After "In Trousers" was "viciously panned", Finn considered abandoning musical theater and attending medical school. Finn also lost his singing voice permanently during a shower scene in the show. He recalled that "There were problems, but it was fun". Finn felt that the negative reception to "In Trousers" was undeserved: "if the critic for the Times at that time had been more responsible, it would have been a considerable debut. But as it was, he just said it was junk. So I just started writing 'March of the Falsettos'."