Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) Rank 2 Reviews

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New York Newsday (Gene Seymour)

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Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)

In what must have been a daunting challenge, given the richness of the material, McKay managed to cull from more than 250 hours of footage an admirably comprehensive and revealing documentary running a taut 110 minutes. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)

TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

What could easily have been a sentimental, fannish exercise in musty nostalgia is in fact a lovely tribute to an era of feverish creativity that seemed as though it would never end yet now lives only in memory. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

Boxoffice Magazine (Sheri Linden)

These anecdotes come across with powerful emotion, although many of them relay oft-documented events. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Sheri Linden)

New York Times (Stephen Holden)

The best way to approach Broadway -- The Golden Age (and the movie is fun, despite its messiness) is to enjoy it as a fan's worshipful notes. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)

filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

there�s too little discipline here, and the parade of talking heads is too lost in nostalgia to be all that helpful ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

What could easily have been a sentimental, fannish exercise in musty nostalgia is in fact a lovely tribute to an era of feverish creativity that seemed as though it would never end yet now lives only in memory. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)

Village Voice (Charles McNulty)

More buff than historian, McKay chats with anyone who can tell him about the good old days, a vaguely defined period that sprawls from the mid '40s to the late '60s. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Village Voice (Charles McNulty)

Boxoffice Magazine

Globe and Mail (Kamal Al-Solaylee)

It takes more than a fan to analyze the legacy of a period. But a fan is just what it takes to indulge in that legacy, which is exactly what Broadway: The Golden Age is all about. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Globe and Mail (Kamal Al-Solaylee)

Film Threat (Phil Hall)

A well-intended but hopelessly ill-focused documentary which wants to be the "That's Entertainment!" for the New York theater but seems like a hodgepodge of anecdotes, factoids and moldy memories. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Film Threat (Phil Hall)

Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)

Rather than listen to these old-timers reminisce about the good old days ... my advice is to get out and support your local thespians instead. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Detroit Free Press (John Monaghan)

Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)

More archival footage and fewer talking heads would have made it more watchable, and most viewers under 60 will be mightily confused as to who many of these people are. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Jack Zink)

Its appeal isn't likely to cross over to those who don't already have the Broadway bug, or share the recollections themselves. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Jack Zink)

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