 It was "too long, too cultured, and sometimes even too solemn for its own good", according to Elliot Norton of "The Record American".In Detroit, the leading man was replaced (George Wallace replaced Dennis O'Keefe), and animosity developed between Schwartz and Dietz and the Hallidays, who decided not to bring the show to New York City.When the composers threatened to sue the couple for the $1.35 million advance sale, they agreed to open as scheduled.