Just back from the first preview of PORGY AND BESS.... — Page 6

I didn't get that impression, but it certainly seems clear that he thinks she IS the show.

Mostly I thought Brantley was being paid by the parenthesis.

I guess I played into the old adage: If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. And he didn't.

To say the show is basically called "Bess!" is pretty clear that Porgy isn't leaving much, if any, of an impression. Almost as if he wasn't in the room at any moment.

That's pretty harsh, when you're one of the two title roles in the show.


I think it's way worse than "damning him with faint praise." He barely even suggests that Lewis exists in the show. He spent two more sentences a piece on other supporting players.

Harvey (the invisible rabbit) and Bess!

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Updated On: 9/1/11 at 06:51 PM

It sounded more like he thought Norm was good, just not at Audra's level.

Yeah, "I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style" is in there.

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No one does his homework any more.

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Paulus is such a shyster she's thrown up a row of folding chairs, labelled them "obstructed view" and is selling them for $75 bucks on Saturday nights. No doubt this is due to "populist demand."

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