Who's got time for a musical that's as bad as this is?

IT'S frankly astonishing that the combined talents of former Eurythmic Dave Stewart, soul artist Joss Stone and America's "most produced living playwright" Lauren Gunderson should come up with a musical as bland as this

- Nick Curtis

The grand romance of Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 bestseller, which asked smart questions about how you'd cope if your partner was repeatedly, involuntarily transported through time, is here played for gloopy sentiment and goofy laughs. In the title role of "paper sculptor" Clare, Joanna Woodward has a strong, rich voice that makes her big number, One Day, one of the few standout songs. As sporadically vanishing hubby Henry, David Hunter has a sitcom cheerfulness, as if regular temporal dislocation were just a mild inconvenience. Together, they have zero chemistry.