PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!!

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:28pm

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!!!!!

[Kad]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:38pm

"there is nothing "theater" about this show, and yet it is theater at its true roots"

...could you clarify what this statement even means?

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:40pm

Joined today to us this, did you?

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

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:51pm

you caught me
I'm actually Audra McDonald writing to promote the show
haha

dude, go see this show and then we can talk about how this is the first REAL musical on Broadway that makes you actually feel something
there's no belty ballads or gimmicks
its real art

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:56pm

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

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:57pm

I'll believe you're not involved with the show in 2 months when you've become a regular around here discussing all the other shows on Broadway.

[Edna Turnblad]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:57pm

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!!!!!!"

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:58pm

Yeah, over half a century of belty ballads really brought down the art form. Now if we can just get rid of those uptempo dance production numbers and maybe we can get to the true meaning of musicals.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:01pm

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

Just sayin'.

[sweeneytodd2]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:02pm

"The show does not feel staged, choreographed, or rehearsed"
Just what we've been waiting for!

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:03pm

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

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:04pm

What other shows have you seen lately?

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:10pm

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

[Edna Turnblad]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:12pm

"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"

I want to marry that post.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:12pm

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.

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:13pm

Go to bed, it's past your bed time!

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:14pm

^^^ at over a hundred bucks a seat.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:14pm

I'm more looking forward to a musical to make me actually FEEL something. Finally- what the art form has been missing.

[HBP]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:17pm

sondheim?

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:17pm

not if you do rush or tkts
get em for half price
maybe a little more or less
I'm not sure if they're doing lottery yet but I've done lottery a lot in the past and almost every time I manage to win tix

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:18pm

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.

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:19pm

Spider-Man was unrehearsed. Why didn't more people on here love that?

[ChenoKahn]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:20pm

LegallyBroadway never shuts up about it...

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:22pm

And dont forget: it just dances by.

AW, a suggestion, and i offer this in all seriousness. You joined today, and your very first post is this over the top glowing review of a show that, everywhere else, has been greeted with a degree of skepticism. Yours didnt read like a fan's post. It read like a PR statement, making you look like an obvious plant. The fact that your writing style changes from one post to another really isnt helping your case much. If you intend to do this as a profession — and there's little wrong with that: the claque has an honoured place in theatre history — try to appear at least a bit as though you wrote everything yourself.

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:24pm

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