"... the delicious ‘Marian the Librarian’, what Ms. Stroman realizes here is something subtler. It's not raucousness so much that follows; it’s gliding fantasy that shows off the corps de ballet at its best. Heavy tomes become as light and manipulable as straw hats and canes, and earthbound adolescents soar skyward. [...) ... it still has more helium than any of the other self-described family entertainments on Broadway."