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THE BAND's VISIT Reviews

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LimelightMike
#1THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 12:35am

Post 'em here, kids!

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#2THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:06am

I am (of course) expecting raves for this one.

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#3THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 2:35pm

I gotta say, I enjoyed this show when I saw the first preview, but as the weeks have ticked by, my admiration for it has only grown. Best of success to them and I can't wait for the cast recording!


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South Florida
#4THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 3:57pm

The Band's Visit was OK.  I hope it's not the best new thing we see before the Tony's.


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#5THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 4:00pm

Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "I gotta say, I enjoyed thisshow when I saw the first preview, but as the weeks have ticked by, my admiration for it has only grown. Best of success to them and I can't wait for the cast recording!"

Agreed. Since seeing it last week, and thinking it was great but nothing super special (except for Katrina Lenk's superb performance) I have been thinking about this show non stop. It is always on my mind....for a good reason. 

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uncageg
#6THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 4:09pm

Saw it last week and it still runs through my mind. Really enjoyed it and hope it has a healthy life on Broadway.


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bwayrose7
#7THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:08pm

I saw it a couple weeks into previews and was incredibly moved, and like AdoAnnie, my admiration for it has only grown the more I've thought about it. Hoping for great reviews and a healthy run!

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TFMH18
#8THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 5:12pm

The show has only gotten better since it was downtown and lord knows those reviews were glowing. I predict some of the highest praise we have seen in a while, all across the board. (All deserved, I may add!)

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#9THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 7:21pm

The first review is in, and Matt Windman gives it a rave...
https://www.amny.com/entertainment/bands-visit-broadway-review-1.14876931

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#13THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:53pm

Time Out is positive. https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-bands-visit-1

Updated On: 11/9/17 at 09:53 PM

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#16THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:58pm

Brantley's rave is simply gorgeous writing. One of my favorite reviews of his, and I haven't even seen the show yet (going next week).

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ethan231h
#17THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 9:59pm

Very happy by these reviews and I am expecting this to have a Come From Away box office affect. I am BEYOND thrilled that Katrina Lenk is finally getting the recognition she deserves!!!! 

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dramamama611
#18THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:20pm

I've been excited about this show for a while....and these reviews are pushing that excitement so much further!   Already holding tickets for spring with my students, but I doubt I'll be able to wait!


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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Up In One
#19THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:29pm

Wow havnt seen raves like this since (your favorite show here) aside from who ever that is on NJ.Com these reviews and a bunch of crazy good pull quotes makes The Bands Visit the show to beat this year. Well deserved. Good to see the transfer was successful. A very special memorable touching piece of theater.


Up In One

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#20THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:38pm

Up In One said: "Wow havnt seen raves like this since (your favorite show here) aside from who ever that is on NJ.Com these reviews and a bunch of crazy good pull quotes makes The Bands Visit the show to beat this year. Well deserved. Good to see the transfer was successful. A very special memorable touching piece of theater."

The guy on NJ.com, Chris Kelly, appears to me to be somewhat of a fraud. First, he has virtually no background in theater and it's hard to know what qualifies him to be a theater critic in the first place. But second, and far worse, is that he reviews certain shows where he knows reviews will be good to great based on off Broadway runs and then tries to set himself apart by panning them. He did exactly the same thing for DEH, even saying "let me be a dissenting opinion ".  


CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.

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GeorgeandDot
#21THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:41pm

Well, they guy's from Jersey so.......... just sayin.

sparepart973
#22THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:56pm

Does anyone know when tickets go on sale for the block post-April? 

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RaisedOnMusicals
#23THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 10:58pm

GeorgeandDot said: "Well, they guy's from Jersey so.......... just sayin."

Actually, I think he's from Texas. Seriously. After being fired from a paper in Ft. Worth in 2012, this is what he said:

Friends and colleagues:

I’m writing to let you know that, after nearly twelve years, my time at the Star-Telegram is coming to an end. I am being let go as part of the latest round of layoffs that began in 2008, and that have reduced the newspaper (like so many other regional dailies across the country) to a shell of what it once was… I will still be writing regularly for Texas Monthly, where I’ve been a writer-at-large since 2006, and for the Texas-edition of the New York Times — so please keep those pitches and screening invites and other good stuff coming. My only real regret is that I leave behind a handful of treasured friends and co-workers, who are fighting harder than anyone realizes to move the ball forward, even as their legs keep getting cut out from under them.

Too bad he ended up in this area.


CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
Updated On: 11/9/17 at 10:58 PM

222disneyland
#24THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:07pm

Why is not  a NYT Critics Pick?

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ethan231h
#25THE BAND's VISIT Reviews
Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:09pm

222disneyland said: "Why is not a NYT Critics Pick?"

It is.


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