PORGY AND BESS = AMAZING!!!!!!- Page 2

[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

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:26pm

what do you have against porgy and bess dude
why are you being so belligerent about this

[ChenoKahn]

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

Thought that was your last post?

[AWrenegade]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:29pm

whatever man
you just broke my heart
thought we could be friends

I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy now

[ChenoKahn]

Posted: 12/18/11 at 11:35pm

Wow...

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 12:02am

I have nothing against PORGY AND BESS.

But I do have issues with people joining this site and, on the very same day, writing what looks like a press agent's work. You're going to sit there and tell me you wrote your very first post? And then, on the next page, reduce your style to something that smacks of net- and text-speak? And then claim to be the same person writing them?

Sorry, no.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 12:16am

I completely agree! This production does not seem "staged, choreographed or rehearsed"!!!!

[Starcarolina]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 12:25am

OP, I am so glad you liked this romanticized version of what is something I do not want to be reminded. Oh, it's rehearsed, staged, performed for sure! Such a magnificent production, in your opinion, and your glowing assessment of a complex social and historical time should only be enhanced by a dose of reality. If you can, go to Charleston, South Carolina...you can still feel, taste, smell, and touch vestiges of it after all these years. I lived there many years ago...have seen the work a couple of times...and that's all I need .

[Owen22]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 12:53am

Okay, AWr...if you aren't a press agent or somebody involved with the show, sorry for all the vitriol you are getting for just trying to express your love for a show on Broadway. However you might have to become savvy enough to realize this board and All That Chat are being recognized by press representatives and publicity agents, for better or worse, as a major force for selling a show. And your showing up after the first preview, posting your first review, a rave, seems suspect. This is where the buzz starts these days, and press agents troll these sites attempting to create it positively for whatever show they are working on (it happens in the film world as well, just check out Ain't It Cool News and its ilk). The one thing that makes me believe you might be legit is your rave was so blatant. Agents can't really be so obvious these days, it works against them, a super positive post giving off a negative stench. Now, the really savvy agents are those who have been on here (and ATC) for years (you know who you are) pretending to be just regular fans (well, maybe not pretending, I'm sure if you work in theatre this can be an enjoyable outlet) and post positive reviews for shows they are working on/for. But again, in regards to your post, if you joined today because you experienced such a joyful evening at the theatre and just wanted to share it, sorry for all the bull**** that was thrown your way.



Updated On: 12/19/11 at 12:53 AM

[chewy5000]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:02am

You do know that this "true art" is really just base racial stereotypes set to music, right?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:20am

"...and let hollywood deal with commercializing art and going after money ..."

You realize this is Diane Paulus we're talking about, right? She took over a non-profit theater that nurtured decidedly non-mainstream works and has turned it into her personal springboard to the very commercial theater world. P&B started at that non-profit and she's STILL begging for money to cover the costs of mounting it there while she's opening it for a commercial run (that will not recoup) for her own personal profit.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:27am

The google search results for "awrenegade" are mildly entertaining.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:29am

^^ My indeed they are..... LOL He's a busy little thing, isnt he.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:38am

That can't be the same person.

[blaxx]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:45am

Who remembers when shills used to actually try?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 11:58am

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

Broadway is commercial. Always has been. Always will be. That is why not-for-profit companies have the distinction of being recognized as "not-for-profit".

[kdogg36]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 12:24pm

LegallyBroadway never shuts up about it...

Good for him! I'd much rather read endless posts from people telling me why they loved a show than why they hated it.

[JMPlayer6]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 12:43pm

Don't you just love the people who post these "you must see this fabulous show now" posts ... and just joined to do so?

OK, tell us: do you work for the production, the theater, the publicity company, or have some financial stake in the show? (I wouldn't be surprised if you never even saw the show!)

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:00pm

Press offices do not have people sign up on message boards to promote the show. Perhaps other peo[ple involved in productions do, but none of the press offices do.

[Panerofan]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:13pm

"Press offices do not have people sign up on message boards to promote the show. Perhaps other peo[ple involved in productions do, but none of the press offices do."

Press offices working on shows ARE involved in productions.

And...yeah, they definitely do. I interned for a press office years ago...they most certainly used to have us sign-up and sing praises for their shows. Back then, I think it was the message board on Broadway.com. A lot has changed since then in the Internet world...I'm sure it happens all the time here and on ATC. I know it was only one office, but I'm sure others do as well.

That said, I also feel if a person is working on a show, they really DO probably think it's amazing and "omg you must see it!" because the show is close to them and that automatically makes it special for them...so even if the person is a "shill", I like to think they mean well.




Updated On: 12/19/11 at 01:13 PM

[porgyandbess2011]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:33pm

I'm really disappointed by the behavior on this board. One person wants to share his impartial opinion of a show and you all attack him? For shame.

On a side note, I was also at hte first preview and it was on of the most breathtaking experiences of my life. True art the truest sense. Everyone there was crying and applauding by the end.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:47pm

So, this is the talking point (production-approved, I'm sure): This production is art, dontchya know?

Here's the thing. Diane Paulus's whole angle is about what her shows are NOT. You know, HAIR wasn't stuffy theater or a typical musical, it was sooooooooo much better. And now this show, which doesn't sound like it has improved much since Cambridge. This show is ART. It's not just stupid and fluffy like everything else!

Oh Diane, if only you could figure out what your show is, you wouldn't have to sell us on what it's not.

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 12/19/11 at 1:54pm

If these shills could just move into promoting the candidates for President, then we could be rid of all of them, too.