Critical Response
Critical response was mixed. Ben Brantley, reviewing in The New York Times, wrote that the show compares unfavorably with the composers' Les Misérables and that it registers as a relic of a long-gone era, but praised the performances of Block and Balgord. The Variety reviewer wrote: "all-plot, no-heart new show is persuasively sung by a valiant cast, yet it never forges an emotional connection with the audience."
The show received no Tony Award nominations and faced steadily declining grosses and high weekly running costs. When the show closed, it was reported by The New York Times that it had lost "at least $16 million."
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