"MAGICAL! THIS REVUE COULD BE TITLED "SWINGING ON A STAR WITH SEVEN ALTOGETHER DELIGHTFUL, STARQUALITY PERFORMERS." IT TAKES THE SONGS OF LYRICIST JOHNNY BURKE AS ITS TEXT (THEY INCLUDE "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN ... .. WHAT'S NEW," "DON'T LET THAT MOON GET AWAY," "IMAGINATION" AND "MISTY"), PLUS AN ASSORTMENT OF NUMBERS HANDLED WITH CRISP, PARODIC CHARM FROM THE BING CROSBY AND BOB HOPE MOVIES. WHAT A PLEASURE TO BE REMINDED THAT A BROADWAY SHOW CAN BE A HIGH-SPIRITED COLLABORATION. THE DIRECTION OF MICHAEL LEEDS AND KATHLEEN MARSHALL GO HAND IN GLOVE...THE SEVEN PERFORMERS WORK SO WELL TOGETHER AND SINGLY... I THANK THEM, AND YOU WILL TOO!"

"A DELIGHTFUL EVENING OF PURE SHOW-OFF SHOW-BIZ! IT FEELS AWFULLY GOOD! THE SHOW RECALLS A TIME WHEN POPULAR MUSIC WAS OFTEN A HOPEFUL PICK-ME-UP, A MEANS, AS BURKE WROTE, OF PUTTING "THE WORN- OUT AND THE WEARY" BACK ON THEIR FEET. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY STILL A HUNGER FOR THIS KIND OF FARE AMONG CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCES OR THERE WOULDN'T BE SO MANY REVIVALS FROM THE BRIGHT HEYDAY OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL. THIS SHOW IS NOT JUST A MEMORIAL TO BURKE. NOR IS IT A CLOYING WALLOW IS NOSTALGIA ORA CONCEPTUAL TRACING OF POP-MUSIC HISTORY. DIRECTOR MICHAEL LEEDS, CHOROEGRAPHER KATHLEEN MARSHALL AND MUSIC DIRECTOR BARRY LEVITT HAVE SHREWDLY CONCENTRATED ON GIVING EACH NUMBER AN INVIGORATING, PRESENT-TENSE VITALITY. THE SHOW LETS EACH OF ITS SEVEN ENSEMBLE MEMBERS EMERGE AS A FULLY DEFINED PERSONALITY WITH A BRAZEN, INFECTIOUS DELIGHT IN DOING WHAT HE OR SHE DOES BEST."

"A WINNER! GRAB THE CHANCE TO SWING ON THIS STAR -- YOU'LL HAVE A BALL! BURKE REALLY WAS A WONDERFULLY GIFTED LYRICIST WITH A FEEL FOR SIMPLICITY AND THE WAY WORDS CAN DANCE ACROSS A CROWDED BAR. SWINGING ON A STAR HAS BEEN DEVISED BY MICHAEL LEEDS WHO HAS BOTH WRITTEN AND DIRECTED THE SHOW AND DONE A NIFTY JOB OF PACKAGING. JAMES YOUMANS' SCENERY SHOWS EFFORTLESS VERSATILITY, JUDY DEARING'S COSTUMES ARE PERFECT AS IS RICHARD NELSON'S CONSISTENTLY HELPFUL LIGHTING. BEYOND SUCH PRODUCTION VALUES COMES THE ABSOLUTELY SPLENDID YOUNG CAST. ALL CAN TAKE A TOTALLY DESERVED CORPORATE BOW."

"SUAVE! SMOOTH AND HUMOROUS, NAIVE AND KNOWING! CHARMING AND ENTERTAINING! THIS SHOW RECALLS THE STYLISH EXUBERANCE OF AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' AND SOPHISTICATED LADIES. LIVELY PRODUCTION NUMBERS, WHICH KATHLEEN MARSHALL'S CHOREOGRAPHY HELP SPARK ... THE ENDING HAS THE CAST LITERALLY SWINGING ON STARS. WE EXIT SWINGING TOO!"

