Leap of Faith is based on the Steve Martin movie - the co-author of the book of the musical is the woman who wrote its screenplay. I wrote the notes in a certain way for reasons you will all probably understand. The audience last night went wild at the end, and I actually heard the CTG artistic director say the show was ready to move to B'way because his invited, filled with friends audience had cheered and stood up. That's a little delusional. The show has real problems and yes, JMK, it's 110 in the Shade and The Music Man and all the others you mentioned. It's very repetitious musically and in structure, very long, and its director is just someone I don't cotton to and his work, both in direction and dance is not focused enough and at times downright weird. The show, which takes place, I believe, now, in sets and costumes looks like its taking place in the 40s or 50s in a curious country which I'd call Agnes de Milleland.
