If they wanted to it would still be popular, they wanna dance, they wanna have a good time. Don't sit behind and yell for them to come back, get ahead and yell for them to catch up. Too many people get in camps where they like this guy but hate this guy. Judge the work of its own merit. If you don't like it, don't force yourself to because you like the creator.
Crap is crap and it all smells the same.
Musical theater should transcend the moment presented in the play, not satisfy it. It should mean more to the guy in the seat than it does to the character on the stage. It should resonate into people's lives. Too many creators simply try to fill the moment and sit in a comfortable place where they don't do anything creatively wrong. Creativity is dangerous, it should hurt audience and creator alike.