PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!!

I saw the first preview of PORGY AND BESS last night and
was completely blown away by the production
The voices alone are enough to make you leap to your feet and worship the actors
But the entire production-oh my god
from the beautiful costumes, powerful choreography, and soulful performances, Porgy and Bess is EVERYTHING a Broadway show should be
AND MORE

Diane Paulus' staging is perfect--so carefully done yet, as an audience member, it feels real and all the movement and singing is driven by the story--there is nothing "theater" about this show, and yet it is theater at its true roots

You become so entranced in the voices and the story that the entire show dances by you in the fastest two and a half hours of your like
I could have stayed in the audience and the seen the show again from beginning to end

GO SEE IT NOW!!!!!

Joined today to us this, did you?

Things that make one go hmmmmm........

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yes definitely

the show does not feel staged, choreographed, or rehearsed. Sometimes I feel that a play seems like everything is anticipated and the director and designers have made an effort to remind the audience that they are in a theater by using gimmicks and such. Porgy and Bess is directed and acted in such a way that it does not feel directed or rehearsed--the story and action unfolds before your eyes. This kind of magic that allows an audience to be completely captured by a story and the music is what I believe to be the true essence of theater. I have not experienced this kind of magic in a while--not since the first time I experience theater, stimulating my passion and love for the stage

The least they could do is hire already existing members to sing its praises for money. I'm game if they want to give me call.
Here's an example of my skills: "this sho is tru ART!!!!!! its so good!!!!!!! go see it now!!!!!!"

Amazing how the poster's command of grammar and spelling varies from one post to the next, eh?

Just sayin'.

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this is a website dedicated to theater and this is a message board to discuss Broadway
if you don't care about what I'm saying than just stop reading
but I only posted because I was so moved by the performance and I feel compelled to post somewhere about it
I want to engage in a conversation about the work--I know it has been getting a lot of heat from Sondheim, which is why my friend wanted to see it first preview, thinking maybe Sondheim would show up haha, and I really would love hear what others have to say

Follies--and was dissappointed
not much I loved about that other than the costumes
I did see HAIR four times, also directed by Diane Paulus
that was a really terrific production

Quite frankly, I'm tired of shows that have been rehearsed. This PORGY might be just what I'm looking for" an un-rehearsed musical.

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^^^ at over a hundred bucks a seat.

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sondheim?

So this poster was sent here to tell us that Porgy and Bess looks like it hasn't been staged, choreographed or rehearsed...? Effective marketing, clearly.

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LegallyBroadway never shuts up about it...

last time I post on here
thought I might find some fellow theater loving friends in need of a powerful and rich theater experience that has been long overdue

I'm tired of satirical musicals and movie/musicals..ie legally blonde, spiderman, and Shrek

porgy and bess is what we've been waiting for
so go see it and then let's talk about it

finally, Broadway has gotten back in touch with its artistic side
and let hollywood deal with commercializing art and going after money