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Review: ‘The Lightning Thief’ inventively reveals the demigods among us

You think your dad (or mom) is a deadbeat? Consider the plight of the young characters in “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical,” a thoroughly endearing family-friendly musical at the Longacre Theatre. Each of the six youngsters in the show has but one fully engaged parent, if that.

The Broadway cast of 'The Lightning Thief.' (Photo: Jeremy Daniel)

You think your dad (or mom) is a deadbeat? Consider the plight of the young characters in “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical,” a thoroughly endearing family-friendly musical at the Longacre Theatre. Each of the six youngsters in the show has but one fully engaged parent, if that. The other parents are variously absent, negligent, self-obsessed, entirely unknown or downright dangerous.

Also, they are Greek gods. Which is no excuse. After all, you’d expect more from a god than a human, wouldn’t you?

Based on characters created by Rick Riordan in a series of popular young adult novels, the musical, with a book by Joe Tracz and score by Rob Rokicki, was seen in a smaller-scaled Off Broadway production in 2017, and has been expanded for its limited Broadway run. Happily, the show, nimbly directed by Stephen Brackett, has retained its charmingly funky, DIY ethos.

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