James at 2008-07-17 21:42:00:
I think the musical idea is a good and fresh one.
Particularly, given that the musical has been essentially dead for decades (with very few exceptions. Chicago, being one of them).
It is also a genre that tends to immediately cut down your male audience because of the connotation of a love of "showtunes" in this day and age.
Instead of trying to fight to avoid male hatred for musicals, it embraces it.
Smart move.