Critical Reaction

Critical Reaction

"A whopper of a musical"
– World-Telegram & Sun

"Bittersweet without the bitter... the score has a great deal of the sophisticated charm that is characteristic of the composer and lyricist, whose gift for time-specific musical spirit is apparently in numbers like the winking, over-sentimental ballad 'Artificial Flowers' and the ragtime-ish production number 'Little Old New York.'"
– The New York Times

"[The score] pays wonderful tribute to the show s Gilded Age milieu."
– Variety