The Trouble With Taboo

What went wrong with “Taboo,” the Broadway musical that is closing after losing $10 million? “There are no ‘villains’ in this story, really – just a volatile, distracted and ultimately ineffectual producer; a weak director; a timid bookwriter who watched his key scenes get cut because they couldn’t be acted or directed properly; and a star, Boy George, who wrote a fine score (let’s give him his due) but wasn’t much of an actor. One person involved in “Taboo” calls the show a “missed opportunity. There are a lot of really good things in it, there just wasn’t anyone around who could pull it all together.”