RAGTIME Reviews

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 3:00am

Post 'em here!

My absolute to everyone involved.

Best,
- Mike

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 4:56am

Thanks, Mike....it wouldn't be an opening without your starting this thread!!!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:48am

Like two days early, as always.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:28am

Opening is tonight....reviews should be available later today.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 9:19am

All my best to everyone involved...here's hoping this production gets the stellar reviews it deserves!

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 10:41am

Wishing everyone involved all the best! Here's to hoping for stellar reviews!!

[adamgreer]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 10:44am

I hope they get the rave reviews they deserve!

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:01pm

No reviews yet? Wow.

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:03pm

It's only 5:00. The curtain doesn't even go up for another hour and a half.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:07pm

OH, my bad.... I thought it was a 2:00 curtain being that's been the Sunday time since the first preview.

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:08pm

Opening night is a whole different animal.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:12pm

True.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:16pm

Break a leg, RAGTIME! I hope this stunning production gets the reviews it deserves.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:13pm

Not sure who wrote this review. It's in the EL PASO INC. To me it reads like a Brantley review. I could be completely off the mark though...what do you think?

In any event - it's MIXED to FAVORABLE, whoever wrote it:

http://elpasoinc.com/readArticleNYT.aspx?guid=f65d7202-d76d-4aba-bf0e-154d2938b962

[adamgreer]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:15pm

WTF is El Paso Inc.??

ETA: the link in that article contains "NYT." Could that really be Brantley's review? Updated On: 11/15/09 at 06:15 PM

[boyfromoz2]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:49pm

It definitely reads like a Brantley review.

I really think there's a bit of an overload on comparing the '09 and the '98 productions in this review.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:50pm

It does read like a Brantley review and if it is, I'm not surprised. It seems to me that his biggest issue with the piece at it's core was the material. No version of the show would ultimately change that. What I took from this review is that this production makes up for the unbalanced or "preachy" story as much as it can. Again, this is only true if that really is Brantley but we'll see.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:03pm

Is this going to be like the bashing of the original Assassins and praising the revival? Ugh.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:13pm

That has to be a Brantley review. It sounds just like him. Especially "the radical Emma Goldman (a rousing Donna Migliaccio)." He loves to just slip those little descriptors for minor characters that stand out into parentheticals.
Updated On: 11/15/09 at 07:13 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:15pm

So you guys think El Paso Inc. received a copy of Brantley's review and posted it? Huh?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:17pm

What is going on? Haha.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:17pm

The website has an entire section dedicated to the New York Times. Look at the middle column on this page I've linked below. I wonder if they have some kind of deal with the Texas publication.

http://elpasoinc.com/Default.aspx?tv=t2&tn=lifeStyle

[Trish2]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:20pm

Well, either way, it's not a money review.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:21pm

It's not bad either.

If that is Brantley, it's probably the best I think most expected. He isn't a fan of the material so it's not like he'd rave about the production anyway. He seems to mainly have issues with the material, not the production. Updated On: 11/15/09 at 07:21 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:22pm

While it's not terribly negative, I doubt that is what the producers want from the NY Times (if it is).
Updated On: 11/15/09 at 07:22 PM