 Joe Brown of "The Washington Post" praised the chemistry between Marvin and Whizzer, calling their relationship "sexily combative".Brown also highlighted the emotional ending, stating that the audience, "which began the play roaring with laughter, is left in tear-soaked shreds".Jeremy Gerard of "Variety" commented that "to call "Falsettos" a musical about gay life in modern times is also to shortchange its tremendous appeal as a masterly feat of comic storytelling and as a visionary musical theater work".