Waitress review – sweet but underbaked Broadway musical finally arrives in Australia (opens in new tab)

Her Majesty’s Theatre, MelbourneEven among the notoriously thin plots of musicals, this one feels particularly underfed – though Natalie Bassingthwaighte does a reasonable jobAmerican pies actually taste kind of weird: despite ultra-bright colours, glazed surfaces and lashings of whipped cream, they’re oddly insubstantial and unsatisfying, seemingly designed to look better than they taste. In this way, they are the perfect subject for this musical, which has very little to say but says it all...