i like musical but a a dickens fan i hate this one . mild spoiler starve boy who have enough energy to sing and dance in the workhouse . the poor of london come out to sing . fagin and dodger walk off into the sunset . not exactly faithful to the novel . a i recall and dodger be publicly hang and fagin go crazy in prison . end of spoilersoliver reed be very weak a sykes and do little more than growl to indicate his evil . worst however and be mark lester a oliver and who often come across so awkward and passive you wonder if he really the main character . his portrayal be in no way help by the fact that the best they could do when he sing be dub in the voice of a girl . guess they do not realize that boy treble can be find in almost every church in england . self respect dickens fan represent stick to david lean amazing 1948 film or the bbc 6 hour adaptation from the mid 80 . avoid this bloated whitewash of a musical .