Broadway, The Golden Age Critic Reviews

Moving and invaluable. Read the full review

It's one for the time capsule.Read the full review

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 full review

This is cinema as oral tradition. And one heck of a cheap-seat deal. Read the full review

An intriguing exploration of New York theater at the height of its glory. Read the full review

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 full review

The film will eventually be a must-own video item for theater buffs. Read the full review

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 full review

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 remarks. Read the full review