Entertained? I sure as f*#k was. Witness to history? In a way, sort of. Top notch theatre? No, not really. What does this all mean? Spend the $60 for a ticket and get an irreverent, funny, musical history of the life of our 7th president - Andrew Jackson.
I don't see this as a Broadway transfer (but crazier things have certainly happened). Appropriate for the Public Theatre this musical romp was well worth the 90 minutes in the elaborately shabby Newman theatre at the Public.
From his first words (and first sight - *sigh*) Benjamin Walker (Andrew Jackson) is HOT (dripping with sex, one might say) . The ensemble cast surrounding him never failed to entertain. More than a few times - over the top - but I guess that's what I signed up for. My favorites included Lucas Near-Verbrugghe (Van Buren) and Jeff Hiller (Adams) - who both almost made me pee in my pants a few times. Everyone is young. Everyone is sexy. It's loud. That's what they are going for.
Spring Awakening meets American Idiot meets Saturday Night Live - - that's my vote and I'm sticking to it.