YCTIWY Reviews (Official)

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LimelightMike
#1YCTIWY Reviews (Official)
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! :)

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LimelightMike
#2YCTIWY Reviews (Official)
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.

Updated On: 9/28/14 at 06:04 PM

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IdinaBellFoster
#3YCTIWY Reviews (Official)
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!


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ClydeBarrow
#4YCTIWY Reviews (Official)
Posted: 9/28/14 at 6:13pm

This is for Moritz.


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gstrus2
#6YCTIWY Reviews (Official)
Posted: 9/28/14 at 6:25pm

It's on TKTS for 50% off.

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mjohnson2
#7You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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

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dtzumbrunnen
#10You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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

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mjohnson2
#11You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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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CurtainsUpat8
#14You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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.

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loliveve
#16You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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

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CurtainsUpat8
#18You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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.

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rosscoe(au)
#19You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

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loliveve
#20You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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.

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mjohnson2
#21You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
Posted: 9/28/14 at 10:53pm

roscoe, it's a well-deserved love letter from the Times.


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loliveve
#22You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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

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CurtainsUpat8
#23You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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.

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millie_dillmount
#24You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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.


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mjohnson2
#26You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
Posted: 9/28/14 at 11:58pm

Very happy to see positive reports for this!


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#27You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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)?

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CATSNYrevival
#28You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
Posted: 9/29/14 at 4:40am

It could be nominated for all the awards it is eligible for. You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)

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dramamama611
#29You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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.


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.

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Sauja
#30You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
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!

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ShakinBaconGirl
#31You Can't Take It With You Reviews (Official)
Posted: 9/29/14 at 7:33am

Wow, Brantley REALLY liked Ashford.