Next to Cher, the greatest characters in the musical are her stunning costumes, of which there are many. Bob Mackie, the fashion designer and costumer who's worked with the singer ever since they met on The Carol Burnett Show in the '60s, serves as both a designer on the show and a character within it. His ensembles inject the production with more and more flash as each glittering number parades across the stage.
In one sequence about halfway through the show, when Mackie's character (an excellent Michael Berresse) begins collaborating with Cher on eye-popping looks during her days on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, a dizzying array of his bedazzled creations are revealed again and again by the cast. From her two memorable looks from the Oscars to dozens more stunners from her world tours and TV series, the people sitting around me audibly gasped every time one of her iconic costumes appeared.
