SWEAT Reviews

[LimelightMike]

Post the notices here, gang!

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

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

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Robert Kahn: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Review-Sweat-Transfer-Lynn-Nottage-Broadway-417089733.html

Matt Windman: http://www.amny.com/entertainment/sweat-review-drama-takes-a-timely-look-at-american-hardship-1.13319868

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

George Hatza: http://www.readingeagle.com/life/article/stage-review-timely-astute-sweat-ignites-broadway#.WNhaWBLyszY

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Jeremy Gerard: http://deadline.com/2017/03/broadway-review-sweat-and-dear-evan-hansen-1202052531/

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Caitlin Brody: http://ew.com/theater/2017/03/26/sweat-ew-stage-review/

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Joe Dziemianowicz:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/lynn-nottage-sweat-broadway-studio-54-theater-review-article-1.3008374

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Tim Teeman: 
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/26/review-how-lynn-nottage-s-sweat-explains-trump-s-america.html

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Jesse Green: http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/theater-lynn-nottages-sweat-tells-but-doesnt-show.html

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Linda Winer:
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/columnists/linda-winer/sweat-review-lynn-nottage-gives-intimate-glimpse-of-lost-factory-life-1.13313426

[BroadwayConcierge]

Brantley is in: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/theater/sweat-review-broadway.html

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

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]

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]

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.

"

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]

^ If you check the credits of the photo, it was taken by a NYT photographer. Sorry for not being clearer.

[QueenAlice]

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.

[cjmclaughlin10]

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]

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]

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.

[AC126748]

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.

[little_sally]

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.

 

[Smaxie]

FWIW, Indecent and Oslo are essentially neck and neck on Show Score for their Off-Broadway productions. 

[henrikegerman]

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.

 

[Sally Durant Plummer]

^ 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.

[henrikegerman]

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.