i was one of the few people who saw The Goodbye Girl (Broadway Version) I know they had a lot of problems
1) They had problems with the opening. The Bernadette Peters character was not likeable and the had to make her sympathetic. I don't think they ever solved this.
2) The book was not the funny. Really a misfire for Simon. Except for one scene where the audience was laughing do hard it was hard to hear the dialogue, It was the exercise class and the instuctor was doing a wicked imitation of Richard Simmons.
4) Martin Shorrt was far better that Bernadette Peters which I understand cause friction if you believe what was said in
The show was revamped for London They dump the lyrics by David Zippel as if that ws the prohlem