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FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS

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#125re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 10/31/09 at 9:12am

Toronto Star - Rave

Curtain up on pot of gold

Finian's Rainbow shows how musical comedy can capture our minds as well as our hearts
Toronto Star

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#126re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 10/31/09 at 2:59pm

So far the tally is...


16 Raves :
Backstage
Theatremania
New York Times
Variety
Associated Press
The Daily News
New Jersey Newsroom
The Hollywood Reporter
USA Today
Musical America
On Off Broadway
Curtain Up
New York
Theatre News Online
Bloomberg News
Toronto Star

7 Positive :
Wall Street Journal
Bergen Record
Newsday
Talkinâ?? Broadway
Entertainment Weekly
NY 1
Financial Times

1 Mixed :
Time Out

0 Negative :

0 Pans :





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Updated On: 11/3/09 at 02:59 PM

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AbbyNormal13
#127re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 10/31/09 at 10:26pm

All of these great reviews makes me want to go back and see it again!

Ed_Mottershead
#128re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/1/09 at 11:56am

I was at Sardi's yesterday and Finian's Rainbow was the hot topic of the day. Everyone's happy that it's happening, everyone's shocked at the overhwemlingly positive critical response. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of talented people. I'm going back to see if they've tweaked it since I saw it (3rd preview).


BroadwayEd

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MarkK
#129re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/3/09 at 8:12pm

Financial Times is a Rave
FT

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#130re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/3/09 at 11:37pm

Actually a Rave would be 5 stars (our of 5) so this is just extremely positive, but one more for the list. I am still surprised at 0 negatives for this show. 0!


Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!

I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com

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jsg03jd
#131re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/7/09 at 11:17pm

The TIME OUT NY reviewer is just a megabitch.

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musicaltheater1
#132re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/8/09 at 3:06pm

I can't wait to see this show.


"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley

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DRSisLove
#133re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/8/09 at 3:49pm

Saw this twice this week. Absolutely terrific production, with an exceptional cast. Definitely one of the best I've seen in a long, long time.

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AbbyNormal13
#134re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/8/09 at 3:53pm

Don't know if these were posted

Christopher Fitzgerald article
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/rialto/past/2009/110509.html

Cheyenne Jackson article
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704013004574515740622613538.html

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musicaltheater1
#135re: FINIANS RAINBOW REVIEWS
Posted: 11/8/09 at 6:56pm

Are they already selling the colored programs at the St. James' lobby?


"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley


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