Critical Reaction

Critical Reaction

Critical Reaction

"A heartwarming look at what love and life are all about. [& ] The music is darling, and the presentation is just delightful." - GoUpstate.com

"Riverwind still boasts one of the best scores of the 1960s. [& ] All six characters were interesting and the songs were much more than that." - Off-Broadway Musicals Since 1919

"The score of Riverwind is one of the best written for 1960s musical theatre, on Broadway or off [& ] the 'Wishing Song' quartet [is] one of the most exquisite numbers ever heard on the musical stage.  The 'Wishing Song' is a model of an intelligent, character-driven lyric matched to haunting, enchanting music." - Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007

"The Riverwind score is a delight, its catchiest item a showstopping advice song for mother and daughter called 'Sew the Buttons On.'" - Broadway.com

"A sheaf of uncommonly attractive musical numbers [& ] it is not often that an off-Broadway musical is blessed with such agreeable tunes and lyrics." - The New York Times

"It is the songs that make Riverwind so very special. Best of the lot are a lively, bouncing waltz, 'Pardon Me While I Dance'; an astoundingly good quartet called 'Wishing Song,' which is something like South Pacific's 'Twin Soliloquies' times two; and another wonderful waltz duet, 'Sew the Buttons On,' which sweeps along in the best Richard Rodgers manner (a la 'Lover' or 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World')." - Playbill.com

"There is much in the musical that is attractive and entertaining. [& ] Mr. Jennings brings a sophistication of insight which, although cast in homely terms, is quite out of the ordinary on our musical stage.  His lyrics are bright and alive and his music [& ] is pretty and full of charm." - The Village Voice