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Review: 'The Cher Show,' a Broadway musical that hardcore fans can 'Believe' in

NEW YORK - How much Cher is too much Cher? I mean how much pasteurized celebrity information do you really, really want?

A related question posed by the new Broadway musical "The Cher Show," now at the Neil Simon Theatre, is how many Chers are too many Chers? Three actresses divide the larger-than-life role: Micaela Diamond plays young, insecure, impetuous Babe; Teal Wicks is the feisty, still-coming-into-her-own Lady; and Stephanie J. Block dominates as Star, the legend in her never-ending prime.

"Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" similarly broke its title character into three ages of divadom. "The Cher Show," which has a book by "Jersey Boys" author Rick Elice, is

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