My opinion on TA has been pretty consistent over the years, I mostly enjoy the first 10-12 tracks (excluding the NOMAC tracks, ugh, wasn't one more than enough?). After that point, it mostly runs together, with a few exceptions. That was reiterated when I saw DT perform it live..., at some point, after song 10-12, I lost track of what song they were on / where they were in the plot. At least until they'd get to a "highlight" song or moment, then I'd again quickly get lost. I recall that the concert felt like a chore to get through from that point onwards. That was in spite of the fact that I saw the slightly truncated version where they nixed a few from TA and added a few "best of" DT tracks to the end of the show.
IMO, they didn't have the songs or story/concept to support an album with 34 tracks and intended to be like a Broadway musical. I really wish they had focused on narrowing this down to one disc like Scenes. That seemingly would have allowed the cream to rise to the top. I guarantee they could have told pretty much the same story in one disc.
That being said, I wish the storyline underlying the project had been better or at least more unique. I've described it as asinine ever since the album was released and time has done it no favors. I couldn't make myself care one iota about the plight of the various characters, knowing full well that music was going to win in the end.
This may just be funny to me, but during the live show when the characters are sobbing over the death of Faythe, one of my buddies looked at me and said, "Smells like someone died", quoting the movie "Tombstone." I think we cracked up for a good chunk of the remainder of the show.
Overall, I still appreciate that they were willing to try something different and ambitious, even if it didn't totally work for me. Also, I still legitimately enjoy some of the album.