The Great Gatsby at the Coliseum: ‘a little empty beneath the razzmattaz’

Seldom has this plot, and Gatsby’s miraculous self-reinvention, seemed more fantastical. The millionaire’s mansion, a blend of art deco and intimidating Metropolis modernism, seems to have been conjured out of the air, like a Disney palace. Ditto his off-the-peg personality, all smooth tailoring and “old sport” courtliness. Muscato’s voice has great depth and a powerful sustain but it’s hard to play a blank. It doesn’t help that the chorus of his signature love song For Her sounds a bit like Barry Manilow’s Mandy.