▁there ▁very ▁warm ly ▁and ▁enthus iast ically . ▁G ers h win ▁later ▁wrote ▁that ▁what ▁he ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁his ▁" compos er ' s ▁st om ach ", ▁a il ments ▁which ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁origin ated ▁in ▁his ▁nerv ous ness ▁on ▁the ▁opening ▁night ▁of ▁Blue ▁Monday . ▁A ▁few ▁days ▁after , ▁it ▁opened ▁( and ▁closed ) ▁on ▁Broadway ▁at ▁the ▁Glo be ▁Theatre ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 9 2 2 . ▁The ▁opera ▁itself ▁did ▁not ▁gain ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁accept ance ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁trag ic ▁ending , ▁and ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁Sc and als ▁after ▁only ▁one ▁performance . ▁ ▁Some ▁critics ▁saw ▁the ▁work ▁as ▁worse ▁than ▁just ▁in app ropri ate ▁for ▁the ▁Sc and als , ▁as ▁Charles ▁Dar nt on ' s ▁review ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁World ▁called ▁it ▁" the ▁most ▁dis mal , ▁stupid , ▁and ▁incred ible ▁black face ▁sketch ▁that ▁has ▁probably ▁ever ▁been ▁perpet r ated . ▁In ▁it ▁a ▁dus ky ▁sop rano ▁finally ▁killed ▁her ▁g amb ling ▁man . ▁She ▁should ▁have ▁shot ▁all ▁her ▁associ ates ▁the ▁moment ▁they ▁appeared ▁and ▁then ▁turned ▁the ▁p istol ▁on ▁herself ." ▁According ▁to ▁Re ed ▁College ▁Professor ▁of ▁Music ▁David ▁Schiff , ▁" With ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁black ▁musical s ▁like ▁Sh uffle ▁Al ong ▁and ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁black ▁stars ▁such ▁as ▁Paul ▁Rob es on ▁and