RAGTIME Reviews
RAGTIME Reviews
#1RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 3:00am
Post 'em here!
My absolute to everyone involved.
Best,
- Mike 
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 4:56amThanks, Mike....it wouldn't be an opening without your starting this thread!!!
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.
#2re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:48amLike two days early, as always.
-Benjamin
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 8:28amOpening is tonight....reviews should be available later today.
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.
#4re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 9:19amAll my best to everyone involved...here's hoping this production gets the stellar reviews it deserves!
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#5re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 10:41amWishing everyone involved all the best! Here's to hoping for stellar reviews!!
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#7re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:01pmNo reviews yet? Wow.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#8re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:03pmIt's only 5:00. The curtain doesn't even go up for another hour and a half.
"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
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#9re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:07pmOH, my bad.... I thought it was a 2:00 curtain being that's been the Sunday time since the first preview.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#10re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:08pmOpening night is a whole different animal.
"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
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#11re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:12pmTrue.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 5:16pmBreak a leg, RAGTIME! I hope this stunning production gets the reviews it deserves.
#13re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:13pm
Not sure who wrote this review. It's in the EL PASO INC. To me it reads like a Brantley review. I could be completely off the mark though...what do you think?
In any event - it's MIXED to FAVORABLE, whoever wrote it:
http://elpasoinc.com/readArticleNYT.aspx?guid=f65d7202-d76d-4aba-bf0e-154d2938b962
#14re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:15pm
WTF is El Paso Inc.??
ETA: the link in that article contains "NYT." Could that really be Brantley's review?
Updated On: 11/15/09 at 06:15 PM
#15re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:49pm
It definitely reads like a Brantley review.
I really think there's a bit of an overload on comparing the '09 and the '98 productions in this review.
#16re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 6:50pmIt does read like a Brantley review and if it is, I'm not surprised. It seems to me that his biggest issue with the piece at it's core was the material. No version of the show would ultimately change that. What I took from this review is that this production makes up for the unbalanced or "preachy" story as much as it can. Again, this is only true if that really is Brantley but we'll see.
#17re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:03pmIs this going to be like the bashing of the original Assassins and praising the revival? Ugh.
#18re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:13pm
That has to be a Brantley review. It sounds just like him. Especially "the radical Emma Goldman (a rousing Donna Migliaccio)." He loves to just slip those little descriptors for minor characters that stand out into parentheticals.
Updated On: 11/15/09 at 07:13 PM
#19re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:15pmSo you guys think El Paso Inc. received a copy of Brantley's review and posted it? Huh?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#21re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:17pm
The website has an entire section dedicated to the New York Times. Look at the middle column on this page I've linked below. I wonder if they have some kind of deal with the Texas publication.
http://elpasoinc.com/Default.aspx?tv=t2&tn=lifeStyle
Trish2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#23re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:21pm
It's not bad either.
If that is Brantley, it's probably the best I think most expected. He isn't a fan of the material so it's not like he'd rave about the production anyway. He seems to mainly have issues with the material, not the production.
Updated On: 11/15/09 at 07:21 PM
#24re: RAGTIME Reviews
Posted: 11/15/09 at 7:22pm
While it's not terribly negative, I doubt that is what the producers want from the NY Times (if it is).
Updated On: 11/15/09 at 07:22 PM
