Edited sentence: " Roger Ebert gave the film a moderate review stating "The [stage play] contained more dancing and was generally more engaging, maybe simply because it was on the stage.As a drama, it's superficial and locked into a formula.As a song-and-dance picture, it talks too much.Fragile ensemble item often creaks under the Minnelli glitz, but results are likeable enough.The film was released only in a very limited format (seven theaters) on October 4 1991, and grossed $246,000 total in the United States.Variety, in its 1991 review described the film as "It's Liza-as-you-love-her in Stepping Out, a modest heartwarmer about a bunch of suburban left-feeters getting it together for a charity dance spot