‘Oliver!’ and Other London Musicals, Outsize or Intimate

NYTimes.com: "Dress ’em to the teeth, or strip ’em down to their skivvies. That’s how London is treating its musicals these days. Broadway producers shopping the West End for souvenir song-and-dance shows to take home will find they come in two sizes: extra-large and loud (like the ear-blasting, eye-scalding “Sister Act” and “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”) or stylishly preshrunk (the scaled-down revivals of “La Cage aux Folles” and “A Little Night Music”). But it seems safe to say that none of them are going to be the next “Billy Elliot.”"