RAGTIME Reviews — Page 2

#26

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:26pm

It's funny. I actually agree with that review almost 100%. I thought Marcia Milgrom Dodge didn't completely hit the mark, though the whole thing was fine. It wasn't bad, but I think it's hardly the stunner people on here think it is. The only thing I disagree with is the inclusion of Noll in the list of performers who gave their characters texture. I didn't like her. But props to Bobby Steggert, who is amazing.

#27

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:27pm

From his 1998 review:
But the show soon turns into a numbing succession of open-throated anthems, songs with titles like 'Wheels of a Dream' and 'Make Them Hear You.'

From this review:
I’m still not bowled over by the full-throated, teary songs about hope and loss and the future that awaits us, with titles like "The Wheels of a Dream" and "Make Them Hear You."

Sounds more and more like that is Brantey's review.

#28

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:29pm

Haha, that's amazing. Way to go Brantley; way to go.

#29

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:30pm

Wow.... this is weird!

#30

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:49pm

Hollywood Reporter is a rave
Hollywood Reporter review

#31

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:51pm

Maybe it's some 3rd-rate "critic" wanting to imitate/copy what a "good" review would be, as that critic couldn't make up his opinion without sounding unsophisticated.

#32

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:52pm

If you read the web address for the El Paso review it reads...ReadNYT

That's bad form!

#33

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:53pm

Variety is a rave, with a love letter to Noll.
Variety on Ragtime

#34

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:54pm

I don't think that Hollywood Reporter review says enough about the production to consider it a rave. If he were raving, he would go into details about what specifically was so amazing. I know it's splitting hairs, but I would consider this "Very Positive".

#35

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:54pm

Variety is a super rave!
Variety review

#36

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:56pm

Backstage is a critic's pick

http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-broadway/ny-review-ragtime-1004042914.story

#37

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:57pm

Associated Press looks positive, but has minor issues with some of the performances.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gq8IEcOhLMDT5WBJD8jTQMRLsaOwD9C0A2F83

Updated On: 11/15/09 at 07:57 PM

#38

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:04pm

So far it looks like Milcrom-Dodge is really getting noticed for her work. Another triumph for a female director/choreographer on Broadway !!!! Nice !

#39

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:05pm

I'm very happy Steggert is getting these fantastic reviews, even if I can't understand the love for Noll. But so far so good!

#40

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:07pm

Anyone hoping for a rave from Brantley (if that is truly his review) is clearly somewhat delusional. If that is the actual NYT review, I'm content with that. The majority of its criticisms were lobbied at the source material, and not the production.

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#41

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:09pm

USA Today 3.5 out of 4 stars.


http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/reviews/2009-11-16-ragtime16_st_N.htm

#42

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:13pm

USA Today basically gives away the ending. LOL.

#43

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:14pm

As if anyone in the audience wouldn't be able to see it coming.

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"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#44

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:14pm

Not to further split hairs bjh, but any review that says the show "is one of the best musicals of recent decades...reborn in a magnificently stirring production that deserves to run for years," sure counts as a rave to me.

Thrilled with the wonderful reviews. I feel a little bad for Stephanie Umoh for the "she's not Audra McDonald" reviews, though I fully understand. That performance was magical and ten years really isn't that long... I hope there's one reviewer out there who didn't see the original and can give her the fairest shake, even if that person just isn't me.

#45

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:14pm

That USA Today review sure as hell doesn't read like a 3 1/2 star review.

#46

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:20pm

I'm struggling to understand the criticisms leveled at the score ("hardly A-list"). Slightly repetitive, I'll grant, but I can't imagine not finding beauty in the music and lyrics. I don't really get why any serious musical has to have "Sondheimesque complexity" to be credible.

Then again, I'm pretty biased.

#47

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:23pm

I'm with you Jordan. I thought the same thing when I read it. It feels like a 2 1/2 or 3 star review at best. He totally backhands the writing of the characters and the singing capability of Quentin and Stephanie.

#48

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:36pm

There's a differenc between repetition and reoccurring musical themes.

#49

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:38pm

Yes, I absolutely agree. I find the score near-flawless, personally.

#50

re: RAGTIME Reviews

Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:53pm

How the review reads is beside the point, most people will just look at the star count for easy reference.

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