Lynne Weiss — Theater Critic

The musical numbers are consistently loud and monotonous, in the sense that they are generally alike and lacking in emotional range. Despite being set in a musically rich era—the Jazz Age—the music evokes the blandest and least memorable productions of late-1950s and early-1960s Broadway. I was waiting to hear the influence of musical greats such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, or Ma Rainey, but as far as this show was concerned, they did not exist.

The musical numbers are consistently loud and monotonous, in the sense that they are generally alike and lacking in emotional range. Despite being set in a musically rich era—the Jazz Age—the music evokes the blandest and least memorable productions of late-1950s and early-1960s Broadway. I was waiting to hear the influence of musical greats such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, or Ma Rainey, but as far as this show was concerned, they did not exist.