High Fidelity Hits An Insurmountable Low

Less than a week after it opened to blistering reviews and public indifference, the musical version of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity was officially killed off by its disappointed producers. Part of the problem may have been that the hipster rock music that permeated the book and movie of the same name was nowhere to be found in the Broadway version, despite the fact that the plot largely revolves around it.