The earnest staging at Segerstrom Hall is painfully faithful to the 1983 film that starred Jennifer Beals, save for the dancing body double."Flashdance the Musical" has its way over "Flashdance" the movie in at least one critical regard: The show's plucky heroine — as you'll recall: welder by day! nonstripping stripper by night! — is played by just one actress, as opposed to the constant cutting from Jenn…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM on May 9, 2013