Steve Schwartz laments, about the cuts in the "the Gershwins' 'Porgy and
Bess'".  That's an odd locution [note 'the Gershwins' plural]; the only
precedent I can think of is "Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado' or
'Iolanthe'":

>Gershwin is seldom allowed to fail on his own.  Someone always has to
>"help."

Think Mussorgsky and Bruckner.

Actually, I quite enjoyed the performance, cuts and all.  But, yes, I'd
love to see the whole thing, uncut.  At least we got the Jazzbo Brown bit,
which is so often cut.

Scott Morrison