Chris Herzberger, executive at Live Theatricals at Universal Stage Productions, who developed the musical,[1] said that, "I ask, 'Is it a great story, one that will move me, make me laugh or cry?

Having tested the waters in a small house (Goodspeed) and in a huge amphitheater (MUNY), the show finds its middle ground on the Main Stem.

Directed by Greenberg, the cast featured Murin, Racey and Rutigliano returning as Linda, Ted and Danny, with Nancy Opel as Louise, Colin Donnell as Jim and Holly Ann Butler as Lila.

[8][9] In August 1946, song-and-dance trio Jim Hardy, Ted Hanover, and Lila Dixon perform at a club in New York City ("Steppin' Out With My Baby/I'll Capture Her Heart").

She accepts, and he tells her that he bought Mason Farm in Midville, Connecticut, intending for them to leave show business to raise a family ("The Little Things in Life").

Linda and Jim are attracted to each other and awkwardly express their shared loneliness and longing to move forward with their lives ("Marching Along With Time").

Lila finally visits Jim ("It's A Lovely Day Today"), but she breaks off their engagement; she will continue performing with Ted.

He and Louise decide to turn the farm into an inn – only open on holidays – as a way to satisfy his desire to perform while still living a quiet life most of the year, and to bring in money.

As Linda prepares for the Independence Day performance ("Song of Freedom"), Louise locks her in the barn to prevent the producers from seeing her.

Linda assumes Jim has sabotaged her again and leaves Lila locked in the barn, returning to the stage to join Ted for the end of his number.

After the performance, Linda confronts Jim, but he has no knowledge of the producers nor of Lila's presence, and Louise admits she orchestrated the sabotage.

On the set of the movie, Linda is having a tough time with the fictionalization of the story, interrupting shots and proving difficult for the director and producers to work with.

Later in Midville, Ted and Lila reunite at the wedding of Linda and Jim, who vow to continue performing at the Inn ("Finale").

[...] Director Gordon Greenberg and co-writer Chad Hodge have significantly rethought, reshaped and revitalized the script, giving the show more heart, a modern sensibility and a joyful spirit.

[11] Charles Isherwood, in his review of the Broadway production for The New York Times, wrote: "All of the performers are skilled singers and actors, filling in the generic contours of their characters with proficient professionalism", and the show "added such Berlin gems as “Blue Skies,” “Cheek to Cheek” and “Heat Wave”.

The interpolated songs are integrated into the plot smoothly enough, without lifting the show's mild temperature or bringing new definition to the characters.

"[12] Elyse Sommer, reviewing the Broadway production for CurtainUp, wrote that the show is a "trip back to sheer old-fashioned good-time entertainment – especially given Denis Jones's very lively choreography and the excellent designers and performers ... particularly ... the first act's jump rope routines in "Shakin' the Blues Away."