Tamara’s Reviews > The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built > Status Update

Sorry not sorry - I will be taking away one star from whatever my final rating was going to be because of the footnote where the author, at age 16, suggests to the producer of Man of La Mancha to cut "The Impossible Dream." As an adult, he says, "I still think the world might be better for this," as if his knowledge of the lyrics will soften whatever point he thinks he's clever for trying to make here.