rich businesswoman trying to put an old NYC tour guide (Lenny Wolpe) out of a job. (Don't worry, she'll change her mind.)
Surrounding them are the Rockettes, in their first local gig outside of Christmas in nearly 20 years.
The RockettesPhoto: MSG Entertainment
But even the leggy beauties weren't enough for the show's creators, who throw everything they can think of at the audience — including Knicks T-shirts, which probably aren't selling much these days at Madison Square Garden.
We're talking remote-controlled kites flying over the orchestra, 3-D projections, dogs parading across the stage and light-up watches for spectators — the last of which are underwhelming since theatergoers tend to keep their hands in their laps rather than wave them like clubbers on Ecstasy.
A montage of scenes from famous New York-set movies. A fashion show. Giant animated statues, including a 26-foot Lady Liberty with Whoopi Goldberg's voice, plus other taped celebrity cameos from the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Isaac Mizrahi and Tina Fey.
Laura Benanti and the Rockettes.Photo: MSG Entertainment
Last year, Radio City touted a spring show called "Heart and Lights," only to pull the plug days before it was to open. A new team was brought in for this spectacle, including director/choreographer Warren Carlyle ("A Christmas Story") and co-creative director Diane Paulus ("Pippin").
The result is a personality-free product that squanders the glorious Rockettes.
The troupe shines most in the opening number, set to Taylor Swift's "Welcome to New York" and choreographed by Mia Michaels from "So You Think You Can Dance." The rest is left to the hapless Carlyle, who has no clue what to do with them. Paradoxically, the Rockettes aren't a tenth as sexy and sassy as they are in the supposedly conservative
Christmas show.
At least the elegant Jared Grimes and the lovely, lively Benanti — who shows a flair for improv in a protracted audience-participation bit — pick up some of the slack. Even so, the show needs more of a leg to stand on.
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