During the Broadway run, Michele Lee left the show and was replaced by actress-singer-dancer-comedian Patti Karr. Karr had been Lee's standby. When the Broadway run ended, Lucie Arnaz, John Gavin, and Tommy Tune starred in the very well received national tour of the musical in 1974. (Gavin played the role for seven months on Broadway  replacing Ken Howard.) The Equity Library Theater, New York City, presented the musical in 1981. This production featured Karen Ziemba, Bill Tatum, Richard Ruth, Thom Warren and Diana Schlossberg . Used in this production as the Act 1 closer was "The Party's On Me', a song used in the National Tour.The "New York Times" reviewer noted that this "was less a musical than a play, less a play than a musical, and not enough of either. The saving grace, to the extent that there was any, was the choreography by Mr. Bennett (who also served as director and partial librettist) and the high point of the production was Tommy Tune's long-legged, high-kicking dance up a set of stairs on a stage filled with balloons. Under the circumstances, this is not a musical that lends itself very well to revival, because its original merits depended so much on the individuals involved in the Broadway presentation." The J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company, founded by Jim Jimirro (Executive Producer) and Robert W. Schneider (Artistic Director), presented an Off-Broadway revival as part of their inaugural season. Directed by Robert W. Schneider, the production starred Stephanie Israelson as Gittel Mosca, Andy Tighe as Jerry Ryan and J. Savage as David.