I saw the show once, albeit in a god-awful amateur production, and I thought that the book was, if not actually horrendous, certainly pointless.
I sat there thinking, "They went through ninety different Hells creating this show and THIS is the bestt book that they could come up with?!?!?"
Score-wise, I think that the best song in the show is "Arms of a Younger Man". If Tony Bennett was still recording show tunes, he should have recorded it.
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba