This Facebook post reacted to the LOVE LIFE Times article. The post seemed controversial but interesting.
"Arthur Lundquist
Well, they made cuts for time, to bring the running time down to two hours. Not a deal breaker in my book. They dropped one musical number that they didn't have time to do justice to. Not inexcusable for an Encores presentation. But then, the director thought "what didn't make sense to me was the script." Well, to me that would be grounds for any director of integrity to turn down a project. The original show ran for a year on Broadway, which suggests the book is no disaster, and needs someone who understands what works about the script. So in order for her to give herself a personal stake in the project, the director got rid of a magician in the first scene and replaced him with two children. Which it seems to me would take away our introduction to the "vaudeville" inter-scenes that are the show's major innovations. On the other hand, in the article I see no mention of songs from the Lerner or Weil songbook being shoehorned into the show, which seems to be an irresistible temptation in this day and age. On balance, I'd give it a chance. Can't be worse than the revival of CAMELOT."
