#1
Posted: 9/28/14 at 5:59pm
A topflight cast of Broadway vets take to the Kaufman-Hart classic, celebrating OPENING NIGHT tonight! Post 'em here, kids! :)
YCTIWY Reviews (Official)
#2
Posted: 9/28/14 at 6:04pm
I know about the thread, and I appreciate the effort -- but, I've been spearheading the review threads on here for a while now.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Updated On: 9/28/14 at 06:04 PM
#3
Posted: 9/28/14 at 6:06pm
Your link sends us to a page with ANOTHER link to a review thread.
Sticking with LimelightMike here. Excited to read what I expect to be extremely positive reviews!
Sticking with LimelightMike here. Excited to read what I expect to be extremely positive reviews!
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#4
Posted: 9/28/14 at 6:13pm
This is for Moritz.
"Pardon my prior Mcfee slip. I know how to spell her name. I just don't know how to type it." -Talulah
#6
Posted: 9/28/14 at 7:31pm
I hope this gets raves across the Board. It's an excellent revival of an excellent piece of theatre, though I am slightly concerned that it may get the mysteriously tepid reception that the wonderful revival of DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER got a few years ago.
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Updated On: 9/28/14 at 07:31 PM
#7
Posted: 9/28/14 at 7:35pm
#8
Posted: 9/28/14 at 8:45pm
This one is 99% positive, the only non-rave comment was for JRB's interstitial music.
NBC New York
NBC New York
#9
Posted: 9/28/14 at 8:53pm
I would agree that JRB's incidental music is as bland as his regular music.
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#10
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:15pm
I haven't read one intelligent review yet. Yes it's an old play. So is Hamlet. Why can't these people get past that. It's a stunning production of one of the best plays ever written. These reviewers sound like morons.
#11
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:24pm
#12
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:28pm
Time to pull quotes!
"a play that makes you beam from curtain to curtain"- Brantley, NYTimes
"vintage screwball comedy" - Peter Marks, Washington Post
an "extravagantly good-natured production"- Linda Winer, Newsday
"full of delightful character turns" - David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
"the perfect escapist comedy for tough times" -Robert Kahn, NBC New York
"a play that makes you beam from curtain to curtain"- Brantley, NYTimes
"vintage screwball comedy" - Peter Marks, Washington Post
an "extravagantly good-natured production"- Linda Winer, Newsday
"full of delightful character turns" - David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
"the perfect escapist comedy for tough times" -Robert Kahn, NBC New York
#13
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:39pm
If you are talking about me... I must have been typing the same time the other person was and they beat me to posting it.
#14
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:45pm
Thats a love letter from The Times
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#15
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:48pm
Moritz Stiefe- Dude, get over it. LimeLightMike's review threads are a BWW tradition... you can count on them to be started for every show, as you will soon learn.
#16
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:53pm
roscoe, it's a well-deserved love letter from the Times.
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#17
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:54pm
Some quotes from Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News:
"enduring, endearing and endlessly witty comedy"
"this play tickles the funny bone and touches the heart."
"Kristine Nielsen brings sparkly mischief and off-kilter charm"
"the adorable and hilarious Annaleigh Ashford all but dances away with the show"
"Rose Byrne...is smashing in her Broadway debut."
NY Daily News Review
"enduring, endearing and endlessly witty comedy"
"this play tickles the funny bone and touches the heart."
"Kristine Nielsen brings sparkly mischief and off-kilter charm"
"the adorable and hilarious Annaleigh Ashford all but dances away with the show"
"Rose Byrne...is smashing in her Broadway debut."
NY Daily News Review
#18
Posted: 9/28/14 at 11:02pm
I'm don't think the Times picked it as a Critic's Choice though. I find that odd after the rave review.
#19
Posted: 9/28/14 at 11:05pm
"why do people feel the need to put reviews up more than once"
So people here can get a general consensus of what prominent reviewers are saying.
So people here can get a general consensus of what prominent reviewers are saying.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#20
Posted: 9/28/14 at 11:58pm
Very happy to see positive reports for this!
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#21
Posted: 9/29/14 at 4:26am
So how many Tonys could this be up for in the spring?
Revival of a Play?
Leading Actor (James Earl Jones)?
Featured Actress (Annaleigh Ashford)?
Direction of a Play (Scott Ellis)?
Lighting Design (Donald Holder)?
Scenic Design (David Rockwell)?
Costume Design (Jane Greenwood)?
Revival of a Play?
Leading Actor (James Earl Jones)?
Featured Actress (Annaleigh Ashford)?
Direction of a Play (Scott Ellis)?
Lighting Design (Donald Holder)?
Scenic Design (David Rockwell)?
Costume Design (Jane Greenwood)?
#22
Posted: 9/29/14 at 4:40am
It could be nominated for all the awards it is eligible for. 
#23
Posted: 9/29/14 at 5:54am
Hey, Mortiz..... it's not about you. Grow up and stop trying so hard.
Do you want a pat in the back for posting a link first? REALLY?
Punctuation is a wonderful thing, btw.
Do you want a pat in the back for posting a link first? REALLY?
Punctuation is a wonderful thing, btw.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#24
Posted: 9/29/14 at 7:09am
CurtainsUp, I don't think they register whether a show is a critics pick until the next day usually, for whatever reason. Maybe it'll be up there today!
#25
Posted: 9/29/14 at 7:33am
Wow, Brantley REALLY liked Ashford.
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