'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Advances Broadway Plans Both the book and score feature plenty of funny gags, such as the entrance to the underworld being the headquarters of “DOA Records” and the strains of “Come Sail Away” that we hear as the characters come upon the River Styx. Providing ample compensation is the amusing dialogue, which proves just as funny for adults as children - “The gods are unfair, but we’re not total dicks,” Poseidon assures Percy when they finally meet - and the tuneful, pop-rock score featuring such songs as “Put You in Your Place” and “Another Terrible Day.”Īlthough it delivers some positive messages - “Normal is a myth/Everyone has issues they’re dealing with,” Percy’s mom sings - the show never stoops to the sort of preachifying so common in theater geared to kids. But don’t worry if you can’t keep up with the fast-paced proceedings. The complicated plot - it would be helpful to read the book beforehand - involves Percy and his new friends’ efforts to prevent a war among the Greek gods and find Zeus’ missing lightning bolt. D (Salazar, again), the camp’s director, whose snarky attitude might have something to do with the fact that he’s Dionysus, the god of wine. Percy, who suffers from dyslexia and ADHD (as did Riordan’s young son, who inspired him to write the book), is sent to a summer camp for similar “half-bloods.” There, he meets the feisty Annabeth (Kristin Stokes), daughter of Athena Grover (George Salazar), a good-natured satyr and Mr. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: Film Review
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