The Edinburgh revival included a new song: "My Philosopher-King", a solo love ballad for Fairness. The musical was nominated for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Lyrics and Best Music at the Musical Theatre Network Awards. FringeGuru.com described "A Theory of Justice: The Musical!" as "bizarre, brave, deranged, intelligent, creative and ever-so-slightly magnificent". Reviewer Chris Grady wrote, "I sat watching "A Theory of Justice" desperately trying to remember who wrote it... Only on leaving... did I realise this is a wholly new, original work." EdFringeReview.com described the musical as "probably the most unashamedly intellectual musical ever written... It is best not to take this show too seriously since thankfully it doesn’t seem to take itself seriously either... entertaining and thoroughly original". A review on BroadwayBaby.com called it "a humorous and enlightening musical… ambitious and brave". In February 2018, the musical was workshopped by award-winning director Josh Seymour with a cast of West End actors, including Matthew Seadon-Young as John Rawls and Alex Young as Ayn Rand. It was staged for two performances at the 350-seat Arts Theatre in London's West End on 19 February 2018. The reworked version included several new songs, including a grand act I finale and medley, a new villain's song for Ayn Rand ("The Leading Lady"), and a power ballad for John Rawls ("Forget It All"). "A Theory of Justice: The Musical!" received its Welsh premiere at Cardiff University in Spring 2015. "The Cardiffian" called the musical "an absurd, exorbitant and playful show" that "explains opaque political philosophy in cheeky dialogues, cheerful songs and sexy acting", describing the script as "hilarious".