PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!!
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!!
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!!#1
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!!!!!
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #2
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?
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #3
Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:40pm
Joined today to us this, did you?
Things that make one go hmmmmm........
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #4
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
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #6
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
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #7
Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:57pmI'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.
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #8
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!!!!!!"
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #9
Posted: 12/18/11 at 10:58pmYeah, 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.
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #10
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'.
Featured Actor Joined: 10/28/04
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #11
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:02pm
"The show does not feel staged, choreographed, or rehearsed"
Just what we've been waiting for!
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #12
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
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #13
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:04pmWhat other shows have you seen lately?
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #14
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
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #16
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #17
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:12pmQuite frankly, I'm tired of shows that have been rehearsed. This PORGY might be just what I'm looking for" an un-rehearsed musical.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #19
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:14pm^^^ at over a hundred bucks a seat.
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #20
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:14pmI'm more looking forward to a musical to make me actually FEEL something. Finally- what the art form has been missing.
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/05
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #22
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
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #23
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:18pmSo 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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #24
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:19pmSpider-Man was unrehearsed. Why didn't more people on here love that?
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #25
Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:20pmLegallyBroadway never shuts up about it...
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #26
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.
PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!! #27
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
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