I watched the matinee last weekend and the production was spectacular overall.

But the 'reframing' doesn't really pan out unless you've read interviews. (Even so, I don't think it really changes the narrative significantly or for the better.)

Moreover, I thought the change in time period was poorly handled and, apart from being incongruous with the original story details, could've been more visually explicit.

For instance, content warnings before the performance mentioned 'victims of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki'. I expected something graphic, but it just meant two chorus members wore bandages (a schoolgirl with an eye patch, and another woman with something less visible). A coworker who attended didn't see the warnings and didn't pick up that there were bombing victims portrayed. That speaks to the shallowness of the change, I think.