The "Times" criticized the lyrics and dialogue, commenting that "numerous jokes fall flat. At one point, though, Detective and Professor Plum have a very nice volley of literary quotes". The New York "Daily News" called it "excruciatingly unfunny" and quipped, "Inflicting such embarrassing material on a group of able-bodied actors and then supplying them with a variety of deadly weapons is a dangerous provocation. ...Making a musical from a board game is the kind of bizarre task that only a genius or a fool would undertake. And there is no sign of genius here. ...the songs are a dull pastiche of 1930s musicals".