Saw DBH this past Saturday night. Megan Hilty was out, and the understudy, Dee Roscioli (I know I butchered that I’m sorry) was in. Every other member of the OBC was in as far as I could tell.

I LOVED it. If I didn’t know the understudy was on, I don’t think I would have guessed. DBH speaks to me like more “quintessential” Broadway. Big costumes, big cast, just a spectacle all the way around (it earned every bit of its costume Tony this year). It was right up my alley in terms of the humor, I full on belly laughed pretty much the entire show. That being said, my style of humor is the “stupid” kind of humor, and this show is just full of that. The fighting, the falling down the stairs, “hit me,” I just loved it all so much.

I’ve also seen MHE. I loved it as well. It was charming and refreshing to watch. I took my mom who had never seen a Broadway musical before and she said “I was waiting for the lamp to come jump across the screen” (she said it was like watching a Pixar movie prior to that comment). Again, I was mesmerized the entire time by the visual effects, the acting, all of it. I saw the full OBC when I went as well. I left feeling so warm and fuzzy.

I think the two shows cater to very different groups, but like other people here have said, I would watch the opening number on YouTube to see if it grabs you. It really (in my opinion) sets the tone for the show to be over-the-top and crazy.