- Dina and Donna The Goldfarb Variations - Dina, Feldman, Donna, Manny and Charmin Doug's Act - Doug A Bit of Villainy - Feldman, Dina and Donna West End Avenue - Cal Sweet, Sweet, Sweet - Charmin, Manny, Mike and Steve Before Your Very Eyes - Dina, Donna and Feldman Opening night cast Cheryl Barnes, Dina Doug Henning, Doug (later replaced by Jeffrey Mylett and the character name was changed to "Jeff", then later Joe Abaldo took over the role of "Joe.") Robert LuPone, Manny Annie McGreevey, Donna Anita Morris (later replaced by Loni Ackerman), Charmin Lloyd Sannes, Steve Sam Schacht, Goldfarb Dale Soules, Cal Ronald Stafford, Mike David Ogden Stiers, Feldman Opening night band Stephen Reinhardt, keyboards, musical director Paul Shaffer, keyboards Steve Manes, bass Brian McCormick, guitar Gerry Weiner, guitar Joey Saulter, drums Charles Birch, percussion Reception Reviews for the show were mixed. In the New York Times, Clive Barnes wrote what he called “an adulterated rave,” because “Mr. Henning is terrific. He is the greatest illusionist I have ever seen … On the other hand, the show is awful. This is a 'Magic Show' where they should keep the magic and abandon the show.” The Times’ Sunday critic Walter Kerr concurred that “If the star of the occasion, magician Doug Henning, were entirely serious about his business, he would promptly make the rest of the show disappear.” However, Kerr concluded that “the show is the kind that parents will take children to on the pretext that they are doing the children a favor. But they go for their own fun, really.” Some critics were fonder of the show. In One More Kiss, his book surveying Broadway musicals of the 1970s, Ethan Mordden wrote that the show’ success was “first, because Henning really did have a wonderful act, and, second, because the frame was amusing enough. Director-choreographer Grover Dale gave it atmosphere, David Ogden Stiers as the cast-off magician was a wily piece of camp, and Schwartz’s score is capable and surprising.” At least one of the songs, “West End Avenue,” became a standard; Peter Filichia wrote that it was “one of the most popular cabaret songs of the late ‘70s.” DVD version In 2001, a filmed performance staged especially for the cameras in 1980, directed by Norman Campbell at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, was issued on DVD by Image Entertainment. This production, originally intended for