i guess you have to give some point for the sheer courage of write a musical around a history lesson but how about some decent music . be the cartoonish acting of howard desilva mean to pique the interest of otherwise jaded child . be william daniel campy contemporary ( for the time ) act style meant to appeal to a 1960s/70s demographic . do we need all the in joke about ny and nj . ( i can hear the blue haired broadway audience guffaw on cue . ) sorry and i find the whole piece date and boring and the acting far too strident for the screen .