"A SMART, TALENTED, HIGH-ATTITUDE CAST AND LOTS OF GOOD SONGS, SUCH AS "DOCTOR RHYTHM," IMAGINATION," "MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU," .. MISTY" AND "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN"... LEWIS CLEALE IS ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT, MUSICIANLY BROADWAY VOCALISTS TO COME ALONG IN YEARS!"

"HIGH SPIRITS AND SOLID TALENT! EUGENE FLEMING, A DAZZLING TAP DANCER, SINGS "MISTY" BEAUTIFULLY. TERRY BURRELL DOES A STYLISH "BUT, BEAUTIFUL." ALVALETA GUESS BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN WITH "SUNDAY, MONDAY OR ALWAYS," AND LEWIS CLEALE DOES WELL WITH "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN." DENISE FAYE DANCES IMPRESSIVELY. THEY ALL BRING HIGH SPIRITS AND SOLID TALENT TO THE EVENING! A SMALL ONSTAGE COMBO PROVIDES CONSTANT JOY!"

"SNAPPY, RAPID-FIRE MUSIC AND LYRICS. A CHEERFUL MUSICAL! THE BEST OF JOHNNY BURKE'S LYRICS ARE FILLED WITH SIMPLE, DIRECT EMOTION. HIS LYRICS COULD BE FUNNY WITHOUT BEING SELF-CONSCIOUS OR EXCESSIVELY CLEVER. THERE IS A WISECRACKING QUALITY TO HIS COMEDY NUMBERS. MICHAEL McGRATH IS A TRIPLE THREAT MAN, ADEPT AT COMEDY, SINGING AND DANCING! LEWIS CLEALE HAS A BIG, BOOMING VOICE AND LEADING-MAN LOOKS! EUGENE FLEMING TAPS WITH GUSTO! TERRY BURRELL OFFERS A HEARTFELT "BUT, BEAUTIFUL." KATHY FITZGERALD DELIVERS "HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY" WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EMOTION. DENISE FAYE MAKES A SWEET BOBBY-SOXER. ALVALETA GUESS SASSES HER WAY THROUGH SEVERAL'BIG-WOMAN' NUMBERS."

"A HAPPY MUSICAL CELEBRATION! HOOFING SO HIGH AS TO BE NEARLY STRATOSPHERIC! IT'S AUTHENTIC FUN, THAT'S FOR CERTAIN. A PERFECT SHOW TO HOLD HANDS TO. ONE VERY SNAZZY SONGFEST, LOVINGLY PUT TOGETHER BY MICHAEL LEEDS. EXUBERANT CHOREOGRAPHY BY KATHLEEN MARSHALL. SWINGING RIGHT ALONG ON STARRY-EYED WORDS, THE CAST OF SEVEN MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER. YOU'LL LIKE THEM ONE AND ALL. PULL UP A STAR AND ENJOY THE RIDE!"

"A TOE-TAPPING, FINGER-SNAPPING, DELIGHT!"

"A REAL CROWD PLEASER WITH A BEGUILING CAST. WONDERFUL!"

"EUGENE FLEMING IS A DIZZYING TAP DANCER WHO MAKES YOU HANG ON HIS FEET OF WHICH HE SEEMS TO HAVE MORE THAN A SWISS ARMY KNIFE HAS EXTENDABLES. DENISE FAYE [IS] A CHARMINGLY PERT SINGER-DANCER-ACTRESS."

"A STYLISH, HEARTFELT SHOWCASE FOR THE SONGS OF JOHNNY BURKE. ALVALETA GUESS'S RICH ROOM-FILLING VOICE, EUGENE FLEMING'S ASTONISHING DANCING, MICHAEL MCGRATH'S CHARM AND GARY GUZIO'S SWEET, PUNCHY TRUMPETING ARE THE STANDOUTS IN A NEAR-PERFECT CAST AND BAND. BRILLIANT CHOREOGRAPHY BY KATHLEEN MARSHALL."