Roy Schieder is really good in this, one of his best roles, even though he isn't a dancer or singer...but that doesn't really matter, since he is directing most of the dance numbers rather than in them. Jessica Lange is also good (but isn't she always?), a real charmer.

There are several excellent numbers, especially the Fly Me scene, and the boffo ending...unlike most musicals, though, the plot isn't just a vehicle to take you from song to song...good writing, good acting...brilliant is an appropriate word for this. Touching. Funny. Maddening. Like a really huge train wreck, you know what's coming but you can't look away.

Watch this one with Chicago, a nice double feature.