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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) Rank 3 Reviews
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Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
It's the sort of history you could nibble on for hours. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
This free-flowing film certainly hits the high points as it flips around its talking-head celebrity sound bites at warp speed. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein, John McMurtrie)
Austin Chronicle (Rachel Proctor May)
Consisting of five years' worth of interviews illustrated by a mountain of archival footage, the film sails on the actors' consistent ability to spin a good yarn. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Austin Chronicle (Rachel Proctor May)
Variety (Scott Foundas)
Rick McKay's exceptional new documentary Broadway: The Golden Age presents a veritable avalanche of interviews with some of the biggest names in the history of the American theater, preserving for posterity their wise words and disarming anecdotes. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Variety (Scott Foundas)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
This is cinema as oral tradition. And one heck of a cheap-seat deal. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
DVD Authority.com (Christopher Bligh)
DVD Authority (Christopher Bligh)
Talkin' Broadway's exclusive chat w/Rick McKay
Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Seattle Times (Misha Berson)
McKay's straightforward cinematic valentine, which also includes rare archival stage footage, is a treat for those bedazzled by the idea of Broadway in its prime. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Seattle Times (Misha Berson)
San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Theater fans, whose numbers continue to dwindle, will cherish the rest of Broadway as a remembrance of a great time long gone. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
It's the videotaped equivalent of a primary research data dump. But to quote Bette Davis by way of Edward Albee: What a dump. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Boston Herald (Stephen Schaefer)
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
The strength of McKay's film is not in identifying a cultural period, but in giving voice to so many great theater people. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
Old-timers, showbiz buffs and big-stage wanna-bes will not be disappointed. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
It's one for the time capsule. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Los Angeles Daily News (Evan Henerson)
That the speakers are themselves fascinating characters is unquestionable. McKay's film is about as thorough a record of their time spent in the golden age as anyone is likely to produce. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Evan Henerson)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
For theater lovers -- on both sides of the footlights. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
An intriguing exploration of New York theater at the height of its glory. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)
Steve Rhodes
McKay's idea for the documentary, which was a solo journey that took five years to complete, was to interview the great old Broadway stars while they were still alive. To augment the wonderful stories the stars tell, he worked hard to discover old ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Steve Rhodes
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
A delightful "That's Entertainment" for the theater. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
The best part of the haphazardly organized "Broadway" is watching theater legends rave about other legends. McKay's 1940s-1960s definition of "golden age" may not be the same as yours (he doesn't even get to "A Chorus Line" or "Follies"). But, whether ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Boston Globe
Some starstruck fans of the Broadway stage tote around autograph books. Television producer Rick McKay took a video camera. Anyone with a passing interest in the history of American theater should be eternally grateful. The subtitle of "Broadway: ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Boston Globe
filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Self-indulgent to a fault and brusquely shoved together without much of a sense of rhythm, Broadway: The Golden Age is on the surface the five-year-long quest by filmmaker Rick McKay (Elaine Stritch at Liberty) to interview pretty much every Broadway ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
The Movie Chicks
There was a time in New York City when going to live theatre on Broadway was cheaper than going to the movies and all the great stage stars were struggling actors. Filmmaker Rick McKay talks to over 100 of the legendary actors, composers, and ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at The Movie Chicks
Toronto Star
A documentary on Broadway memories from the 1930s to the 1960s. Written and directed by Rick McKay. 111 minutes. At the Varsity and Sheppard Grande theatres. PG
Stage-door Johnnies could learn a trick or two from Rick McKay about the art of ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Toronto Star
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Sydney Morning Herald
indieWIRE (Brandon Judell)
What bad things can you say about a festival with the goal of raising money for local film students? This year the future helmers of Palm Beach, Florida, were awarded $100,000 from the proceeds of last year's cash surplus of the eighth annual Palm Beach ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at indieWIRE (Brandon Judell)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
If you love the theater, you've got to see the film. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
LA Weekly (Ron Stringer)
Performance after performance -- by Kim Stanley, Marlon Brando, Laurette Taylor . . . Never heard of her? That’s reason enough not to miss this movie. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at LA Weekly (Ron Stringer)
The Hollywood Reporter (Frank Scheck)
The film will eventually be a must-own video item for theater buffs. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Frank Scheck)
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
In one of the film's most persuasive bits, Farley Granger talks about chucking a lucrative film career in order to tread the boards in New York. Maybe it's that kind of magnetic draw that makes an age golden. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Anyone who attended Broadway shows in the days when ticket prices were reasonable and the actors and singers performed without amplification will feel a rush of nostalgia as these troupers offer what amounts to a breezy compilation of after-dinner ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Playbill - Interviews director Rick McKay
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Three Imaginary Girls capsule review (embracey)
eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
eFilmCritic Reviews
Movie Magazine International
Reel Movie Critic (Cathy Edsey Collins)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (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 The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Kamal Al-Solaylee)
Harvey S. Karten
technology movies, TV, DVD's, and the XBox, the Great WhiteWay still fills New York's coffers with more money than all of thecity's sports stadiums combined. Just think of Julian Marsh'sattempt to convince Peggy Sawyer to take a role in his show,"You're ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Broadway: The Golden Age is 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 from more than 100 actors, ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
What could have introduced a young audience to the Broadway songs of yesteryear instead focuses on talking heads well past their Broadway prime. ...read the complete Broadway: The Golden Age movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
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