MJ the Musical at Prince Edward Theatre review: a ravishing spectacle if you ignore the elephant in the room
This retelling of the King of Pop’s backstory to 1992 is full of pizzaz... but then the dubiousness of the enterprise sinks back in
We’re taken by Myles Frost’s spellbinding ‘MJ’ on a hectic ride through the King of Pop’s backstory and back catalogue as he prepares for his Dangerous tour in 1992 – when he was a painkiller-addicted, chimp-befriending, nose-whittled oddball who had not yet been publicly accused of sexually abusing children.