SWEAT Reviews
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#2SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 8:15pm
David Cote: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/sweat-1
Chris Jones:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/broadway/sc-sweat-broadway-review-ent-0327-20170326-column.html
#4SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 8:19pm
George Hatza: http://www.readingeagle.com/life/article/stage-review-timely-astute-sweat-ignites-broadway#.WNhaWBLyszY
#5SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 8:27pm
Jeremy Gerard: http://deadline.com/2017/03/broadway-review-sweat-and-dear-evan-hansen-1202052531/
#6SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 9:13pm
Caitlin Brody: http://ew.com/theater/2017/03/26/sweat-ew-stage-review/
#7SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 9:16pm
Joe Dziemianowicz:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/lynn-nottage-sweat-broadway-studio-54-theater-review-article-1.3008374
#9SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 9:44pm
Jesse Green: http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/theater-lynn-nottages-sweat-tells-but-doesnt-show.html
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#11SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 10:09pm
Brantley is in: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/theater/sweat-review-broadway.html
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 10:15pm
After SIGNIFICANT OTHER, this is the second show this season that made a particularly risky transfer on the strength of an Isherwood rave - only to get a mixed review, post-transfer, from Brantley.
The third is INDECENT. Should be interesting to see what he has to say about that one.
VotePeron
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
#13SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 10:16pm
Is Brantley out to single handedly reverse the raves that Isherwood gave to plays Off-Broadway?
On another note, I think it is highly idiotic of the Times to be using a photo of the climatic fight scene, as that is usually not mentioned in grave detail about what happens in summaries/reviews...and yet here you see them all physically fighting. Ridiculous.
Mike66
Leading Actor Joined: 12/17/15
#14SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 10:24pm
VotePeron said: "..
On another note, I think it is highly idiotic of the Times to be using a photo of the climatic fight scene, as that is usually not mentioned in grave detail about what happens in summaries/reviews...and yet here you see them all physically fighting. Ridiculous.
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Isnt that photo, and the others that appear in the reviews tonight, provided by the production to the media? If so (and I've always thought they were), it's hardly unfair for a newspaper/website to use any that they prefer, for any reason.
VotePeron
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
#15SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 10:27pm
^ If you check the credits of the photo, it was taken by a NYT photographer. Sorry for not being clearer.
Updated On: 3/26/17 at 10:27 PM
#16SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/26/17 at 10:32pm
The Times very often sends their own photographers. I have actually heard producer friends say that they need to be careful and set boundaries in advance for what scenes they will let the NY TIMES photograph, because if they don't, they photograph the entire show, and often run pics with spoilers.
“I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.”
Updated On: 3/26/17 at 10:32 PM
cjmclaughlin10
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/15
#17SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 4:44am
I remember someone asking if Brantley was going to kill all the transfers Isherwood raved about lay season... I thought the idea was crazy
cjmclaughlin10
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/15
#18SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 4:44am
I remember someone asking if Brantley was going to kill all the transfers Isherwood raved about lay season... I thought the idea was crazy
djoko84
Broadway Star Joined: 3/14/13
#19SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 7:30am
With the middling reviews for Sweat, it's now down to Indecent to challenge OSLO for the best play Tony. Indecent would need raves to come close to OSLO.
#20SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 8:14am
Come on, people. Brantley is not intentionally giving unfavorable reviews to shows that his former colleague championed. If you truly believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. Brantley and Isherwood are different people with very different taste.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#21SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 8:24am
djoko84 said: "With the middling reviews for Sweat, it's now down to Indecent to challenge OSLO for the best play Tony. Indecent would need raves to come close to OSLO.
Well, nobody knows what to expect from A Doll's House, Part 2.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#22SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 8:28am
FWIW, Indecent and Oslo are essentially neck and neck on Show Score for their Off-Broadway productions.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#23SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 8:47am
BroadwayConcierge said: "Brantley is in: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/theater/sweat-review-broadway.html
"“Sweat” is the first work from a major American playwright to summon, with empathy and without judgment, the nationwide anxiety that helped put Donald J. Trump in the White House."
Stephen Karam isn't a major American playwright?
Stephen Karam isn't a playwright committed to exploring, with empathy and without judgment, the nationwide anxiety that helped put Donald J. Trump in the White House?
The Humans wasn't a play that intended exactly that and became a Pulitzer finalist and Tony winner?
If the answer to all of these questions is yes, and I suggest it is - resoundingly, Brantley must have a very short memory.
#24SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 8:56am
^ I think Brantley means that the characters are those that put Trump in the White House. As in, the first major play that treats the "Trump voter", or people who likely voted for Trump, without judgement. I love The Humans, but in no way do I think those characters voted for Trump. The same can be said for The Gabriels (which Brantley have 3 critic's picks). The play focuses on the national anxiety about the election and people's unsatisfaction with the government, but those characters are never going to vote for a Trump.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#25SWEAT Reviews
Posted: 3/27/17 at 9:17am
Sally, it's quite possible that none of the characters in The Humans would have voted for Trump. But the play is about the cultural, political, and financial anxiety that produced this presidency. Your interpretation of Brantley's meaning may well be correct, but my objection to his wording remains.
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