BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY Reviews
#2
Posted: 2/20/14 at 6:59pm
I'm looking forward to this thread fill out with the reviews.
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#4
Posted: 2/20/14 at 8:26pm
Time Out NY is positive, with four out of five stars: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-bridges-of-madison-county
NBC is positive: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/bridges-madison-county-review-246357391.html
Talkin' Broadway is negative (what a surprise!): http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/BridgesMadisonCounty2014.html
NBC is positive: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/bridges-madison-county-review-246357391.html
Talkin' Broadway is negative (what a surprise!): http://www.talkinbroadway.com/world/BridgesMadisonCounty2014.html
Updated On: 2/20/14 at 08:26 PM
#5
Posted: 2/20/14 at 8:39pm
I am so very happy for these reviews. I'm hoping that all of them will be positive. I loved this show.
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#6
Posted: 2/20/14 at 8:44pm
I loved it too. Hoping the reviews continue to be positive.
#7
Posted: 2/20/14 at 8:47pm
Another vote for the loved column! Can't get enough of the music. Feeds my heart and soul!
#8
Is Talkin' Broadway EVER positive?
Someone needs to get their clock cleaned...
Posted: 2/20/14 at 9:11pm
Is Talkin' Broadway EVER positive?
Someone needs to get their clock cleaned...
#9
Posted: 2/20/14 at 9:16pm
The Hollywood Reporter is mixed: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bridges-madison-county-theater-review-682092
Chicago Tribune is mixed to negative: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chi-bridges-madison-county-review,0,4766242.column
Newsday is mixed to positive (?): http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/the-bridges-of-madison-county-review-weepy-romance-detours-into-conventional-broadway-1.7137633
Entertainment Weekly is postive, with a B+: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20364394_20789403,00.html
The Washington Post is mixed: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/02/20/broadways-bridges-of-madison-county-opens/
Chicago Tribune is mixed to negative: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chi-bridges-madison-county-review,0,4766242.column
Newsday is mixed to positive (?): http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/the-bridges-of-madison-county-review-weepy-romance-detours-into-conventional-broadway-1.7137633
Entertainment Weekly is postive, with a B+: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20364394_20789403,00.html
The Washington Post is mixed: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/02/20/broadways-bridges-of-madison-county-opens/
Updated On: 2/20/14 at 09:16 PM
#10
Posted: 2/20/14 at 9:27pm
At least the score was recorded in January by Ghostlight. Need to know when it will be released. Have a gut feeling Brantley will not like it. Jury is out on shows prospects.
Poster Emeritus
#11
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:08pm
Brantley will probably give Kelli O'Hara a rave but he will hate the show.
#12
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:10pm
Quite the respectable (if mixed) review from Brantley, with an all out love letter to Kelli: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/theater/bridges-of-madison-county-brings-iowa-to-broadway.html?_r=0
AP is positive: http://online.wsj.com/article/APf0bf08dff184445f99b6e9e855645f4e.html
TheaterMania is positive: http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/02-2014/the-bridges-of-madison-county_67601.html
USA Today is mixed to positive, with two and a half out of four stars: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2014/02/20/broadway-review-bridges-of-madison-county/5538945/
Variety is mixed to negative: http://variety.com/2014/legit/reviews/broadway-review-the-bridges-of-madison-county-1201113109/
NY Post is positive, with three out of four stars: http://nypost.com/2014/02/20/kelli-ohara-makes-the-most-of-bridges-of-madison-county/
NY Magazine is mixed to positive: http://www.vulture.com/2014/02/theater-review-the-bridges-of-madison-county.html?mid=googlenews
AP is positive: http://online.wsj.com/article/APf0bf08dff184445f99b6e9e855645f4e.html
TheaterMania is positive: http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/02-2014/the-bridges-of-madison-county_67601.html
USA Today is mixed to positive, with two and a half out of four stars: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/theater/2014/02/20/broadway-review-bridges-of-madison-county/5538945/
Variety is mixed to negative: http://variety.com/2014/legit/reviews/broadway-review-the-bridges-of-madison-county-1201113109/
NY Post is positive, with three out of four stars: http://nypost.com/2014/02/20/kelli-ohara-makes-the-most-of-bridges-of-madison-county/
NY Magazine is mixed to positive: http://www.vulture.com/2014/02/theater-review-the-bridges-of-madison-county.html?mid=googlenews
Updated On: 2/20/14 at 10:10 PM
#13
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:13pm
Ok gang. All is right with the world.
Poster Emeritus
#14
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:19pm
It's a good thing Brantley was mesmerized by Kelli O' Hara! Left handed complements bordering on uppercuts at the underlying material. Since he swooned so much about O'Hara you kind of don't notice the left handedness.
#15
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:24pm
"With so much padding in the second act, however, we have too much time to realize how shamelessly we're being manipulated."
GODDAMN THAT'S HARSH.
GODDAMN THAT'S HARSH.
#16
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:25pm
With the way Brantley jizzed himself over Kelli O'Hara and kept mentioning her in almost every other paragraph maybe people won't notice his feelings about the rest of the show. The producers definitely have some great "pull quotes" from the review.
Updated On: 2/20/14 at 10:25 PM
#17
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:29pm
That Newsday review is odd. He has a lot of positive things to say about it and then ends it by calling it manipulative.
#19
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:44pm
Better than I feared they might be, and if the producers of BEAUTIFUL, which has turned into an enormous hit despite mixed-to-positive notices for the show but huzzahs for Ms. Mueller, could make that show fly, BRIDGES and the raves for Kelli should have a really good shot for success. And the Tony award winner for Best Actress in a Musical has just shifted, and rightfully so.
#20
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:54pm
The Huffington Post is mixed to positive: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-suskin/aisle-view-bridge-over-tr_b_4827965.html
The Guardian is mixed to positive, with three out of five stars: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/21/bridges-of-madison-county-broadway-musical-review
AM NY is negative, with two stars: http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-the-bridges-of-madison-county-2-stars-1.7153545
NY Daily News is positive, with four out of five stars: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/bridges-madison-county-theater-review-article-1.1620397
The Wrap is positive: http://www.thewrap.com/bridges-madison-county-theater-review-kelli-ohara-steven-pasquale
The Guardian is mixed to positive, with three out of five stars: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/21/bridges-of-madison-county-broadway-musical-review
AM NY is negative, with two stars: http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-the-bridges-of-madison-county-2-stars-1.7153545
NY Daily News is positive, with four out of five stars: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/bridges-madison-county-theater-review-article-1.1620397
The Wrap is positive: http://www.thewrap.com/bridges-madison-county-theater-review-kelli-ohara-steven-pasquale
Updated On: 2/21/14 at 10:54 PM
#21
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:54pm
I would have had some more praise for Pasquale and the extraordinary lighting design, but I think Brantley's spot on otherwise. Glad to see some love for what worked, for it outweighs the shortcomings in the end. There's room for this on Broadway right now, hopefully they carve out their audience.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#22
Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:55pm
"But then Ms. O’Hara would sing. And the field of corn that is this production’s backdrop would seem to turn into a labyrinthine, richly hued forest where a woman, and an audience, can get lost in ecstasy."- Brantley.
WOW.
WOW.
#23
Posted: 2/20/14 at 11:08pm
The last time Brantley wrote a love letter like this was back in 2011 for Sutton Foster.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#24
Posted: 2/20/14 at 11:09pm
I just wanted to thank you, Wicked Rocks for not only compiling all the reviews, but for the didhelikeit-esque summary of the review.
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