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#25re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 12:05pm
The Daily News gives the show 4 Stars out of 5:
'In light of the fact that two notable revivals of Anton Chekhov's melancholy masterwork have run in New York within the last 13 months (one with Dianne Wiest, the other, Ian McKellen), it's easy to consider a new Broadway version from London just a waste of feathers.
Until you see it.'
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/10/03/2008-10-03_kristin_scott_thomas_is_shining_star_of_.html
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#26re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 12:10pmthat Word-of-Mouth review is hysterical. and broccoli happens to be a favorite of mine, so I'm guessing The Seagull will be the show for me!
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#27re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 12:11pm
Review Roundup
The Associated Press
The Hartford Courant
The Journal News
New York 1
The New York Observer
The New York Post
The New York Times
The Philadelphia Inquirer
TheaterMania
The Washington Post
Rave
The Bergen Record
The Daily News
Newsday
Variety
Very Positive
Talkin' Broadway
Positive
New York Magazine
Mixed-to-Positive
AM New York
USA Today
The Wall Street Journal
Mixed
Word of Mouth
Mixed-to-Negative
John Simon
Negative
The Newark Star-Ledger
Very Negative
The Village Voice
Pan
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Updated On: 10/8/08 at 12:11 PM
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#28re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 12:27pm
Newsday and the Bergen Record are also both good. Probably fall into the Very Positive camp, though there are rave-like elements.
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/partii/ny-etgull5866311oct03,0,3014594.story
http://www.northjersey.com/betterliving/30239214.html
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#29re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 12:33pmBoth Newsday and the Bergen Record are Very Positive, you're right: Bergen just barely so.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#30re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 3:43pm
AM New York gives the show 2 1/2 Stars out of 4:
'We hate to rain on everyone's parade, but we didn't find it to be so damn extraordinary. We're not saying that Ian Rickson's production is bad – not at all. It's meticulously staged and occasionally gripping. And Christopher Hampton's new translation is colloquial and comic while remaining elegant.
But with the exceptions of Ms. Thomas and the similarly eccentric and lively Zoe Kazan as Masha, this "Seagull" lacks theatricality and ensemble chemistry. And more often than not, it feels dull, quiet and slow...'
http://www.amny.com/entertainment/stage/am-seagull1004,0,2008840.story
The Washington Post is a Rave:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100703137.html?sub=AR
The Wall Street Journal is Mixed:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122298264817299611.html
The Village Voice is a Pan:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/theater/forbidden-broadway-looks-deeper-the-seagull-and-50-words-look-shallow-next-to-it/
John Heilpern at the New York Observer is a Rave:
http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/seagull-soars-lofted-sarsgaard-scott-thomas
New York Magazine is Mixed-to-Positive:
http://nymag.com/arts/theater/reviews/50978/
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Updated On: 10/8/08 at 03:43 PM
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#31re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 3:49pm
Well, if one is to give credence to a handout paper like amNY, then raves from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Hartford Courant should be considered.
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20081003_The_Seagull__never_better.html
http://www.courant.com/entertainment/stage/reviews/hc-webseagull.artoct04,0,5720535.story
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#32re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 3:56pm
Sure, why not! :)
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Hartford Courant is a Rave.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Updated On: 10/3/08 at 03:56 PM
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#33re: THE SEAGULL Reviews
Posted: 10/3/08 at 6:15pm
NY 1 is a rave.
http://www.ny1news.com/content/ny1_living/theater_reviews/Default.aspx
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