"The book which tries to be funny is not. The show, which tries to be part spoof, part politically ironic and part musically entertaining, fails on all accounts. To make matters worse, the music is a bore and tuneless...The plot is not even smart enough for five-year-olds if they got the political barbs, or entertaining enough for adults...The choreography is amateurish with everything but some of the performances coming off as trite...What is good about this show is most of the cast."
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“What appeared on stage was a dated musical with weak material, and 28 songs and reprises with only a handful being salvageable...It's a musical that seems to be lost in nostalgia...It's like watching the old guy at the party trying to be young and hip...But when something works, it really really works...Charles Abbott’s direction was weak to say the least...It was drab. The comic world should lead to a plethora of potential. Instead, it was just a series of missed opportunities.”
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