How did I miss this??? Didn't even know it was on.
I watch enough football that it was impossible to miss. To be fair they've called in for a bunch of stuff so I get a reminder every other day as they're buying expendables.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if NBC did a musical production that hasn't already been made into a movie and how people would react to that.
I think that part of the problem is also the stunt casting, people have a hard time seeing their favorite stars perform live in a different type of role than normal. I would love to see Hugh Jackman or someone else who has a stronger stage background and still enough of a name to draw a crowd.
If they did a musical no one had heard of I think their fear would be a general "meh" from the populace. They did already lose half their audience compared to the Sound of Music which they did expect so it wasn't a shocker.
I don't feel like it was horrible stunt casting. Williams did a decent job IMO and Walken was Walken. Hard to not love him even when he goes up on his lines.