The Gershwins’ Electronic Porgy
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012by Sedgwick Clark Am I the only one who found Audra McDonald’s Bess jarring? The controversial pared-down adaptation of Porgy and Bess now on Broadway—updated, rewritten, politicized, feminized, call it what you will—was initially attacked by Stephen Sondheim prior to its Cambridge tryout last summer, sight unseen, for having the audacity to change the text. [...]
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