| I would say that Rich gave Cats a generally favorable review | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 06:59 pm EST 02/21/20 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:57 pm EST 02/21/20 | |
| In reply to: The "power" of the Times? - aleck 03:22 pm EST 02/21/20 | |
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| While Frank Rich's review of Cats was certainly not a rave, I'd say it was more favorable than not. It was somewhat mixed, but as with his later review of Kiss of the Spider Woman, it was the kind of mixed review that sends people to the theatre (or nowadays makes them contact the company they have to contact to get tickets). And I'd say that, if anything, his Cats was a bit more positive than his Spider Woman review. I'm linking his review, and I quote the first two paragraphs below. And the first couple of paragraphs are almost always the most important ones in any review. "THERE'S a reason why 'Cats,' the British musical which opened at the Winter Garden last night, is likely to lurk around Broadway for a long time - and it may not be the one you expect. "It's not that this collection of anthropomorphic variety turns is a brilliant musical or that it powerfully stirs the emotions or that it has an idea in its head. Nor is the probable appeal of 'Cats' a function of the publicity that has accompanied the show's every purr since it first stalked London 17 months ago. No, the reason why people will hunger to see 'Cats' is far more simple and primal than that: it's a musical that transports the audience into a complete fantasy world that could only exist in the theater and yet, these days, only rarely does. Whatever the other failings and excesses, even banalities, of 'Cats,' it believes in purely theatrical magic, and on that faith it unquestionably delivers." |
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| Link | Rich on Cats |
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